Preferences → Scan Settings



MetaDefender Drive enables you to adjust scan settings including the file sizes and scan timeouts. To adjust these settings navigate to Settings → Preferences → Scan Settings page, and click Edit Settings


The available settings in the Scan Settings window are:

  • Max File Size to scan [in megabytes]:

    • The default maximum size of a single file per scan is set to 200MB

    • The maximum file size per scan depends on the available space of the Drive itself

  • Max Minutes to Scan a File [in minutes]

  • Max Minutes per Engine to Scan a File [in minutes]