Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

A D V A N C E D A P P L I C A T I O N S E T T I N G S
To specify the object scan technologies:
1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Scan section, select the desired task (Full Scan, Critical Areas Scan, or
Custom Scan).
3. In the Security level section, click the Settings button for the task selected.
4. In the window that opens, on the Additional tab in the Scan technologies section, select the desired values.
CHANGING THE ACTIONS TO BE PERFORMED WHEN A THREAT IS DETECTED
If infected objects are detected, the application performs the selected action.
To change the action that should be performed when a threat is detected:
1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Scan section, select the desired task (Full Scan, Critical Areas Scan, or
Custom Scan).
3. In the right part of the window, select the desired option in the Action on threat detection section.
RUNNING A SCAN UNDER A DIFFERENT USER ACCOUNT
By default, the scan tasks are run under your system account. However, you may need to run a task under a different
user account. You can specify an account to be used by the application when performing a scan task.
To start a scan under a different user's account:
1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Scan section, select the desired task (Full Scan, Critical Areas Scan, or
Vulnerability Scan).
3. Click the Run mode button in the right part of the window.
4. In the window that opens, on the Run mode tab in the User account section, check the Run task as box.
Specify the user name and password.
CHANGING THE TYPE OF OBJECTS TO SCAN
When specifying the type of objects to scan, you establish which file formats will be scanned for viruses when the
selected scan task runs.
When selecting file types, please remember the following:
The probability of malicious code penetrating some file formats (such as TXT) and its subsequent activation is
quite low. However, there are formats that contain or may contain an executable code (such as EXE, DLL,
DOC). The risk of penetration and activation of malicious code in such files is quite high.
An intruder can send a virus to your computer in an executable file renamed as a TXT file. If you have selected
scanning of files by extension, such a file is skipped by the scan. If scanning of files by format is selected, then,
regardless of the extension, File Anti-Virus will analyze the file header and reveal that the file is an EXE file.
Such a file would be thoroughly scanned for viruses.
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