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  2. NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide
  3. Section II. Using NAS-Data-Protection (D-NAS)
  4. Restoring from D-NAS backups
  5. Scanning for malware
NetBackup™ NAS Administrator's Guide

Scanning for malware

NetBackup lets you scan the backed-up images for malware and determines the last good-known image that is malware-free. If any malware is detected during the scanning, you can see a notification in the web UI.

If you try to recover a malware-affected backup image, NetBackup shows you a warning message and confirmation is required for proceeding. You need special user privileges to restore from malware-affected images.

For more information about malware scanning, see the Malware detection chapter in the NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide.

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