User guide

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CREATING A PROTECTION SCOPE
Kaspersky Anti-Virus protection scope is defined on the Threats tab of the application settings window (see section
"Application settings window" on page 15). They include:
 list of threats against which Kaspersky Anti-Virus will ensure the protection;
 list of objects in the trusted area, which will be excluded from protection.
IN THIS SECTION:
Selecting malicious programs to be monitored ................................................................................................................ 26
Trusted zone creation ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
SELECTING MALICIOUS PROGRAMS TO BE MONITORED
Kaspersky Anti-Virus protects against various types of malware. Regardless of your settings, the application always
protects your computer against the most dangerous types of malware such as viruses, Trojans, and hack tools. These
programs may cause significant damage to your computer. To achieve a greater level of security for your computer, you
can expand the list of threats that the application will detect, so that it will monitor additional types of potentially
dangerous programs.
To select which malware types Kaspersky Anti-Virus will protect from, open the application settings window (on page 15)
and select the Threats tab (see the figure below).
The Malware categories section lists threat types, grouped by severity of threat:
 Viruses, worms, Trojans, hack tools. This group contains the most common and dangerous categories of
malware. This is the minimum admissible security level. In accordance with the recommendations of Kaspersky
Lab experts, Kaspersky Anti-Virus always monitors this category of malware.
 Spyware and Adware. This group includes potentially dangerous software that could cause inconvenience or
significant damage to a user.
 Auto-dialers. This group includes programs, which set up hidden dial-up connections, such as adult services
auto-dialers.
 Potentially dangerous software (riskware). This group includes programs that are not malicious or
dangerous, but which under certain circumstances could be used to cause harm to your computer.
The groups listed above govern the complete use of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus databases when scanning objects with File
Anti-Virus (see section "Anti-virus protection of your computer's file system" on page 30) and when scanning for viruses
(see section "Scanning for viruses" on page 43) on your computer.
If all groups are selected, Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides the maximum possible anti-virus protection for your computer. If
the first group is selected, the application will disregard riskware and other programs, which could be installed on your
computer, and which could cause you data loss or material damage.