Kaspersky PURE User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

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 SWhen large files are extracted from archives, they will be scanned even if the Do not unpack large compoundfiles box is checked.To unpack large-sized compound files in background mode: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 Extract compound files in the background box and specify theminimum file size.SCAN OPTIMIZATIONYou can shorten the scan time and speed up Kaspersky PURE. This can be achieved by scanning only new files andthose files that have altered since the last time they were scanned. This mode applies both to simple and compoundfiles.To scan only new and changed 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 will open, Performance tab, in the Scan optimization section check the Scan only newand changed files box.MAIL ANTI-VIRUSMail Anti-Virus scans incoming and outgoing messages for the presence of malicious objects. It loads when theoperating system launches and runs continually, scanning all email sent or received on the POP3, SMTP, IMAP, MAPIand NNTP protocols, as well as on secure connections (SSL) for POP3 and IMAP (see section "Scanning encryptedconnections" on page 145).The indicator of the component's operation is the application icon in the taskbar notification area, which looks likewhenever an email message is being scanned.The application intercepts each message that the user sends or receives and parses it into basic components: messageheader, body, attachments. Message body and attachments (including attached OLE objects) are scanned for thepresence of threats.Kaspersky Lab advises you not to configure Mail Anti-Virus settings on your own. In most cases, selecting a securitylevel is enough (see section "Changing and restoring security level" on page 100).You can specify the types of messages to be scanned, and specify which scan methods should be used. By default, themode of using application's database records to search for threats is always enabled. Additionally, you can enable97