Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS

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One of the important parts of protecting your computer from viruses is scanning for viruses in user-defined areas. Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 can scan individual items for viruses (files, folders, disks, plug-and-play devices), or the entire computer. Scanning for viruses stops malicious code that has gone undetected by protection components from spreading.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 includes three tasks for scanning for viruses:

In Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 system tasks cannot be deleted. They can be stopped, paused or started.

• Critical Areas - Scans all critical areas of the computer for viruses. This includes: system memory, programs loaded on startup, boot sectors on the hard drive, and the Windows and system32 system directories. The task aims to detect active viruses quickly on the system without fully scanning the computer.
• My Computer - Scans for viruses on your computer with a through inspection of all disk drives, memory, and files.
• Startup Objects - Scans for viruses in all programs that are loaded automatically on startup, plus RAM and boot sectors on hard drives.

You can configure either each task separately or all tasks at a time.

To configure all tasks, do the following: 

• Go to the main application window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0
• Go to Scan
• Click Settings in the upper menu

In the main settings window you can change the following parameters: 

• Security level - choose one of three security levels, configure customized security level, restore default security level 
• Actions over an object – prompt for action when the scan is complete, prompt for action during the scan, do not prompt for action but to disinfect or delete if disinfection fails.. 
• Other scan tasks – you can apply the specified settings for Scan to three system tasks - Critical Areas, My Computer, Startup Objects and user’s tasks if they have already been created.

The dialog windows for Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0, Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 MP1, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 MP1, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows File Servers are the same but with corresponding product names and the number of Protection components.