Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS

Mail scan mode in the Scan task can be regulated by changing either the scan area of the task or the task settings Parse mail formats.

In order to disable mail scan in the Scan task uncheck Mail databases in the scan area. If this scan area is checked it means all mail databases of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express, which corresponded to your account are scanned – these databases are defined in the system registry when the mail client is configured.

Beginning from the application versions 6.0.3.830 the area Mail database does not belong to the scan area My Computer. My Computer area includes the following scan areas: 

• System memory 
• Startup objects 
• Diskboot sectors 
• All removable drives 
• All hard drives 

Except correct selection of scan area it is also important to enable/disable the parameter Parse email formats in the Scan settings:

Combination of these two settings (Mail databases and Parse email formats) leads to different results:

	The option Parse email formats is checked	The option Parse email formats is NOT checked
The scan area Mail databases is scanned (the area is checked)	The task will scan all mail databases of your account. If the san area comprises hard drives, in this case mail databases of other accounts and other files of mail formats (eml, msg and etc) stored on the specified hard drives will be scanned.	The task will scan all mail databases of your account. Other mail databases and files of mail formats are not scanned.
The scan area Mail databases is NOT scanned (the area is NOT checked)	The task will scan all mail databases and files of mail formats stored on the hard drives specified in the scan area.	No mail databases and files of mail formats are scanned during the scan task.