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Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Workstation
3.4.
Checking for and deleting
viruses
3.4.1.
Starting and aborting the check
Scanning for viruses can be initiated/terminated automatically via Kaspersky AV
Control Centre, or on demand from both Kaspersky AV Control Centre, and the
Kaspersky AV Scanner main window.
When Kaspersky AV Scanner starts checking for viruses, you can
suspend/resume the scanning process, change the process priority or stop
scanning.
Main menu
System menu
Toolbar
Starting Scan
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Start Now
Start Now
Aborting Scan
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Stop scan
Stop Scan
Pausing Scan
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Pause Scan
Pause Scan
Resuming Scan
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Resume Scan
Resume Scan
Let's review the operations performed by Kaspersky Anti-Virus Scanner right
after it is started. First, the program loads anti-virus databases and checks itself
for viruses. If the program is successfully loaded, the following string appears at
the bottom of the program main window:
Antiviral bases were loaded. Known viruses: XXXX
where XXXX is the number of viruses described in the anti-virus bases. If the
program is infected, it will try to disinfect itself. If the virus was successfully
deleted the program will be restarted and you will see a message that all the
viruses have been deleted. If the program fails to disinfect itself, it will not be
started and the corresponding information window will appear on your screen. If
you have the virus-free distribution copy of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, delete the
infected program and reinstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus on your computer.
When finished checking for viruses, Kaspersky AV Scanner generates
appropriate exit codes that can be used to create batch files. The
program can return one of the following values: