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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Scanning your Mac</h1>


  <div><p>You can initiate a scan of your Mac at any time. This will scan all files to which you have
      access on local volumes. If you authenticate as an administrator, files to which you do not
      have access are scanned as well. Any removable storage devices that are inserted are
      included.</p>
<p>You might want to run a scan because you want to deal with a threat that
        <span class="keyword">Sophos Anti-Virus</span> has detected or you want to discover files that are
      infected <em>before</em> you need to use them.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../tasks/Scan_this_Mac.html">Scan This Mac</a></strong><br/>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../concepts/Configuring_local_drives_scan.html">Configuring scans</a></strong><br/>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../tasks/View_log_of_the_default_scan_of_this_Mac.html">View the log of a scan</a></strong><br/>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../concepts/Scanning_for_threats.html" title="">Scanning for threats</a></div>
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