User guide

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THE CONCEPT OF YOUR COMPUTER
PROTECTION
Kaspersky Anti-Virus ensures protection of your computer against known and new threats. Each type of threat is
processed by a separate application component. This makes setup flexible, with easy configuration options for all
components, which can be tailored to the needs of a specific user or the business as a whole.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus includes the following protection tools:
Protection components (see page 15) providing protection of:
files and personal data;
system;
network activity.
Virus scan tasks (see page 17) used to scan individual files, folders, drives, areas or the entire computer for
viruses.
Update (see page 17), ensuring the up-to-date status of the internal application modules, and the databases
used to scan for malicious programs, and to detect network attacks and spam messages.
Wizards and tools (see page 18) facilitating the execution of tasks occurring during the operation of Kaspersky
Anti-Virus.
Support features (see page 18) that provide information support for working with the program and expanding its
capabilities.
IN THIS SECTION:
Protection components .................................................................................................................................................... 15
Virus scan tasks .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
Update ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Protection of data and online activity ............................................................................................................................... 17
Wizards and Tools ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
Support features of the program ...................................................................................................................................... 18
PROTECTION COMPONENTS
The following protection components provide defense for your computer in real time:
File Anti-Virus (see page 41)
File Anti-Virus monitors the file system of the computer. It scans all files that can be opened, executed or saved on
your computer and all attached disk drives. Kaspersky Anti-Virus intercepts each attempt to access a file and scans
such file for known viruses. The file can only be processed further if the file is not infected or is successfully treated
by the application. If a file cannot be disinfected for any reason, it will be deleted, with a copy of the file saved in
backup, or moved to quarantine.