CHAPTER 3.
KASPERSKY ANTI-
VIRUS SCANNER
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Scanner (Kaspersky AV Scanner) is an anti-virus program
that checks for viruses and deletes them on demand.
The program performs the following functions:
•
Detects and deletes viruses of all types in files located on user-predefined
disks, in boot sectors and RAM
•
Detects and deletes viruses from files that have been packed using
PKLITE, LZEXE, DIET, COM2EXE and other compression utilities
•
Detects viruses (but doesn’t delete) in archived files that have been
archived using one of the commonly used archivers, including ZIP, ARJ,
LHA, RAR, etc.
•
Detects viruses (but doesn’t delete) in local mailboxes of the most
commonly used mail systems: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange,
Microsoft Internet Mail, Eudora Pro & Lite, Pegasus Mail, Netscape
Navigator Mail, JSMail SMTP/POP3 server.
•
Detects and deletes viruses from the MS Outlook Express v. 5.0 (and
later) mail databases.
•
Utilizes an improved heuristic detection tool that is able to search for
unknown viruses (up to 92% effective).
3.1.
Starting Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Scanner
You can start Kaspersky Anti-Virus Scanner from:
Option 1: The Windows main menu. To do this, press the
Start
button, point to
Programs
, point to
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
and point and click
Kaspersky
Anti-Virus Scanner
. The program main window will appear on your screen
(see subchapter 3.2.2), and you will see the scanner icon
in the system
tray. Right-click this icon to display the scanner system menu (see
subchapter 3.2.1).
