Chapter 3. Kaspersky Anti-
Virus
®
for Pocket PC
3.1. Purpose and main functions
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
for Pocket PC provides anti-virus protection for PDA
running Pocket PC. Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
for Pocket PC includes the following
components:
•
an anti-virus scanner providing on-demand checking for viruses in data
storage locations and on expansion cards;
•
an updating utility allowing automatic updating of the anti-virus databases.
•
if a PDA has a built-in interface for Internet connection, the product allows
downloading updates from the Internet directly to the PDA.
The program utilizes a menu system and flexible configuration, generates an
operation log describing all the actions taken, and supports a color user-
interface.
If the program detects a virus attack, it can delete the infected object (the
program does not disinfect infected objects!).
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
for Pocket PC is able to detect only those viruses
developed specially for the PDA running Pocket PC. Files infected with
Windows viruses and viruses developed for other operating systems
cannot affect your PDA. If you copy a file infected with a Windows virus
to your PDA, or if you move a message infected by a Windows virus
into your pocket device email program, Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
for
Pocket PC will not detect it
.
To provide full-scale protection for home computers Kaspersky Labs
recommends to use Kaspersky Anti-Virus
®
Personal/Personal Pro (for
details see Appendix B on page 146).
The program and its internal architecture are divided into two main parts: an anti-
virus kernel and an anti-virus (or virus definition) database. This makes the
