1. A method for configuring antivirus scans of software objects, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a software object that requires an antivirus scan; collecting, by the processor, information relating to the software object for setting the antivirus scan of the object; accessing, by the processor, a data store of one or more antivirus setting rules that each define at least one condition for a date and time for starting the antivirus scan; selecting, by the processor, the Ran date and time for starting the antivirus scan of the object when the collected information satisfies the at one condition of the one or more antivirus setting rules; selecting, by the processor, an antivirus scan method based on the collected information relating to the software object, the selected date and time, and the accessed one or more antivirus setting rules; and performing, by the processor, the antivirus scan of the object using the selected antivirus scan method and at the selected date and time.