Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac

Use Protection Center

Protection Center is a Kaspersky Internet Security feature that helps you to analyze and fix problems and computer security threats.

To open Protection Center,

In the main application window, click the Show Details button.

In the Protection Center window, you can view a list of current problems and security threats. For each problem or threat, Kaspersky Internet Security suggests actions that you can perform to resolve the problem or threat. You can fix a problem or neutralize a threat immediately, or do it later.

To fix a problem or neutralize a threat immediately,

Click the button with the name of the recommended action to fix the problem or neutralize the threat.

For example, if Kaspersky Internet Security detects infected files on the computer, you can click the Disinfect button. If the anti-virus databases are out of date, you can click the Update button. The application performs the chosen action.

To fix the problem or neutralize the threat later,

Click the Hide button.

The problem or threat notification will be hidden in the list. You can fix the problem or neutralize the threat later.

Note: You cannot postpone neutralization of dangerous computer security threats. Examples of dangerous threats include unprocessed malicious objects, protection component faults, or corrupted databases of Kaspersky Internet Security.

If you close Protection Center without neutralizing dangerous threats, the indicator of computer protection status in the main application window remains red, in order to remind you of these threats.

In the Protection Center window, you can also view information about update tasks or current virus scan tasks and stop or restart any of those tasks.