Run Platinum Internet Security

 

Once the program has been installed, it can be run (a window is opened, but this does not mean that a scan is carried out) in several different ways.

 

From the Windows Start button

1.    Click on the Windows Start button.

2.    Select Programs

3.    Go to the Panda Platinum Internet Security program group.

4.    Select the option Panda Platinum Internet Security.

5.    The program window is opened.

 

From the Windows System tray icon (next to the computer clock)

image\P7Icoper_shg.gif If the program automatic protection is enabled (as soon as it is installed, it is enabled), the Platinum Internet Security icon appears in the Windows system tray -next to the system clock-. You can carry out several options from this icon: Automatic protection settings, Open Panda Platinum Internet Security (open the program window), Start self-diagnosis (it informs you about the current level of protection), Enter user name (when the Web content filter is enabled, users wishing to browse the Internet will have to identify themselves by entering a user name and a password, Close session: (it is displayed once a user has entered a user name and a password, and it makes it possible to end the Internet session for that user, Panda Bulletins (permits the user to subscribe to the different Panda information services), Panda Online, and Close automatic protection (disable the automatic protection).

 

1.    If the automatic protection is loaded, the Platinum Internet Security icon will appear in the Windows system tray, next to the system clock. Right-click on this icon. A menu with several options is displayed.

 

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2.    Select Open Panda Platinum Internet Security.

3.    The program window is opened.

 

From the Quick Launch bar

image\P7Icoeje_shg.gif When the program is installed, an access icon for executing the program from the Windows Quick Launch bar is created. The Platinum Internet Security icon is displayed on the Quick Launch bar. Clicking on this icon opens the main program window.

 

For more information about the first window in Platinum Internet Security, how to work with it and the options that can be accessed from it, consult the Main program window section in this Help.