Setting the Virus Scanning Engines scan priority

To configure the execution order of the Virus Scanning Engines, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Virus Scanning Engines node under the Console Root.

Screenshot 40 - Virus Scanning Engines: scan priority list

2. In the right pane, the Virus Scanning Engines are listed in descending order of priority.

NOTE: The priority assigned to each virus scanner determines the sequence when each anti-virus engine gets to scan the content. The scanner with priority 0 is the first to start scanning an email. Upon completion, the same email is checked by the Virus Scanning Engine with priority 1 and so on. This means that the Virus Scanning Engine listed at the top of the list is the first to scan emails, if it is enabled.

3. To change the virus scanning execution priority, click on the (up) or (down) arrows to respectively increase or decrease the priority of the virus scanner. Repeat the same procedure until the virus scanner reaches the desired position in the priority/execution sequence list.