Kaspersky PURE User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

S O L V I N G T Y P I C A L T A S K SWHAT TO DO WHEN THE APPLICATION'S NOTIFICATIONSAPPEARNotifications that appear in the taskbar notification area inform you of events occurring in the application's operation andrequiring your attention. Depending on how critical the event is, you may receive the following types of notification:Critical notifications – inform you of events of critical importance from the viewpoint of computer security: forexample, detection of a malicious object or dangerous activity in the system. Notification windows and pop-upmessages of this type are red-colored.Important notifications – inform you of events which are potentially important from the viewpoint of computersecurity: for example, detection of a potentially infected object or suspicious activity in the system. Notificationwindows and pop-up messages of this type are yellow-colored.Informational messages – inform you of events that are non-critical from the viewpoint of security. Notificationwindows and pop-up messages of this type are green-colored.If such a notification is displayed on the screen, you should select one of the suggested options. By default, the optimumoption is the one recommended by Kaspersky Lab experts.HOW TO UPDATE APPLICATION DATABASES ANDMODULESBy default, Kaspersky PURE automatically checks for updates on Kaspersky Lab's update servers. If the server containsa fresh set of updates, Kaspersky PURE will download and install them in the silent mode. You can start a KasperskyPURE update at any time.To download updates from Kaspersky Lab servers, you should have an established Internet connection.To keep your computer's protection up to date, you are advised to update Kaspersky PURE immediately after theinstallation.To start the update from the context menu,select Update from the context menu of the application icon.To start update from the main application window:Open the main application window, in the Computer Protection section, click the Quick Tasks button and selectthe Run update item.HOW TO SCAN CRITICAL AREAS OF YOUR COMPUTER FORVIRUSESQuick Scan consists of scanning the objects which are loaded at startup of the operating system, scanning the systemmemory, boot sectors of the disk drive, and the objects that have been added by the user. After Kaspersky PURE hasbeen installed, it automatically performs a quick scan of your computer.You can start the Quick Scan task using one of the following methods:using an existing shortcut (see page 85);59