Scanning the computer for viruses is one of the most important tasks in ensuring the computer's security. The virus scan detects the spreading of malicious code, which has not been detected by the malware protection for some reasons. Full Scan is a thorough scan of the entire system. The following objects are scanned by default:
system memory
programs loaded on startup
system backup
email databases
hard drives, removable storage media and network drives.
In Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac you can configure the following parameters and settings of full scan: