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Assessing computer protection score and resolving security issues

Problems with computer protection are symbolized by an indicator located in the upper part of the main application window. Green indicates that your computer is protected. Yellow indicates that there are protection problems and red indicates that your computer's security is at serious risk. You are advised to fix problems and security threats immediately.

The most important recommendations are displayed in the main application window. Each recommendation card contains a problem category.

The Protection Score recommendation helps you assess and improve protection of your computer by guiding you through key security areas. From the Protection Score recommendation card, you'll be taken to a page where you can select the protection topics that you're most interested in or edit the list of topics. On the next step, you'll see the topics you've selected, along with the status of the relevant product functionality. Functionality that has already been configured will be shown in green blocks, while functionality that has not yet been configured will be shown in gray. This makes it easier to see which security areas need attention and configure missing functions.

To view the full list of recommendations, open the Notification Center window by clicking the Details button. This window provides detailed information about the protection status of the computer and suggests possible actions for rectifying problems and threats.

Problems with protection are grouped by categories. For each problem, a list is displayed of actions that you can take to solve the problem.

The Status section displays information about the computer protection status and subscription status. If problems are detected that must be fixed, a Fix button is displayed next to the notification; you can fix security problems by clicking this button.

The Recommendations section lists actions that should be performed to optimize operation of the application and use it more effectively.

The News section displays information messages from Kaspersky.

Clicking the Show N ignored recommendations button displays notifications to which the Ignore action has been applied. Ignored notifications do not affect the color of the protection indicator in the main application window.