Scan

Starting a full scan

Kaspersky recommends you run a full scan of your device at least once a week to ensure your personal data is safe.

To run a full scan,

On the Kaspersky app quick launch panel, tap Scan > Full scan.

Starting a quick scan

A quick scan can be used to scan only installed apps. If you are using the free version, Kaspersky recommends you run a quick scan as soon as new apps are installed.

To run a quick scan,

On the Kaspersky app quick launch panel, tap Scan > Quick scan.

About scanning

You can start the following types of scans:

• Full scan

  Kaspersky app scans the device's entire file system. A full scan helps protect your personal data and money, it detects and eliminates threats on your device (in installed apps and installation packages). 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. In the free version, Kaspersky app automatically scans all the files on your device at most once a week. The app smartly chooses the time for this automatic scan, so that it doesn't interfere with your use of the device. You cannot disable this scan or schedule the time of scanning. If you have a subscription, a more advanced version of this scan is available as part of Automatic Anti-Virus.
  • Scheduled scan of all files. If you have a subscription, you may set up a schedule for scanning of all files on your device.
• Quick scan

  Kaspersky app only scans installed apps. If you are using the free version, Kaspersky recommends you run a quick scan every time you install a new app.

  If you do not want to start a scan manually and have a subscription, you may set up a scheduled scan of installed apps.

• Scan of specific files and folders

Due to technical limitations, the app cannot scan archives that are 4 GB or larger. The app skips these archives when scanning. The app does not notify you if such archives are skipped.

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Starting a scan of files and folders

You can scan a file or folder on the device's internal memory or a memory card.

To scan a folder or file:

1. On the Kaspersky app quick launch panel, tap Scan > Folder scan.
2. Select a folder or file to scan.
3. Tap to start the scan.

Configuring a scheduled scan

To configure a scheduled scan:

1. On the Kaspersky app quick launch panel, 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 update 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 quick launch panel, tap Scanner.
2. Tap Manual and scheduled scan.
3. Clear the Smart weekly scan checkbox.

   Smart weekly scan will be disabled.