The Settings for Signature Scanning dialog displays the various sources the agent can scan for unknown executable files and virtual application images installed on the agent computers. You can choose the sources to be scanned so that the asset management agent scans only those sources.
To specify settings for signature scanning
Note: This option results in a search for all executable (.exe) files including those that are not defined under the Software Definitions folder, and mostly impacts the engine and the database resources because of the extra reading and storing efforts involved.
Note: This option results in an inspection of all executable (.exe) files on the agent, including those that are not defined under the Software Definitions folder. This has an impact on the scanning speed at the agent, but a lesser impact on the engine and the database resources because the result set is usually much smaller than with the Unknown Executable Files option.
When the signature scanning is completed, you can view the unknown executable files and virtual application images under the Computer, Software, Unknown folder.
Once detected, you can register such files or images as a Software Definition by right-clicking a file or virtual application image in the list and selecting Create software definition. Then next time when you run the scan, this software is automatically detected and removed from the Unknown list.
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