Enabling and disabling File Anti-Virus

By default, File Anti-Virus is enabled, running in the mode that is recommended by Kaspersky's experts. You can disable File Anti-Virus, if necessary.

There are two ways to enable or disable the component:

To enable or disable File Anti-Virus on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Select the Protection and Control tab.
  3. Click the Protection section.

    The Protection section opens.

  4. Right-click to bring up the context menu of the line with information about the File Anti-Virus component.

    A menu for selecting actions on the component opens.

  5. Do one of the following:
    • To enable File Anti-Virus, select Start in the menu.

      The component status icon limitations_group_pict.bmp, which is displayed on the left in the File Anti-Virus line, changes to the icon trusted_group_pict.bmp.

    • To disable File Anti-Virus, select Stop in the menu.

      The component status icon trusted_group_pict.bmp, which is displayed on the left in the File Anti-Virus line, changes to the icon limitations_group_pict.bmp.

To enable or disable File Anti-Virus from the application settings window:

  1. Open the application settings window.
  2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select the File Anti-Virus subsection.

    In the right part of the window, the settings of the File Anti-Virus component are displayed.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • If you want to enable File Anti-Virus, select the Enable File Anti-Virus check box.
    • If you want to disable File Anti-Virus, clear the Enable File Anti-Virus check box.
  4. To save changes, click the Save button.
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