What is AWS PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned?

Last updated: April 27, 2025

Amazon GuardDuty offers malware protection as a paid service for EBS Volumes. When enabled, Amazon will create a replica of your EBS volume which is scanned for possible malware. The charge for GuardDuty Malware Protection is based on the total and prorated GB volume of Amazon EBS data scanned each month. Note that in order to have this feature enabled, it's required that you use EBS snapshots which incur additional, separate charges beyond this distinct billing code. This feature is billed per GB per month.

Available Regions The prefix represents the region.
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APN2-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Asia Pacific region in Seoul, South Korea
APS1-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Asia Pacific region in Singapore
APS2-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Asia Pacific region in Sydney, Australia
APS3-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Asia Pacific region in Mumbai, India
APS4-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Asia Pacific region in Jakarta, Indonesia
CAN1-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Canada region in Central Canada
EU-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Europe (Regional Designation)
EUC1-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Europe region in Frankfurt, Germany
EUW2-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned Europe region in London, United Kingdom
USE1-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned US East region in Northern Virginia
USE2-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned US East region in Ohio
USW2-PaidMalwareProtectionEBSDataScanned US West region in Oregon