The purpose and major functions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal

Protection against viruses and malicious computer programs - the application detects and eradicates viruses that attempt to penetrate computers via removable and permanent storage devices, email and Internet protocols. When using the application, the following modes can be used (either jointly or separately):

Real-time anti-virus protection - performs an anti-virus scan of all objects being run, opened or saved.

On-demand scan - performs an anti-virus scan and disinfection of your entire computer or of selected disks, files, or folders. You can launch an on-demand scan manually or set up a regular scheduled scan.

Recovery from a virus attack - performing a full scan and disinfection using settings recommended by Kaspersky Lab will allow you to eradicate any viruses that have infected your files during a virus attack.

Scanning and disinfecting of incoming/outgoing email traffic - real-time protection performs an anti-virus scan and disinfection of incoming email messages before they are downloaded to your Inbox1, and of outgoing mail. In addition, the application provides on-demand scanning and disinfection of the email databases of various email clients2 (see section Protecting your mail from viruses).

Updating of the anti-virus database and application modules - your computer's protection is kept current by updating the anti-virus database with information about new viruses, and with methods for disinfecting objects infected with these viruses. Updates are downloaded from Kaspersky Lab's update servers or copied from a local folder in your computer.

Recommendations on application setup and operation - tips from Kaspersky Lab will guide you while you use Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Installation is quicker and more straightforward because the default settings are the recommended settings for optimal anti-virus protection.

When infected or possibly infected files are found, if the anti-virus database has been not updated for a critically long time, or your computer has not been scanned for a long time, the main window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus will recommend a course of action and give a supporting explanation. We have customized our application to achieve optimal performance based on the extensive expertise of Kaspersky Lab in the anti-virus protection business, and on feedback from application users. The recommended anti-virus protection settings are installed as the default application settings.

Quarantine - a special secure storage area where possibly infected objects are placed. You can then disinfect or delete the quarantined objects, restore them to their initial folders or send them to Kaspersky Lab for analysis. Quarantined files are stored using a special format and do not constitute any danger to your computer.

Reporting - results of all actions performed by Kaspersky Anti-Virus are documented in reports. A detailed scan report contains statistics of all scanned objects, settings used for each task and the history of actions performed on each individual file. Reports are also generated during real-time protection, and after updating the anti-virus database and application modules.