Real-Time Protection

Immediately after it is launched (that is indicated by the red icon in the system tray), Kaspersky Anti-Virus scans all objects executed at the operating system startup, as well as the computer memory and its own application modules.

The default real-time protection settings are as follows:

Objects being opened, saved or executed on your hard drive and removable drives that are potentially infectable will be scanned, including:
disk boot sectors (these objects are scanned immediately after the system startup);
packed files and objects linked or embedded into files ( OLE objects);
incoming email messages (upon receipt).

Real-time protection does not scan objects that cannot contain viruses.

When an infected object is detected, the application denies access to this object and prompts the user for action.
When a suspicious or infected object is detected, the application denies access to it and prompts the user for action.
The results of all application actions are documented in reports (see section Working with reports).

Real-time anti-virus protection is enabled automatically after the system startup and remains active until the system shuts down.

You can disable real-time protection manually. To do this:

Right-click the icon in the system tray.
When the shortcut menu appears, select Disable Real-Time Protection.

Real-time protection of your computer will be then disabled and the active icon (red) will be replaced by the inactive icon (gray).

You are advised not to disable real-time anti-virus protection because this considerably increases the risk of a virus infection.