Scanning settings

This section describes the Scanning section of the Settings page.

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The Scanning section contains the following settings:

• Enable reputation checking—Indicates whether Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) must be used

  If this toggle switch is turned to On and the End-User License Agreement (EULA) for KSN is not accepted, the EULA will be displayed and you must accept it in order to use KSN.

• Enable anti-phishing protection—Indicates whether the anti-phishing protection is turned On or Off.
• Object scan timeout (ms)—Timeout period, in milliseconds, for scanning a single object
• Heuristic level—Drop-down list provides levels of heuristic analysis

  The level can be one of the following:

  • Off
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
• Action on detected objects—To be performed after a threat or legitimate software that can be used by intruders is detected

  This setting is available if Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine is initialized in HTTP mode. You can select one of the following actions:

  • Disinfect or delete
  • Disinfect or skip
  • Delete
  • Skip
• Under Objects to scan, you will find check boxes for the following settings:
  • Packed objects—Indicates whether packed objects must be scanned
  • Archives—Indicates whether archives must be scanned
  • Email databases—Indicates whether email clients' databases must be scanned
  • Emails—Indicates whether email messages must be scanned
  • Macros in Microsoft Office documents—Indicates whether Microsoft Office macros and documents must be scanned
• Formats of objects that must not be scanned

  Clicking the Exclusions by file formats link opens the File formats not to scan window.

• Types of objects that must be scanned in request modification (REQMOD) mode

  This setting is available if KAV Engine is initialized in ICAP mode. You can select one of the following object types:

  • All
  • Content
  • URL
  • None
• Types of objects that must be scanned in response modification (RESPMOD) mode

  This setting is available if KAV Engine is initialized in ICAP mode. You can select one of the following object types:

  • All
  • Content
  • URL
  • None

When you apply new scanning settings, KAV Engine restarts.

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