System information

Application interface 47
The application icon changes depending on the operation being performed:
– e-mail being scanned.
– updating application databases and program modules.
– computer needs reboot to apply updates.
– an error has occurred in some Kaspersky Internet Security component.
The icon also provides access the basics of the program interface: shortcut
menu (see section "Shortcut menu" on page 47) and main application window
(see section "Main application window" on page 49).
To open the shortcut menu, right-click the application icon.
In order to open the main application window, double click the application icon.
The main window always opens on section Protection.
If news from Kaspersky Lab is available, icon news will appear in the taskbar
notification area . Double click the icon to view the news in the resulting
window.
SHORTCUT MENU
You can run basic protection tasks from the context menu.
The application menu contains the following items:
 Update - start the application module and database updates and install
updates on your computer.
 Full computer scan - start a complete scan of the computer for
dangerous objects. Objects residing on all drives, including removable
storage media, will be scanned.
 Virus scan - select objects and start a virus scan. By default the list
contains several objects, such as My documents folder and mailboxes.
You can complement this list by selecting objects to be scanned and
start an anti-virus search.
 Network Monitor - view the list of network connections established,
open ports, and traffic.