Issue:
- Does manual scan in Client Security 14.xx scan boot sectors / Master Boot Record/partition tables of an attached USB removable drive by right-clicking through Windows explorer?
- If they are not being scanned manually by right-click through Windows explorer, do they get scanned after attaching the USB removable USB drive to a system automatically?
Resolution:
Manual scan by right click through Windows explorer does not scan boot sectors / Master Boot Record (MBR) / partition tables of an attached removable USB drive.
When a USB removable disk is plugged, our software hooks its mount request and open it as a raw disk. During manual scan by right click through Windows explorer, F-Secure software does not scan them by default.
User can run a full system scan. It has a heuristics approach scan Boot Sector / Master Boot Record. Manual scan through Windows explorer will only hook malware.
Article no: 000023103