guardduty_start_malware_scan: Initiates the malware scan

In paws.security.identity: 'Amazon Web Services' Security, Identity, & Compliance Services

Initiates the malware scan

Description

Initiates the malware scan. Invoking this API will automatically create the Service-linked role in the corresponding account if the resourceArn belongs to an EC2 instance.

See https://www.paws-r-sdk.com/docs/guardduty_start_malware_scan/ for full documentation.

Usage

guardduty_start_malware_scan(
  ResourceArn,
  ClientToken = NULL,
  ScanConfiguration = NULL
)

Arguments

ResourceArn	[required] Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource for which you invoked the API.
ClientToken	The idempotency token for the create request.
ScanConfiguration	Contains information about the configuration to be used for the malware scan.

paws.security.identity documentation built on May 31, 2026, 9:07 a.m.