Introduction

Free Security Master allows you to customize scanning process for your particular needs. You can scan every place from files, processes, cookies, Hosts file, folders, registry to non-malicious files to include or exclude certain computer areas. Express & Deep scanning modes are provided to make the scanning process faster or deeper. With "Ignore files" feature, it is easy to exclude all files larger than a certain size, which you do not want to be detected and removed as malware.

Step 1. Activate Customize Scanning Process Window

Click "Customize scan" to activate "Customize scanning process" window.

Step 2. Specify Scanning Process

In the box of "Scan areas", areas like Files, Registry, Processes, Cookies, Hosts file, etc. are checked to scan. To skip any of them, just unselect them. The files larger than the certain size you specified can be ignored. In the "Scanning mode" box, select scanning mode: Express for a fast scan or Deep for a thorough scan. If you choose deep mode, it is able to scan any partition and drive in your PC; or you can just select a folder to process scan. To schedule a scan periodically, click "Configure scheduled scanning".

For detailed schedule settings, please go to How to Perform Scheduled Scanning.