Scan & Automatic Anti-Virus

About scanning

You can perform the following types of scans:

• Full scan

  The Kaspersky app scans the device's entire file system. A full scan helps protect your personal data and money. It detects and eliminates threats (in installed apps and installation packages) on your device. A full scan also detects adware and apps that intruders may use to harm your device or exploit your personal data.

  Kaspersky recommends you run a full scan of your device once a week to ensure your personal data is safe. If you do not want to start a scan manually, you may set up regular scanning:

  • Weekly scan. You can set this type of scan in the Automatic Anti-Virus. You can set the start day and time for this scan to run on your device once a week.
  • Scheduled scan of all files. You may set up a schedule for scanning of all files on your device.
• Quick scan

  The Kaspersky app only scans installed apps.

  If you don't want to start a scan manually, you may set up a scheduled scan of installed apps.

• Scan of specific files and folders. Lets you scan a file you've recently downloaded or a folder that was recently created or updated.

Due to technical limitations, the app can't scan archives that are 4 GB or larger. The app skips these archives when scanning and doesn't notify you if such archives are skipped.

Automatic Anti-Virus

Automatic Anti-Virus provides anti-virus protection. The component detects and neutralizes threats, adware, and apps that intruders may use to harm your device or exploit your personal data.

Scan Device

Scan Device performs the following functions:

• Scan. According to your choice the app scans the following:
  • Entire file system
  • Only installed apps
  • A selected file or folder
• Update. The app downloads updated anti-virus databases used to detect threats. Update ensures your device has the latest protection.
• Quarantine. The app moves files and apps detected while scanning to Quarantine. In Quarantine, the app stores files and apps in a compressed format so they cannot harm the device. Once a file is quarantined, you can either delete it permanently or restore it (Kaspersky app recommends that you not restore quarantined files as they might damage your device). Once an app is quarantined, you can only delete it permanently.

  How to restore quarantined files to their original folders or delete them permanently

  1. In the main app window, tap Automatic Anti-Virus > Quarantine.
  2. Tap the file and select an action:
     • Restore: The file will be restored to its original folder.
     • Delete: The file will be deleted.
     • Delete all: All files stored in Quarantine will be deleted.

Automatic Anti-Virus

Automatic Anti-Virus includes all Scan Device functions and provides automatic 24/7 device protection. Automatic Anti-Virus detects threats in opened files and scans apps in real-time as they are installed on the device. Anti-Virus databases and the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service are used to provide automatic protection.

If an app that collects and sends information is installed on your device, Kaspersky app may classify it as malware.

Configure Automatic Anti-Virus settings

Starting scans on your device

Although Automatic Anti-Virus provides automatic 24/7 device protection, you can always manually run a specific type of scan on your device.

How to start a quick scan?

How to start a full scan?

How to start a scan of files and folders?

Configuring a scheduled scan

To configure a scheduled scan:

1. On the Kaspersky app main screen, tap Automatic Anti-Virus > Manual and scheduled scan.
2. Select the action to be performed by the app when an object is detected during scanning:
   1. Select the Disinfect checkbox if you want the app to automatically attempt to disinfect the infected file.
   2. To select the action to be taken by the app if the file cannot be disinfected, select a value for the If disinfection fails setting.
3. Configure the scan frequency by selecting either Weekly, Daily, or After updating antivirus databases for the On schedule setting.
4. Set the day and time for the scan to start by selecting values for the Start day and Start time settings.

Scanning with specified parameters will be started according to the schedule.

Configuring smart weekly scan

Please note that this is an early-access feature.

The smart weekly scan of all files is enabled by default and you do not need to configure anything to activate it. If you do not want to use the smart scan feature, you can disable it.

To disable smart weekly scan:

1. On the Kaspersky app main screen, tap Automatic Anti-Virus.
2. Tap Manual and scheduled scan.
3. Clear the Smart weekly scan checkbox.

   Smart weekly scan will be disabled.