Perform an In-Session Scan

Run MetaDefender Drive In-Session

  1. While your device OS is running, insert your OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive into the device's USB Type-A port.
  2. Navigate to the /____tools folder inside the MetaDefender Drive partition and locate the MetaDefender Drive In-Sesion Scan.exe file
  1. Click the (i) icon to see the embedded engines provided with the version. Those engines are only available after Drive has been updated either by Drive Toolkit or by Update from Drive's UI.

Engines for In-Session scan will not be updated when In-Session is running. Engines must be updated in advanced by

  • Engines update in MetaDefender Drive Toolkit, following the instructions here
  • Engines update in MetaDefender Drive when booting it up, following the instructions here
  1. Wait until all of the embedded engines display the Ready status

Memory Scan

To scan all the libraries loaded into the memory:

  1. Click the Memory Scan tab, then click Start
  1. Once the scan is completed, the results of scanning all the libraries loaded into the memory will be displayed.

Full Scan

To run a full system scan, click the Full Scan tab, then click Start.

Custom Scan

To select specific partitions, folders, or files to scan:

  1. Click the Custom Scan tab, select the paths you want to include in the custom scan, then click Start.
  1. Once the scan is completed, the detailed results of the selected paths will be displayed, as in the following screenshot displating scan results of C: and D: partitions on Windows 10
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard