Using a proxy server

Kaspersky Scan Engine can use a proxy server to connect to Kaspersky cloud services.

If a proxy server is specified in the HTTP mode configuration file, Kaspersky Scan Engine does the following:

1. Kaspersky Scan Engine tries to establish a direct connection to the destination.

   Note that this happens even if a proxy server is specified.

2. If a direct connection cannot be established, Kaspersky Scan Engine tries to establish a connection by using the specified proxy server.
3. If a proxy server connection cannot be established, Kaspersky Scan Engine uses offline technologies only.

   Note that this also happens when network problems prevent a proxy server connection from being established. In this case, at regular intervals Kaspersky Scan Engine tries to establish a connection to the proxy server. If a connection is established before a certain timeout, Kaspersky Scan Engine uses online technologies.

You must restart Kaspersky Scan Engine to use the new proxy server settings.

Kaspersky Scan Engine does not print information about using online and offline technologies to the command line. You must analyze log files to get this information.

See also the information about enabling logging and specifying a proxy server.