Idle Scan is a scan mode in which Kaspersky Total Security will not display notifications. This scan requires fewer computer resources than other types of scans (for example, Full Scan). In this mode Kaspersky Total Security will scan startup objects, kernel memory, and the system partition.
Idle Scan will be run in the following cases:
The Idle Scan will be stopped if any of the following conditions is satisfied:
When running the Idle Scan, Kaspersky Total Security does not scan files whose contents are located in OneDrive cloud storage.
In order to run Idle Scan manually, perform the following actions:
The Scan window opens.
Kaspersky Total Security will start scanning the startup objects, kernel memory, and system partition.
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