When the protected virtual machine is started together with Kaspersky Security, real-time protection of the protected virtual machine is automatically enabled and continues uninterrupted. Real-time file protection involves scanning files of a protected virtual machine for malware when they are accessed. When the user or any application accesses a file on a protected virtual machine (for example, reads or writes it), Kaspersky Security intercepts the operation on the file.
In addition to real-time protection, you must regularly run a virus scan of the protected virtual machine to check for viruses and other malware in order to prevent the spread of malware that have not been detected by the application, for example, due to a low security level setting or for other reasons. A virus scan is vital to virtual machine security.
Scan tasks are employed to scan virtual machines.
Virus scan tasks in Kaspersky Security Center
After the Kaspersky Security administration plug-ins are installed in Kaspersky Security Center, the following scan tasks are automatically created:
While performing the Virus scan task, Kaspersky Security performs a virus scan of the areas of the protected virtual machine that are specified in the task settings. Virus scan tasks are managed in Kaspersky Security Center.
Scan tasks in the local interface of Light Agent for Windows
Protected virtual machines that have the Light Agent for Windows component installed can employ the following scan tasks that can be configured through the local interface of Light Agent for Windows:
The Full Scan and Critical Areas Scan tasks are somewhat different than the others. For these tasks, it is not recommended to edit the scan scope.
After scan tasks start, their completion progress is displayed in the field next to the name of the running scan task, in the Manage tasks section on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window.
Information on the scan results and events that have occurred during the performance of scan tasks is logged in a program report.
Scan tasks for Light Agent for Linux
Protected virtual machines that have the Light Agent for Linux component installed can employ the following tasks that can be managed from the command line: