When active, the application uses signature analysis. During signature analysis, Kaspersky Security matches the detected object with records in the application databases. Following the recommendations of Kaspersky Lab's experts, signature analysis is always enabled.
For increasing the effectiveness of scanning you can use heuristic analysis. During heuristic analysis, the application analyzes the activity of objects in the operating system. Heuristic analysis can detect new malicious objects for which there are currently no records in the application database.
To configure the use of heuristic analysis:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
Select a Light Agent for Windows virus scan policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Task name> window in one of the following ways:
By double-clicking.
Right-click to bring up the context menu of the task and select Settings.
By clicking the Configure task settings link is located on the right of the list of tasks in the section with task settings.
In the window of Light Agent for Windows virus scan task properties, select the Settings section in the list on the left.
The task settings will appear in the right part of the window.
In the Security level section, click the Settings button.
The Virus Scan window opens.
In the Virus scan window, on the Additional tab in the Scan methods section, do one of the following:
If you want the application to use heuristic analysis during the virus scan task, set the Heuristic Analysis check box and use the slider to set the heuristic analysis level: Light, Medium, or Deep.
If you do not want the application to use heuristic analysis during the virus scan task, clear the Heuristic Analysis check box.