Internet Security

How to scan critical areas of your computer for viruses

Scan of critical areas consists in scanning the objects which are loaded at startup of the operating system, scanning the system memory, boot sectors of the disk drive, and the objects that have been added by the user.

You can start the scan of critical areas using one of the following methods:

• using the shortcut created earlier;
• from the main application window.

To start the scan using a shortcut:

1. Open the Microsoft Windows Explorer window and go to the folder where you have created the shortcut.
2. Double-click the shortcut to start scan.

   The task progress will be displayed in the Kaspersky Internet Security main window, in the Scan section, in the Critical Areas Scan window that opens by clicking the Critical Areas Scan is in progress subsection in the Scan section of the main window when scan is in progress; it is also displayed in the context menu of the application icon.

To start scan from the main application window:

1. Open the main application window and select the Scan section in the left part of the window.
2. In the right part of the main application window, click the Run Critical Areas Scan button.

   The task progress will be displayed in the Kaspersky Internet Security main window, in the Scan section, in the Critical Areas Scan window that opens by clicking the Critical Areas Scan is in progress subsection in the Scan section of the main window when scan is in progress; it is also displayed in the context menu of the application icon.