Advanced Disinfection technology
January 10, 2024
ID 74649
Advanced disinfection technology is aimed at purging the Windows operating system of malicious programs that have already started their processes in RAM and that prevent Kaspersky Security from removing them by using other methods. Advanced Disinfection technology neutralizes the threat by performing an advanced disinfection procedure.
While Advanced Disinfection is in progress, you are advised to refrain from starting new processes or editing the Windows operating system registry.
After the Advanced Disinfection procedure is completed, the application restarts the protected virtual machine. After reboot, the application deletes malware files and starts a "lite" full scan of the protected virtual machine.
Advanced Disinfection technology can be used on protected virtual machines running Windows operating systems for workstations.
The advanced disinfection technology uses considerable Windows operating system resources, which may slow down other applications.
You can enable or disable the use of Advanced Disinfection technology in Light Agent for Windows policy properties and in the Light Agent for Windows local interface.
An unplanned reboot of a server operating system can lead to problems involving temporary denial of access to operating system data or loss of unsaved data. For this reason, Advanced Disinfection technology is not used on protected virtual machines running Windows server operating systems.
If Light Agent is running on a temporary virtual machine, Advanced Disinfection technology is not used as well. When an active infection is detected on the temporary virtual machine, scan the virtual machine template from which it has been created for viruses and other malware and create the temporary virtual machine anew.
