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aspersky Internet Security 6.0
The
Anti-Hacker
component protects your computer while you are using
the Internet and other networks. It monitors inbound and outbound
connections, and scans ports and data packets.
Anti-Spam
Although not a direct threat to your computer, spam increases the load on
email servers, fills up your email inbox, and wastes your time, thereby
representing a business cost.
The
Anti-Spam
component plugs into your computer’s email client
program, and scans all incoming email for spam subject matter. The
component marks all spam emails with a special header. Anti-Spam can
be configured to process spam as you like (auto delete, move to a special
folder, etc.).
2.2.2. Virus scan tasks
In addition to constantly monitoring all potential pathways for malicious
programs, it is extremely important to periodically scan your computer for
viruses. This is necessary to detect malicious programs that were not previously
discovered by the program because, for instance, its security level was set too
low.
Kaspersky Internet Security configures, by default, three virus-scan tasks:
Critical Areas
Scans all critical areas of the computer for viruses. This includes: system
memory, programs loaded on startup, boot sectors on the hard drive, and
the
Windows
system directories. The task aims to detect active viruses
quickly without fully scanning the computer.
My Computer
Scans for viruses on your computer with a through inspection of all disk
drives, memory, and files.
Startup Objects
Scans for viruses in all programs that are loaded automatically on startup,
plus RAM and boot sectors on hard drives.
There is also the option to create other virus-scan tasks and create a schedule
for them. For example, you can create a scan task for email databases once per
week, or a virus scan task for the
My Documents
folder.
