Background scan

Background scan is a scan mode of Kaspersky Endpoint Security that does not display notifications for the user. Background scan requires less computer resources than other types of scans (such as a full scan). In this mode, Kaspersky Endpoint Security scans startup objects, the boot sector, system memory, and the system partition. A background scan is started in the following cases:

Background scan when the computer is idling is interrupted when any of the following conditions are true:

When performing a background scan, Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not scan files whose contents are located in OneDrive cloud storage.

How to enable background scanning in the Administration Console (MMC)

How to enable background scanning in the Web Console and Cloud Console

How to enable background scanning in the application interface

See also: Managing the application via the local interface

Enabling and disabling File Threat Protection

Automatic pausing of File Threat Protection

Scanning compound files

Page top