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ADDITIONAL TOOLS
The following wizards and tools included with Kaspersky Small Office Security are used to resolve specific issues
concerning your computer's security:
Rescue Disk Creation Wizard is designed to create the Rescue Disk that allows you to restore the system
operability after a virus attack by booting the computer up from removable media. Rescue Disk should be used
when the infection is at such a level that it is deemed impossible to disinfect the computer using anti-virus
applications or malware removal utilities.
Privacy Cleaner Wizard is designed for searching and eliminating traces of a user's activities in the system, and
the operating system's settings which allow the gathering of information about user activities.
Unused Data Clearing Wizard is designed for searching and eliminating temporary and unused files on your
computer and optimization of the system's functioning.
System Restore Wizard is designed to eliminate system damage and traces of malware objects in the system.
Browser Configuration Wizard – designed to analyze and adjust the settings of Microsoft Internet Explorer in
order to eliminate its potential vulnerabilities.
Permanently Delete Data Wizard ensures annihilation of confidential data without any opportunity of restoring
them in the future.
All the problems found by the Wizards (except the Rescue Disk Creation Wizard) are grouped based on the type of
danger they pose to the operating system. Kaspersky Lab offers a set of actions for each group of problems which help
eliminate vulnerabilities and weak points in the system's settings. Three groups of problems and, respectively, three
groups of actions on them, when detected, are distinguished:
Strongly recommended actions will help eliminate problems posing a serious security threat. You are advised to
perform in time all the actions in this group to eliminate the threat.
Recommended actions help eliminate problems posing a potential threat. You are advised to perform all actions
in this group as well to provide the optimal level of protection.
Additional actions help repair system damages which do not pose a current threat but may threaten your
computer's security in the future. Performing these actions ensures comprehensive protection of your computer.
However, in some cases, they may lead to deletion of user settings (such as cookies).
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Permanently Delete Data .............................................................................................................................................. 212
Privacy Cleaner ............................................................................................................................................................. 213
Delete Unused Data ...................................................................................................................................................... 215
Browser Configuration ................................................................................................................................................... 216
PERMANENTLY DELETE DATA
Data security is ensured not only by the protection against viruses, Trojans and other types of malware, but also by the
protection against unauthorized restoration of deleted information.
Deleting data with the standard Microsoft Windows tools cannot ensure safety and prevent possible restoration. The data
do not disappear from the hard drive when deleted. They are stored in the disk sectors and marked as free. The file
record in the file table is the only thing which is deleted. Formatting data storage media (such as hard disk drives, flash