Starting or stopping a scan task

Regardless of the selected scan task run mode, you can start or stop a scan task at any time.

To start or stop a scan task:

1. In the main application window, click the Tasks button.
2. Click the Start scan button if you want to run the scan task.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security will start scanning the computer. The application will show the scan progress, the number of scanned files, and the scan time remaining. You can stop the task at any time by clicking the Stop button.

To start or stop a scan task when the simplified application interface is displayed:

1. Right-click to bring up the context menu of the application icon that is in the taskbar notification area.
2. In the Tasks drop-down list in the context menu, do one of the following:
   • select a non-running scan task to start it
   • select a running scan task to stop it
   • select a paused scan task to resume or restart it

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