How to pause and resume computer protection

Pausing protection means temporarily disabling all protection components for some time.

When protection is paused or Kaspersky Anti-Virus is not running, the activity of the applications running on your computer is monitored. Information about the results of monitoring of application activity is saved in the operating system. When Kaspersky Anti-Virus is started again or protection is resumed, the application uses this information to protect your computer from malicious actions that may have been performed when protection was paused or when Kaspersky Anti-Virus was not running. Information about the results of monitoring of application activity is stored indefinitely. This information is deleted if Kaspersky Anti-Virus is removed from your computer.

To pause the protection of your computer:

1. In the context menu of the application icon located in the taskbar notification area, select the Pause protection item.

   The Pause protection window opens (see the following figure).

   

   Pause protection window

2. In the Pause protection window, select the time interval after which protection will be resumed:
   • Pause for the specified time – protection is enabled after expiration of the time interval selected from the drop-down list.
   • Pause until computer restart – protection is enabled after the application is started again or the operating system is restarted (if the application automatically starts on startup).
   • Pause – protection will be resumed when you decide to resume it.
3. Click the Pause protection button and confirm your choice in the window that opens.

To resume computer protection:

In the taskbar notification area, in the context menu of the application icon, select Resume protection.