How to scan mail

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal provides real-time protection of incoming and outgoing e-mail messages.

In order to protect your mail from viruses,

simply enable real-time protection and make sure that the Disable Real-Time Mail Protection box in the Troubleshooting window is unchecked.

E-mail databases imported from other computers but not yet connected may be checked for viruses by starting an on-demand scan.

In order to scan Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail databases:

Make sure that box Do not scan mailboxes in the Troubleshooting dialog box is unchecked.
Click Scan objects in the left section the Protection tab.
In the Select Objects to Scan dialog box check box Mailboxes.
Click Scan.

As a result, the program will scan Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express mail databases.

In order to scan e-mail databases in the format of another e-mail program or databases that you brought home on a disk (for instance, from the office),

Use the Scan objects link in the left section of the Protection tab.
In the Select Objects to Scan window that will open select a disk or a folder where these databases are stored.
Press Scan.