The On-Demand Scan Mode; Full Computer Scan - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.0 - FOR WINDOWS WORKSTATIONS Administrator's Manual

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5.3. The on-demand scan mode

On-demand scanning is the mode of the application designed to scan for the
presence of malicious code at the request of the workstation user or
administrator, and disinfect and remove infected objects as well as quarantine
suspicious objects.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus allows scanning of the entire computer or of its parts -
individual disks, folder, files, mail. The scan involves disinfection and deletion of
detected dangerous objects and placing suspicious objects into quarantine.
The following system on-demand scan tasks will be created by default during the
installation of the application:
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Scan My Computer – full scan of the entire file system of the user's
computer (see section 5.3.1 on page 70) will be launched automatically
every Friday at 8:00 pm.
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Scan removable drives – scan of removable media (floppy disk, CD,
flash card, etc.), by default is launched manually by the user (see section
5.3.5 on page 84).
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Scan critical areas – scan of the system memory, startup objects, disk
boot sectors, Windows and Windows/System32 system folders is by
default launched manually by the user.
•
Scan Quarantine – scan of the quarantine objects is by default launched
manually by the user.
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Scan at Kaspersky Anti-Virus startup – scan of the startup objects,
system memory and disk boot sectors, by default is launched
automatically at the system operation startup.
You can also scan an individual object that you specify (details see section 5.3.2
on page 72). Besides, you can create additional on-demand objects scan tasks
(see section 5.6 on page 91).
For successful disinfection of Microsoft Outlook Express mail
databases, you must close Microsoft Outlook Express before scanning.

5.3.1. Full computer scan

Full scan allows scanning larger number of objects than with the real-time
protection, therefore for preventive purposes we recommend that you perform full
computer scan at least once a week.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations