Kaspersky PURE: My Computer Protection

Configure settings of full computer scan

Create a schedule to start full scan task

In Kaspersky PURE you can choose whether to start the full scan task manually or by schedule (automatically).

If you select the Manually variant, then you can start the task at any time convenient for you. The full scan process takes some time to be completed and you cannot use some applications installed on your computer during the scan process.

Selecting the By schedule variant allows to configure the automatical start of the full scan task. If you select this variant, you can set the the vulnerability scan task frequency. In the schedule settings you can select one of the following frequencies: minutes, hours, days, every week, at a specified time, every month, after application startup, after every update.

For every frequency you can specify the interval. For example, if you select Every month you can select a particular day to start the scan task (1, 2, 3...) and set particular time (05:00 p.m.).

If it is not possible to start the task for any reason (for example, the computer was not on at that time), you can configure the task to start automatically as soon as it becomes possible. To do so, check the Run skipped tasks box.

Scheduled tasks feature additional functionality, for example, you can pause scheduled scan when screensaver is inactive or computer is unlocked. This functionality postpones the task launch until the user has finished working on the computer. So, the scan task will not take up system resources during the work. To enable this setting, check the Pause scheduled scan when screensaver is inactive and computer is unlocked box.

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link 
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan My Computer select Full Scan
• in the right part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Run Mode click the Settings button 
• in the window Full Scan on the Run mode tab set the schedule to run the Full Scan task: manually or by schedule 
• click OK in the lower part of the window 
• in the window Settings - My Computer Protection click the OK button

• close the My Computer Protection window and the main application window

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Create the list of objects for full scan task

You can also create your own list of objects for the Full Scan task. For example, if you do not want to scan the whole system and all applications installed on your computer you can add your own list of applications, network and logical drives to scan.

If the scan scope is empty, or it contains no selected objects, a scan task cannot be started.

In order to add/edit or delete objects from the scan scope, perform the following actions:

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan My Computer select Full Scan 
• in the right part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan scope click the Settings button 
• in the window Full Scan: list of objects create the list using the links Add/Edit/Delete
• to scan embedded objects check the box Include subfolders in the window Select object to scan 
• click OK in the lower part of the window 
• in the window Full Scan: list of objects click the OK button 
• in the window Settings - My Computer Protection click the OK button

• close the My Computer Protection window and the main application window

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Change security level for full scan task

To change the security level of the full scan task, perform the following actions: 

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link 
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan My Computer select Full Scan 
• in the right part of the window Settings – My Computer Protection under Security level set the necessary security level 
• in the window Settings – My Computer Protection click OK

• close the My Computer Protection window and the main application window

In order to configure additional parameters of the security level for the full scan task, perform the following actions: 

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link 
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan My Computer select Full Scan 
• in the right part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Security level click the Settings button 
• in the Full Scan window on the Additional tab select scan methods and technologies

You can find more detailed information about iChecker and iSwift technologies in KB3471. You can also find more detailed information about heuristic analyzer in Kaspersky PURE in KB3389.

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Change actions to be performed on detected objects in full scan task

Additionally you can select an action to be performed upon the threat detection. Select action automatically is the default option. In order to change the action upon the threat detection, perform the following actions: 

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link 
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Scan My Computer select Full Scan 
• in the right part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection under Action select the necessary action 
• in the window Settings - My Computer Protection click the OK button

• close the My Computer Protection window and the main application window

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How to run full scan task

Full scan can be started in one of the following ways: 

• from the My Computer Protection window 
• using an existing shortcut for Full Scan

Run the task from the My Computer Protection window

In order to start the full scan task from the My Computer Protection window, do the following: 

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the window My Computer Protection go to the Scan My Computer tab 
• in the right part of the window My Computer Protection click the button Start Full Scan

The information when the task was stopped or completed is displayed in the window My Computer Protection. The time reference is a link which leads to the Full Scan window.

The same information when the task was stopped or completed is displayed in the Full Scan window. The time reference is a link which leads to the detailed report window.

The detailed report contains the information when the full scan task was started, stopped or completed and the list of detected threats with the link to the threat description.

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Run the full scan task using an existing shortcut Full Scan

The full scan task can be run with the help of an existing shortcut.

To start the task, double-click the shortcut for full scan. The process of the task execution is displayed in the opened window Full Scan and in the window My Computer Protection of Kaspersky PURE.

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Create shortcut to launch the Full Scan task

The full scan task can be launched with the help of the earlier created shortcut. In order to create the scan task shortcut, perform the following actions: 

• open the main window of Kaspersky PURE 
• in the left part of the window select My Computer Protection 
• in the right upper corner of the window My Computer Protection click the Settings link 
• in the left part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection select Scan My Computer
• in the right part of the window Settings - My Computer Protection in the section Scan tasks quick run next to Full Scan click the button Create shortcut 
• by default, the shortcut is created in the My Computer folder of the current computer user, but you can select any other folder. 
• to confirm the shortcut creation click the Save button in the Save as window
• in the window Settings - My Computer Protection click the OK button

• close the My Computer Protection window and the main application window

The shortcut of the full scan task will be created in the specified location.

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