Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

M A N A G I N G T H E C O M P U T E R P R O T E C T I O N
In this case, the protection is regarded as the set of protection components. Disabling or pausing protection components
does not affect the performance of virus scan tasks and Kaspersky Internet Security updates.
You can enable or disable the protection or individual application components from the application settings window (see
section "The application settings window" on page 36).
To completely enable or disable protection:
1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Protection Center section, select the General Settings subsection.
3. Uncheck the Enable protection box if you need to disable protection. Check this box if you need to enable
protection.
To disable or enable a protection component:
1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Protection Center section, select the component that should be enabled or
disabled.
3. In the right part of the window, uncheck the Enable box if you need to disable this
component. Check this box if you need to enable the component.
PAUSING AND RESUMING PROTECTION
Pausing protection means temporarily disabling all protection components for a period of time.
The following signs indicate that the protection is paused or disabled:
inactive (gray) application icon in the taskbar notification area (see section "The notification area icon" on
page 31);
a red security indicator in the upper part of the main application window.
In this case, the protection is regarded as the set of protection components. Disabling or pausing protection components
does not affect the performance of virus scan tasks and Kaspersky Internet Security updates.
If network connections were established at the moment protection was paused, a notification about the termination of
such connections is displayed.
When working on a computer running under Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7, you can pause protection
using the Kaspersky Gadget. To do this, you should assign the protection pausing function to a button of the gadget (see
section "How to use the Kaspersky Gadget" on page 59).
To pause the protection of your computer:
1. Open the Pause protection window using one of the following methods:
select Pause protection from the context menu of the application icon (see section "The context menu" on
page 32);
click the button with the Pause protection icon in the Kaspersky Gadget interface (only for Microsoft
Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems).
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