Skipped Files in Results

Files can be skipped during a scan for multiple reasons.

Skipped files result in a POTENTITIAL THREATS FOUND status, even when there are no detected files under Potential Infection, Potential Vulnerabilities, Sensitive Data, Data Integrity or Country of Origin lists.

You can find a list of the skipped files under the Skipped Files tab:

Files found under Skipped Files with no other threats detected

Files found under Skipped Files with no other threats detected

To determine the reason for skipping files, click any of the skipped items to check the details on why the file was skipped.

The following example shows a skipped file due to exceeding the maximum allowed file size:

Skipped file details

Skipped file details

The following are two reasons for skipping files and how to troubleshoot them:

Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard