Kaspersky PURE User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

U S E R G U I D ECHANGING ACTIONS TO BE PERFORMED ON DETECTED OBJECTSIf infected or potentially infected objects are detected, the application performs an action depending on the selectedoperation mode: automatic or interactive (see section "File Anti-Virus" on page 91). You can modify the specified action.To change the specified action to be performed on detected objects:1. Open the main application window.2. In the top part of the window, click the Settings link.3. In the left part of the window, in the Protection Center section, select the File Anti-Virus component.4. In the left part of the window, in the Action section, select the required action.SCAN OF COMPOUND FILESA common method of concealing viruses is to embed them into compound files: archives, databases, etc. To detectviruses that are hidden this way a compound file should be unpacked, which can significantly lower the scan speed.For each type of compound file, you can select to scan either all files or only new ones.By default, Kaspersky PURE scans only embedded OLE objects. Installer packages and files containing OLE objects areexecuted when they are opened, which makes them more dangerous than archives.When large compound files are scanned, their preliminary unpacking may require a long time. This period can bereduced by enabling unpacking of compound files in background mode if they exceed the specified file size. If amalicious object is detected while working with such a file, Kaspersky PURE will notify you about it.You can restrict the maximum size of the compound file being scanned. Compound files larger than the specified valuewill not be scanned.To modify the list of scanned compound files:1. Open the main application window.2. In the top part of the window, click the Settings link.3. In the left part of the window, in the Protection Center section, select the File Anti-Virus component.4. Click the Settings button in the Security level section in the right part of the window.5. In the window that opens, on the Performance tab, in the Scan of compound files section, select the requiredtype of compound files to be scanned.In order to set the maximum size of compound files to be scanned:1. Open the main application window.2. In the top part of the window, click the Settings link.3. In the left part of the window, in the Protection Center section, select the File Anti-Virus component.4. Click the Settings button in the Security level section in the right part of the window.5. In the window that will open, on the Performance tab, in the Scan of compound files block, click theAdditional button.6. In the Compound files window, check the Do not unpack large compound files box and specify themaximum file size.96