Virus Scan has not been performed for a long time [KES for Windows]

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This article describes what is considered a Full Scan, which affects the KSC status "Virus Scan has not been performed for a long time".

Scan task area settings

There are two ways to set areas for a Scan task. Tasks started with any other settings (including Quick Scan and Critical Area Scan with default settings) will not be considered as a Full Scan. 

Primary

• Kernel Memory
• Running processes and Startup Objects
• Disk boot sectors
• Local disk (logical disk where OS is installed)

Alternative

• Kernel Memory
• Running processes and Startup Objects
• Disk boot sectors
• %systemroot%\
• %systemroot%\System\
• %systemroot%\System32\
• %systemroot%\System32\drivers\
• %systemroot%\SysWOW64\
• %systemroot%\SysWOW64\drivers\ 

Path is Case-Sensitive in order to support upcoming Windows features.