Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 SOS

Some infected files which are detected by anti-virus programs cannot be deleted in the automatic mode. These files will remain on the computer, till they are deleted manually, but the real-time protection module of the main anti-virus application will block access to these files.

If the main anti-virus detected an infected file in the real-time protection mode and blocked access to it, the following will happen when you run a full system scan task using Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS:

1. ­Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS will attempt to open the infected file to scan it.

2. The real-time protection module of the main anti-virus application will block access to the infected file. Therefore Kaspersky ­Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS will not be able to open it.

3. The report will contain information stating that this file is not accessible.

Therefore, when comparing the results of the scan performed by two anti-virus applications - the main anti-virus application and Kaspersky ­Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS - the user may have a feeling that the Kaspersky Lab's application was not able to detect viruses detected by the main anti-virus application. However, this is not true. In order to ensure a correct comparison of the operation of the two anti-virus applications, you should disable the real-time protection feature of the main anti-virus application while ­Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS is running.

­Kaspersky Anti-Virus SOS ensures correct processing of infected files that have not been detected by the main anti-virus application.