AntiVirus by McAfee
DSM Version
7.4 7.3 7.2

AntiVirus by McAfee

Overview

  • Scans and detects abnormal files to protect your Synology NAS from malware and viruses
  • Powered by McAfee scan engine
  • Available on specific models only (Learn more)

System Requirements

  • Minimum capacity of RAM required: 512 MB

Scan Configuration

  • Supports customized scan plans with configurable scan schedules and scan targets
  • Scans the full system or specific folders
  • Scheduled automatic scan tasks
  • Smart Scan: Automatically identifies and scans new or modified files to reduce scanning time
  • Exclusion list to exclude files from being scanned

Scanning Scope & Exclusions

  • Remote Folders (CIFS) mounted in File Station are not included in full scan
  • Does not support scanning the following items:
    • Read-only shared folders
    • Files located in C2 Storage from Hybrid Share folders
    • Email service-related folders, including the default MailPlus shared folder and Maildir folders in users' "home" directory. You can run an antivirus engine on your Synology MailPlus Server to scan incoming MailPlus messages
    • Snapshots
    • Files backed up via Time Machine
    • Invisible .bucket files within .hbk files from Hyper Backup's multi-version backup tasks in local destinations
    • Files moved to the cold tier by Synology Tiering