How to enable Idle Scan in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018

Latest update: July 17, 2017 ID: 13607
 
 
 
 

So that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018 doesn’t interrupt your work on the computer, set up scans and anti-virus database updates to run when the computer is idle. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018 will run a scan and database update while you’re away and pause them once you return. The application remembers the stage where the scan task was stopped and resumes the scan from there, although the anti-virus databases will start updating all over again. 

If the computer is battery-powered, Idle Scan will not be performed even if the computer is idle.

To configure scan and update tasks to run while the computer is idle:

  1. In the main window of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018, click the gear button Image: Settings icon in Kaspersky Anti-Virus window.

Image: main window in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018

  1. If you have problems opening the application window, see this guide.
  1. In the Settings window, select Performance and either check or clear the boxes:
    • Perform Idle Scan
    • Postpone computer scan tasks when the CPU and disk systems are at high load.

Image: How to enable Idle Scan in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2018

 
 
 
 
 
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