User guide
A P P L I C A T I O N S E T T I N G S C O N F I G U R A T I ON
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ENABLING / DISABLING COMPUTER PROTECTION
By default, Kaspersky Anti-Virus is launched when the operating system loads, and protects your computer until it is
switched off. All protection components are running.
You can completely or partially disable the protection provided by Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
The Kaspersky Lab specialists strongly recommend that you do not disable protection, since this could lead to an
infection of your computer and data loss.
When the protection is disabled, all its components become inactive. This is indicated by the following signs:
inactive (grey) icon of Kaspersky Anti-Virus in the taskbar notification area;
red color of the security indicator.
In this case protection is being discussed in the context of the protection components. Disabling or pausing protection
components does not affect the execution of virus scan tasks and Kaspersky Anti-Virus updates.
To disable protection completely:
1. Open the main application window and click the Settings link in the top part of the window.
2. In the window that will open select the Protection section.
3. Uncheck the Enable protection box.
STARTING KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS AT THE OPERATING SYSTEM'S
STARTUP
If you have to completely shut down Kaspersky Anti-Virus for any reason, select the Exit item from the context menu (see
section "Context menu" on page 37) of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. As a result, the application will unload from RAM. This
means that your computer will be running unprotected.
You can re-enable the computer's protection by loading Kaspersky Anti-Virus from the Start Programs Kaspersky
Anti-Virus 2010 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 menu.
Protection can also be resumed automatically after restarting your operating system.
To enable this mode:
1. Open the main application window and click the Settings link in the top part of the window.
2. In the window that will open select the Protection section.
3. Check the Launch Kaspersky Anti-Virus at computer startup box.