Scanning the computer for viruses and vulnerabilities is one of the most important tasks in ensuring the computer's security. The virus scan detects the spreading of malicious code, which has not been detected by the malware protection for some reasons. Vulnerability scan detects software vulnerabilities that can be used by intruders to spread malicious objects and obtain access to personal information.
Kaspersky Lab specialists distinguish the virus scan tasks:
After the virus scan task starts, its progress is displayed in the main application window of Kaspersky PURE 3.0 and in the Scan tasks window.
It is necessary to scan your computer for viruses on a regular basis. You can configure the main scan settings, so that the regular scan process would not interfere with your work:
If you wish all resource-intensive tasks (for example, scheduled full scan) to be performed only when you do not work with the computer, then enable the Perform Idle Scan option.
In Kaspersky PURE 2.0 you can enable regular scan for rootkits in your system. In order to do so, perform the following actions:
Nowadays, malicious objects using operating systems' vulnerabilities to replicate via networks and removable media have become increasingly widespread. Kaspersky PURE 3.0 allows scanning removable drives when connecting them to the computer.
In order to configure settings of scanning removable drives on connection, perform the following actions:
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