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Boot and scan virtual machines
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MetaDefender Drive supports hypervision: VMWare Workstation (Windows and Linux) and QEMU Virtual Machine Manager (Linux)
Boot and scan VMWare Workstation virtual machines
From VMWare Workstation, edit properties of a VM, make sure it is set to run with UEFI

Power On VM to Firmware

Connect the MetaDefender Drive into the VM

Enter Boot Setup

Select Boot from a file

Find the USB device

Navigate to EFI

Navigate to BOOT

Navigate to select grubx64.efi and wait until your virtual machine boots up

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