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How to interact with a custom VM clone during scan

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Appendix B - How to interact with a custom VM clone during scan

When a Windows clone is scanning a file, it's helpful to access it and monitor the scan process.

To interact with a custom clone during a scan:
  1. Go to Scan Job > File On-Demand or URL on-Demand and click Submit File or Submit File/URL.
  2. Enable Force to scan the file inside VM or Force to scan the url inside VM.
  3. Select Force to scan inside the following VMs and select the custom VM.

  4. Click Submit.
  5. Go to Scan Policy and Object> VM Settings and click VM Screenshot.
  6. When the icon in the Interaction column is enabled, click the icon to establish an RDP tunnel.

  7. Click Yes to manually start the scan process with VM Interaction.

  8. When the FortiSandbox tracer engine displays the PDF sample, you can click Yes to manually stop the scan process.

  9. When the scan is finished, go to the job details page to view the scan results.

Appendix B - How to interact with a custom VM clone during scan

When a Windows clone is scanning a file, it's helpful to access it and monitor the scan process.

To interact with a custom clone during a scan:
  1. Go to Scan Job > File On-Demand or URL on-Demand and click Submit File or Submit File/URL.
  2. Enable Force to scan the file inside VM or Force to scan the url inside VM.
  3. Select Force to scan inside the following VMs and select the custom VM.

  4. Click Submit.
  5. Go to Scan Policy and Object> VM Settings and click VM Screenshot.
  6. When the icon in the Interaction column is enabled, click the icon to establish an RDP tunnel.

  7. Click Yes to manually start the scan process with VM Interaction.

  8. When the FortiSandbox tracer engine displays the PDF sample, you can click Yes to manually stop the scan process.

  9. When the scan is finished, go to the job details page to view the scan results.