How to enable or disable a background scan
Background scan is an automatic scan mode of Kaspersky Anti-Virus that does not display notifications. This scan requires fewer computer resources than other types of scans (for example, Full Scan). When in this mode, Kaspersky Anti-Virus scans the system memory, system volumes, boot sectors and startup objects, and searches for rootkits.
A background scan is started in the following cases:
- After the anti-virus databases are updated.
- Thirty minutes after Kaspersky Anti-Virus launch.
- Every six hours.
- If the computer remains idle for five or more minutes (after the screen saver is started).
A background scan is interrupted when any of the following conditions is met:
- The computer becomes active again.
- If an Idle Scan has not been performed for more than ten days, then the scan will not be interrupted and allowed to finish.
- The computer (laptop) switches to battery mode.
When running a background scan, Kaspersky Anti-Virus does not scan files whose contents are located in OneDrive cloud storage.
To enable or disable a background scan:
- Open the main application window.
- Click the Scan button.
The Scan window opens.
- In the Scan window, click the
icon in the Background scan block.The Background scan settings window opens.
- In the Background scan settings window, switch the toggle to On or Off.