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title: "Scan Locations"
slug: "scan-locations"
tags: ["Reference", "ENS 10.7.x"]
updated: 2026-10-06T19:45:35Z
published: 2026-10-06T19:45:35Z
canonical: "docs.trellix.com/scan-locations"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Scan Locations

You can specify the locations, such as the registry or specific folders, for **Full Scan**, **Quick Scan**, and custom on-demand scans.

 
 
 

Trellix ENS scanners treat all files and folders as case insensitive — all case variations of the specified locations are scanned. For example, if you specify the scan location C:\Temp\ABC, the on-demand scanner also scans C:\temp\abc and C:\TEMP\Abc.

 
 
 

| Section | Option | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Scan Locations** | **Scan subfolders** | Examines all subfolders in the specified volumes when any of these options are selected: - **Home folder** - **User profile folder** - **Program files folder** - **Temp folder** - **File or folder** Deselect this option to scan only the root level of the volumes. |
| **Specify locations** | Specifies the locations to scan. - **+** — Adds a location to the scan. Click **+**, then select the location from the drop-down. - **-** — Removes a location from the scan. Click **-** to the right of the location to delete. |
| **Memory for rootkits** (Windows only) | Scans system memory for installed rootkits, hidden processes, and other behavior that suggests malware is trying to hide itself. This scan occurs before all other scans. > [!NOTE] > Caution > > Failure to enable this option leaves your system unprotected from malware attacks. |
| **Running processes** (Windows only) | Scans the memory of all running processes. **Actions** other than **Clean files** are treated as **Continue scanning**. Threat Prevention scans the process memory, the main module (.exe), and all loaded DLL files. > [!NOTE] > Caution > > Failure to enable this option leaves your system unprotected from malware attacks. |
| **Registered files** (Windows only) | Scans files that the Windows Registry references. The scanner searches the registry for file names, determines whether the files exist, creates a list of files to scan, then scans the files. |
| **My computer** (Windows only) | Scans all drives physically attached to your computer or logically mapped to a drive letter on your computer. |
| **All local drives** | **Windows** — Scans all drives and their subfolders on the computer. **Linux** — Scans any mounted file system that is not a special file system or a network file system. |
| **All fixed drives** (Windows & macOS only) | Scans all drives physically connected to the computer. |
| **All removable drives** (Windows & macOS only) | Scans all removable drives or other storage devices connected to the computer, except those drives with Windows To Go installed. |
| **All mapped drives** | **Windows** — Scans network drives logically mapped to a network drive on the computer. **Linux** — Scans any mounted file system of type NFS or CIFS/SMBFS. |
| **Home folder** (Windows & macOS only) | Scans the home folder of the user who starts the scan. |
| **User profile folder** (Windows & macOS only) | Scans the profile of the user who starts the scan, including the user's My Documents folder. |
| **Windows folder** (Windows only) | Scans the contents of the Windows folder. |
| **Program Files folder** (Windows only) | Scans the contents of the Program Files folder. |
| **Temp folder** | **Windows** — Scans the contents of the Temp folder. **Linux** — Scans directories with the name /var/tmp and /tmp. |
| **Recycle bin** (Windows only) | Scans the contents of the Recycle Bin. |
| **File or folder** | **Windows** — Scans the specified file or folder. **Linux** — Scans only Linux-specific paths. For example, the Windows path C:\Program Files is ignored. Trellix ENS scanners treat all files and folders as case insensitive — all case variations of the specified locations are scanned. |
|  | **Registry** (Windows only) | Scans registry keys and values. |