On-demand scan of selected objects

Sometimes you need to scan particular objects rather than the entire computer. Such objects may include, for example, a hard drive with program files and games, email databases that you have brought from the office, an archive attached to an email message that you have received. You can select objects to be scanned by using either Kaspersky Anti-Virus or standard Windows tools (for example, Windows Explorer, My Computer, etc.)

To scan an object selected using standard Windows tools:

select and right-click the object you wish to scan and when the shortcut menu appears, select the Scan for viruses command.

Scanning an object using standard Windows tools

To select and scan objects using Kaspersky Anti-Virus please follow the instructions below.

In order to select and scan an object using Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal:

click Scan objects in the left section of the Protection tab.

The Select Objects to Scan window opens, containing a list of objects that can be scanned for viruses, and equipped with interface buttons for editing this list and controlling the scan.

Selecting objects to be scanned

The initial list includes the following objects:

removable drives, including floppy disks and CD-ROM;
hard drives;
Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express mailboxes;
My Documents folder.

To add a new object to the list, click Add and in the file selection window, browse to the file or folder you wish to add. All added objects will be available in this list for future scans.

To delete an object from the list, check the corresponding box and click Delete. Note, however, that you can delete from the list only those objects that you have added manually. Objects that were included in the initial list cannot be deleted.

To select and scan objects from the list:

Select objects you wish to scanfrom the list.
Click Scan to start the scan.

Regardless of how the scan was started (from Kaspersky Anti-Virus or from the Windows shortcut menu), the Scan window will appear. It contains a scan progress bar showing the scan progress, the time the scan started, estimated or actual time of completion of the scan, and the name of the object currently being scanned.

The scan results are documented in a report.