Title: Scan notification
Last modified: February 26, 2020

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# Scan notification

 *  Resolved [ameliehub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliehub/)
 * (@ameliehub)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-notification/)
 * Hello,
    I’ve got this message yesterday : 1 path was skipped for the malware 
   scan due to scan settings Type: Skipped Paths The version installed is the most
   recent one : 7.4.6 Is there something I need to do ? Thanks for your help

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 *  [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/)
 * (@wfgerald)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-notification/#post-12483743)
 * Hey [@ameliehub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliehub/),
 * This isn’t something to worry about. It sounds like you have the **Scan files
   outside your WordPress installation** feature enabled. Can you please review 
   the docs below, and decide if you’d like the directory/file shown in the message
   scanned?
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/help/scan/scan-results/#skipped-paths](https://www.wordfence.com/help/scan/scan-results/#skipped-paths)
 * Please let me know if you have any questions.
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald
 *  Thread Starter [ameliehub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliehub/)
 * (@ameliehub)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-notification/#post-12489825)
 * Hello, thanks for your reply.
    Wordfence is installed on my website since the
   beginning and I have never had this message. I’ve checked if the “Scan files 
   outside your WordPress installation” was enabled but it is not. Thanks for your
   help

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 * Last reply from: [ameliehub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameliehub/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-notification/#post-12489825)
 * Status: resolved