Kapersky Antivirus

Kapersky Antivirus

  • About this Guide
  • Additional sources of information
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011
  • Installing the application
  • Managing license
  • Application interface
  • Starting and stopping the application
  • Computer protection status
  • Solving typical tasks
  • Advanced application settings
  • Validating Kaspersky Anti-Virus settings
  • Contacting the Technical Support Service
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Kaspersky Lab
  • Kapersky Antivirus
  • Solving typical tasks

Solving typical tasks

This section contains instructions for the basic tasks encountered by most users when working with the application.

In this Help section

How to activate the application

How to purchase or renew license

What to do when the application’s notifications appear

How to update application databases

How to scan critical areas of your computer for viruses

How to scan an object (file, folder, disk drive) for viruses

How to perform full scan of your computer for viruses

Scanning computer for vulnerabilities

How to protect your personal data against theft

What to do if you suspect an object of being infected with a virus

What to do if you suspect your computer of being infected

How to restore an object deleted or disinfected by the application

How to create and use Rescue Disk

Where to view the report on the application’s operation

How to restore application default settings

How to import the application settings to Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed on another computer

How to switch from Kaspersky Anti-Virus to Kaspersky Internet Security

How to use Kaspersky Gadget

Solving typical tasks

Kapersky Antivirus > Solving typical tasks

  • About this Guide
    • In this document
    • Document conventions
  • Additional sources of information
    • Sources of information for independent research
    • Discussing Kaspersky Lab applications on the web forum
    • Contacting the Sales Department
    • Contacting Documentation development group
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011
    • What's new
    • Ensuring your computer protection
    • Distribution kit
    • Service for registered users
    • Hardware and software requirements
  • Installing the application
    • Installation procedure
      • Step 1. Finding a newer version of the application
      • Step 2. Making sure the system meets the installation requirements
      • Step 3. Choosing the type of installation
      • Step 4. Reviewing the license agreement
      • Step 5. Kaspersky Security Network Data Collection Statement
      • Step 6. Searching for incompatible applications
      • Step 7. Selecting the destination folder
      • Step 8. Preparing installation
      • Step 9. Installing
      • Step 10. Activating the application
      • Step 11. Registering a user
      • Step 12. Completing the activation
      • Step 13. Closing the Wizard
    • Getting started
    • Removing the application
      • Step 1. Saving data for repeated use
      • Step 2. Confirmation of application removal
      • Step 3. Removing the application. Completing removal
  • Managing license
    • About End User License Agreement
    • About license
    • About activation code
    • Viewing license information
  • Application interface
    • Notification area icon
    • Context menu
    • Kaspersky Anti-Virus main window
    • Notification windows
    • Application settings window
    • Kaspersky Gadget
  • Starting and stopping the application
    • Enabling and disabling automatic launch
    • Starting and stopping the application manually
  • Computer protection status
    • Diagnostics and elimination of problems in your computer protection
    • Enabling and disabling protection
    • Pausing and resuming protection
  • Solving typical tasks
    • How to activate the application
    • How to purchase or renew license
    • What to do when the application's notifications appear
    • How to update application databases
    • How to scan critical areas of your computer for viruses
    • How to scan an object (file, folder, disk drive) for viruses
    • How to perform full scan of your computer for viruses
    • Scanning computer for vulnerabilities
    • How to protect your personal data against theft
      • Protection against phishing
      • Virtual keyboard.
    • What to do if you suspect an object of being infected with a virus
    • What to do if you suspect your computer of being infected
    • How to restore an object deleted or disinfected by the application
    • How to create and use Rescue Disk
      • Creating the rescue disk
      • Starting the computer from the rescue disk
    • Where to view the report on the application's operation
    • How to restore application default settings
    • How to import the application settings to Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed on another computer
    • How to switch from Kaspersky Anti-Virus to Kaspersky Internet Security
      • Switching to the commercial version
      • Temporarily switching to the trial version
    • How to use Kaspersky Gadget
  • Advanced application settings
    • Selecting protection mode
    • Computer scan
      • Virus scan
        • Changing and restoring security level
        • Creating the scan startup schedule
        • Creating a list of objects to scan
        • Selecting the scan method
        • Selecting the scan technology
        • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
        • Running scan under a different user account
        • Changing the type of objects to scan
        • Scan of compound files
        • Scan optimization
        • Scanning removable drives on connection
        • Creating a task shortcut
      • Vulnerability Scan.
    • Update
      • Selecting an update source
      • Selecting the update server region
      • Updating from a local folder
      • Creating the update startup schedule
      • Rolling back the last update
      • Scanning Quarantine after update
      • Using the proxy server
      • Running updates under a different user account
    • File Anti-Virus
      • Enabling and disabling File Anti-Virus
      • Automatically pausing File Anti-Virus
      • Creating a protection scope
      • Changing and restoring security level
      • Selecting scan mode
      • Using heuristic analysis
      • Selecting the scan technology
      • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
      • Scan of compound files
      • Scan optimization
    • Mail Anti-Virus
      • Enabling and disabling Mail Anti-Virus
      • Creating a protection scope
      • Changing and restoring security level
      • Using heuristic analysis
      • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
      • Attachment filtering
      • Scan of compound files
      • Email scanning in Microsoft Office Outlook
      • Email scanning in The Bat!
    • Web Anti-Virus
      • Enabling and disabling Web Anti-Virus
      • Selecting the Web Anti-Virus security level
      • Changing actions to be performed on dangerous objects
      • Checking URLs using the databases of suspicious and phishing addresses
      • Using heuristic analysis
      • Blocking dangerous scripts
      • Scan optimization
      • Kaspersky URL advisor
      • Creating a list of trusted addresses
      • Restoring Web Anti-Virus default settings
    • IM Anti-Virus
      • Enabling and disabling IM Anti-Virus
      • Creating a protection scope
      • Selecting the scan method
    • Proactive Defense
      • Enabling and disabling Proactive Defense
      • Creating a group of trusted applications
      • Using the dangerous activity list
      • Changing the dangerous activity monitoring rule
    • System Watcher
      • Enabling / disabling System Watcher
      • Using patterns of dangerous activity (BSS)
      • Rolling back a malicious program's actions
    • Network protection
      • Scanning encrypted connections
        • Scanning encrypted connections in Mozilla Firefox
        • Scanning encrypted connections in Opera
      • Network Monitor
      • Configuring the proxy server
      • Creating a list of monitored ports
    • Trusted zone
      • Creating a list of trusted applications
      • Creating the exclusion rules
    • Performance and compatibility with other applications
      • Selecting detectable threat categories
      • Advanced disinfection technology
      • Distributing computer resources when scanning for viruses
      • Running tasks on idle computer
      • Application settings in full-screen mode. Gaming profile
      • Battery saving
    • Kaspersky Anti-Virus Self-Defense
      • Enabling / disabling Self-Defense
      • Protection against external control
    • Quarantine and Backup storage
      • Storing quarantine and backup objects
      • Working with quarantined objects
    • Additional tools for better protection of your computer
      • Eliminating activity traces
      • Browser configuration
      • Rolling back the changes, made by the wizards
    • Reports
      • Creating a report for the selected component
      • Managing data display on the screen
      • Data filtering
      • Events search
      • Saving a report to file
      • Storing reports
      • Clearing application reports
      • Logging non-critical events
      • Configuring the reminder of report availability
    • Application appearance
      • Application skin
      • Active interface elements
      • News Agent
    • Notifications
      • Enabling and disabling notifications
      • Configuring the notification method
    • Participating in the Kaspersky Security Network
      • Kaspersky Security Network Data Collection Statement
      • Enabling / disabling Kaspersky Security Network
  • Validating Kaspersky Anti-Virus settings
    • Test "virus" EICAR and its modifications
    • Testing the HTTP traffic protection
    • Testing the SMTP traffic protection
    • Validating File Anti-Virus settings
    • Validating virus scan task settings
    • Validating Anti-Spam settings
  • Contacting the Technical Support Service
    • My Kaspersky Account
    • Technical support by phone
    • Creating a system state report
    • Creating a trace file
    • Sending data files
    • Executing AVZ script
  • Appendix
    • Subscription statuses
    • Kaspersky Anti-Virus notification list
      • Notifications in any protection mode
        • Special treatment required
        • Removable drive connected
        • New network detected
        • Untrusted certificate detected
        • Potentially dangerous application detected
        • New product version released
        • Technical update released
        • Technical update downloaded
        • Downloaded technical update not installed
      • Notifications in interactive protection mode
        • Network activity of an application has been detected
        • Malicious object detected
        • Vulnerability detected
        • Dangerous activity detected in the system
        • Rolling back the changes made by a dangerous application
        • Malicious application detected
        • Suspicious / malicious link detected
        • Dangerous object detected in traffic
        • Attempt to access a phishing website detected
        • Attempt to access the system registry detected
        • Suspicious object detected
        • Object cannot be disinfected
        • Hidden process detected
    • Working with the application from the command line
      • Activating the application
      • Starting the application
      • Stopping the application
      • Managing application components and tasks
      • Virus scan
      • Updating the application
      • Rolling back the last update
      • Exporting protection settings
      • Importing protection settings
      • Creating a trace file
      • Viewing Help
      • Return codes of the command line
  • Glossary
  • Kaspersky Lab

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