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title: 'Scanning Limits'
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markdown: 'https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/settings/antivirus/scanning-limits.md'
date: '2026-09-22'
description: 'Max scan time - MaxScanTime The maximum amount of time to a scan may take (in milliseconds). This field currently only affects the scan time of ZIP archives. Value of 0 disables the limit. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result allow scanning certain files to lock up the scann…'
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[](#)  [ Basics ](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/)     [ Settings Reference ](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/settings)     [ Antivirus ](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/settings/antivirus)      Scanning Limits    

# Scanning Limits

**Max scan time** - `MaxScanTime`
The maximum amount of time to a scan may take (in milliseconds). This field currently only affects the scan time of ZIP archives. Value of 0 disables the limit. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result allow scanning certain files to lock up the scanning process/threads resulting in a Denial of Service.
Default: 100M

**Max scan size** - `MaxScanSize`
Set the maximum amount of data to be scanned for each input file. Archives and other containers are recursively extracted and scanned up to this value. A value of 0 disables the limit. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 100M

**Max file size** - `MaxFileSize`
Files larger than this limit will not be scanned. A value of 0 disables the limit. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 25M

**Max recursion** - `MaxRecursion`
Nested archives are scanned recursively, e.g. if a Zip archive contains a RAR file, all files within it will also be scanned. This options specifies how deeply the process should be continued. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 16

**Max files** - `MaxFiles`
The number of files to be scanned within an archive, a document, or any other container file. A value of 0 disables the limit. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 10000

**Max embedded PE** - `MaxEmbeddedPE`
The maximum size of a file to check for embedded PE. Files larger than this value will skip the additional analysis step. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 10M

**Max HTML normalize** - `MaxHTMLNormalize`
The maximum size of a HTML file to normalize. HTML files larger than this value will not be normalized or scanned. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 10M

**Max HTML no tags** - `MaxHTMLNoTags`
The maximum size of a normalized HTML file to scan. HTML files larger than this value after normalization will not be scanned. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 2M

**Max script normalize** - `MaxScriptNormalize`
The maximum size of a script file to normalize. Script content larger than this value will not be normalized or scanned. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 5M

**Max Zip Type Rcg** - `MaxZipTypeRcg`
The maximum size of a ZIP file to reanalyze type recognition. ZIP files larger than this value will skip the step to potentially reanalyze as PE. Note: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
Default: 3M

## Related Pages

- [Scanning Settings](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/settings/antivirus/scanning-settings "Scanning Settings")
- [Anti-virus](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/user-guide/antivirus "Anti-virus")

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