Internet Security

Internet Security > Getting started

• About this Guide
  • In this document
  • Document conventions
• Additional sources of information
  • Sources of information for independent research
  • Discussing Kaspersky Lab applications on the web forum
  • Contacting the Sales Department
  • Contacting Documentation development group
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2011
  • What's new
  • Ensuring your computer protection
  • Distribution kit
  • Service for registered users
  • Hardware and software requirements
• Installing the application
  • Installation procedure
    • Step 1. Finding a newer version of the application
    • Step 2. Making sure the system meets the installation requirements
    • Step 3. Choosing the type of installation
    • Step 4. Reviewing the license agreement
    • Step 5. Kaspersky Security Network Data Collection Statement
    • Step 6. Searching for incompatible applications
    • Step 7. Selecting the destination folder
    • Step 8. Preparing installation
    • Step 9. Installing
    • Step 10. Activating the application
    • Step 11. Registering a user
    • Step 12. Completing the activation
    • Step 13. Analyzing the system
    • Step 14. Closing the Wizard
  • Getting started
  • Removing the application
    • Step 1. Saving data for repeated use
    • Step 2. Confirmation of application removal
    • Step 3. Removing the application. Completing removal
• Managing license
  • About End User License Agreement
  • About license
  • About activation code
  • Viewing license information
• Application interface
  • Notification area icon
  • Context menu
  • Kaspersky Internet Security main window
  • Notification windows
  • Application settings window
  • Kaspersky Gadget
• Starting and stopping the application
  • Enabling and disabling automatic launch
  • Starting and stopping the application manually
• Computer protection status
  • Diagnostics and elimination of problems in your computer protection
  • Enabling and disabling protection
  • Pausing and resuming protection
• Solving typical tasks
  • How to activate the application
  • How to purchase or renew license
  • What to do when the application's notifications appear
  • How to update application databases
  • How to scan critical areas of your computer for viruses
  • How to scan an object (file, folder, disk drive) for viruses
  • How to perform full scan of your computer for viruses
  • Scanning computer for vulnerabilities
  • How to protect your personal data against theft
    • Protection against phishing
    • Virtual keyboard.
  • What to do if you suspect an object of being infected with a virus
  • What to do with a large number of spam messages
  • What to do if you suspect your computer of being infected
  • How to restore an object deleted or disinfected by the application
  • How to create and use Rescue Disk
    • Creating the rescue disk
    • Starting the computer from the rescue disk
  • Where to view the report on the application's operation
  • How to restore application default settings
  • Transferring Kaspersky Internet Security settings to the product installed on another computer
  • How to use Kaspersky Gadget
• Advanced application settings
  • Selecting protection mode
  • Computer scan
    • Virus scan
      • Changing and restoring security level
      • Creating the scan startup schedule
      • Creating a list of objects to scan
      • Selecting the scan method
      • Selecting the scan technology
      • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
      • Running scan under a different user account
      • Changing the type of objects to scan
      • Scan of compound files
      • Scan optimization
      • Scanning removable drives on connection
      • Creating a task shortcut
    • Vulnerability Scan.
  • Update
    • Selecting an update source
    • Selecting the update server region
    • Updating from a local folder
    • Creating the update startup schedule
    • Rolling back the last update
    • Scanning Quarantine after update
    • Using the proxy server
    • Running updates under a different user account
  • File Anti-Virus
    • Enabling and disabling File Anti-Virus
    • Automatically pausing File Anti-Virus
    • Creating a protection scope
    • Changing and restoring security level
    • Selecting scan mode
    • Using heuristic analysis
    • Selecting the scan technology
    • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
    • Scan of compound files
    • Scan optimization
  • Mail Anti-Virus
    • Enabling and disabling Mail Anti-Virus
    • Creating a protection scope
    • Changing and restoring security level
    • Using heuristic analysis
    • Changing actions to be performed on detected objects
    • Attachment filtering
    • Scan of compound files
    • Email scanning in Microsoft Office Outlook
    • Email scanning in The Bat!
  • Web Anti-Virus
    • Enabling and disabling Web Anti-Virus
    • Selecting the Web Anti-Virus security level
    • Changing actions to be performed on dangerous objects
    • Checking URLs using the databases of suspicious and phishing addresses
    • Using heuristic analysis
    • Blocking dangerous scripts
    • Scan optimization
    • Kaspersky URL advisor
    • Blocking access to dangerous websites
    • Control requests to regional domains
    • Controlling access to online banking services
    • Creating a list of trusted addresses
    • Restoring Web Anti-Virus default settings
  • IM Anti-Virus
    • Enabling and disabling IM Anti-Virus
    • Creating a protection scope
    • Selecting the scan method
  • Proactive Defense
    • Enabling and disabling Proactive Defense
    • Creating a group of trusted applications
    • Using the dangerous activity list
    • Changing the dangerous activity monitoring rule
  • System Watcher
    • Enabling / disabling System Watcher
    • Using patterns of dangerous activity (BSS)
    • Rolling back a malicious program's actions
  • Application Control
    • Enabling and disabling Application Control
    • Creating a protection scope
    • Configuring automatic detection of application statuses
    • Changing and restoring the status for the selected application
    • Editing a rule for application status
    • Editing a rule for the application selected
    • Creating a network rule for application
    • Excluding actions from an application rule
    • Inheritance of restrictions of the parent process
    • Deleting rules for unused applications
    • Interpreting the data of application usage by the participants of Kaspersky Security Network
  • Network protection
    • Firewall
      • Enabling and disabling Firewall
      • Changing the network status
      • Working with Firewall rules
        • Creating a packet rule
        • Creating a rule for the application
        • Editing a rule for application status
        • Changing the rule priority
      • Configuring notifications of changes in the network
      • Advanced Firewall settings
    • Network Attack Blocker
      • Types of detected network attacks
      • Enabling and disabling Network Attack Blocker
      • Editing the blockage settings
    • Scanning encrypted connections
      • Scanning encrypted connections in Mozilla Firefox
      • Scanning encrypted connections in Opera
    • Network Monitor
    • Configuring the proxy server
    • Creating a list of monitored ports
  • Anti-Spam
    • Enabling and disabling Anti-Spam
    • Selecting spam protection level
    • Training Anti-Spam
      • Using the Training Wizard
      • Training Anti-Spam using outgoing messages.
      • Using mail client interface elements
      • Adding an address to the list of allowed senders
      • Training with reports
    • Scanning links in messages
    • Detecting spam by phrases and addresses. Creating lists
      • Blocked and allowed phrases
      • Obscene words
      • Blocked and allowed senders
      • Your addresses
      • Exporting and importing lists of phrases and addresses
    • Regulating threshold values of spam rate
    • Using additional features affecting the spam rate
    • Selecting the spam recognition algorithm
    • Adding a label to the message subject
    • Excluding Microsoft Exchange Server messages from the scan
    • Configuring spam processing by mail clients
      • Microsoft Office Outlook
      • Microsoft Outlook Express (Windows Mail)
      • Creating the rule for handling spam reports
      • The Bat!
      • Thunderbird.
    • Restoring the recommended Anti-Spam settings
  • Anti-Banner
    • Enabling and disabling Anti-Banner
    • Selecting the scan method
    • Creating the lists of blocked and allowed banner addresses
    • Exporting and importing the lists of addresses
  • Safe Run
    • Safe Run for Applications
      • Running an application in Safe Run
      • Starting and ending operations in Safe Run for Applications
      • Switching between the main desktop and Safe Run for Applications
      • Using the pop-up toolbar
      • Automatic running of applications
      • Using a shared folder
      • Clearing Safe Run for Applications
    • Safe Run for Websites
      • Starting Safe Run for Websites
      • Clearing the browser after viewing websites in safe mode
  • Parental Control
    • Configuring user's Parental Control
      • Enabling and disabling user's control
      • Exporting and importing Parental Control settings
      • Displaying an account in Kaspersky Internet Security
      • Time of computer use
      • Running applications
      • Time of Internet use
      • Viewing websites
      • Downloading files from the Internet
      • Communicating via IM clients
      • Communicating via social networks
      • Sending confidential information
      • Searching for key words
    • Viewing reports of user's activity
  • Trusted zone
    • Creating a list of trusted applications
    • Creating the exclusion rules
  • Performance and compatibility with other applications
    • Selecting detectable threat categories
    • Advanced disinfection technology
    • Distributing computer resources when scanning for viruses
    • Running tasks on idle computer
    • Application settings in full-screen mode. Gaming profile
    • Battery saving
  • Kaspersky Internet Security self-defense.
    • Enabling / disabling Self-Defense
    • Protection against external control
  • Quarantine and Backup storage
    • Storing quarantine and backup objects
    • Working with quarantined objects
  • Additional tools for better protection of your computer
    • Eliminating activity traces
    • Browser configuration
    • Rolling back the changes, made by the wizards
  • Reports
    • Creating a report for the selected component
    • Managing data display on the screen
    • Data filtering
    • Events search
    • Saving a report to file
    • Storing reports
    • Clearing application reports
    • Logging non-critical events
    • Configuring the reminder of report availability
  • Application appearance
    • Application skin
    • Active interface elements
    • News Agent
  • Notifications
    • Enabling and disabling notifications
    • Configuring the notification method
  • Participating in the Kaspersky Security Network
    • Kaspersky Security Network Data Collection Statement
    • Enabling / disabling Kaspersky Security Network
• Validating Kaspersky Internet Security settings
  • Test "virus" EICAR and its modifications
  • Testing the HTTP traffic protection
  • Testing the SMTP traffic protection
  • Validating File Anti-Virus settings
  • Validating virus scan task settings
  • Validating Anti-Spam settings
• Contacting the Technical Support Service
  • My Kaspersky Account
  • Technical support by phone
  • Creating a system state report
  • Creating a trace file
  • Sending data files
  • Executing AVZ script
• Appendix
  • Subscription statuses
  • Kaspersky Internet Security notifications list
    • Notifications in any protection mode
      • Special treatment required
      • Hidden driver download
      • Potentially dangerous application without digital signature being run
      • Removable drive connected
      • New network detected
      • Untrusted certificate detected
      • Request for permission to access a website from a regional domain
      • Potentially dangerous application detected
      • New product version released
      • Technical update released
      • Technical update downloaded
      • Downloaded technical update not installed
    • Notifications in interactive protection mode
      • Network activity of an application has been detected
      • Malicious object detected
      • Vulnerability detected
      • Requesting for permission of an application's actions
      • Dangerous activity detected in the system
      • Rolling back the changes made by a dangerous application
      • Malicious application detected
      • Suspicious / malicious link detected
      • Dangerous object detected in traffic
      • Attempt to access a phishing website detected
      • Attempt to access the system registry detected
      • Suspicious object detected
      • Object cannot be disinfected
      • Hidden process detected
      • Geo Filter has blocked the attempt to access the website
      • Safe Surf has blocked the website loading
      • Safe Surf has paused the website loading
      • You are advised to switch to Safe Run for Websites
      • You are advised to quit Safe Run for Websites
  • Working with the application from the command line
    • Activating the application
    • Starting the application
    • Stopping the application
    • Managing application components and tasks
    • Virus scan
    • Updating the application
    • Rolling back the last update
    • Exporting protection settings
    • Importing protection settings
    • Creating a trace file
    • Viewing Help
    • Return codes of the command line
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