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C R E A T I N G A P R O T E C T I O N S C O P E

Kaspersky Lab does not recommend disabling monitoring of Spyware, Adware and Auto-dialers. If Kaspersky Anti-Virus

classifies a program as riskware which you do not consider dangerous, you can configure an exclusion for it (see section

"Trusted zone creation" on page 27).

Figure 11: Application settings window. Threats

TRUSTED ZONE CREATION

Trusted zone is a user-created list of objects which Kaspersky Anti-Virus does not monitor. In other words, it is a set of

exclusions from protection.

The user creates a trusted zone based on the features of the objects he or she uses and the programs installed on his or

her computer. You might need to create such an exclusion list if, for example, Kaspersky Anti-Virus blocks access to an

object or program which you know is safe.

Exclusion rules are sets of conditions under which Kaspersky Anti-Virus does not scan objects. You can exclude files

using several criteria: file format, file name using a file mask, location (for example, a folder or a program), program

processes, or using the Virus Encyclopedia threat type classification.

An excluded object will not be scanned when the disk or folder where it is located is being scanned. However, if you

select to scan this object specifically, the exclusion rule will not be applied.

Threat type is the status that Kaspersky Anti-Virus assigns to an object during the scan. The status is based on the

classification of malware and riskware listed in Kaspersky Lab's Virus Encyclopedia.

Riskware does not have any malicious function but can be used as an auxiliary component by malicious software, since

such programs contain holes and errors. This category includes, for example, remote administration programs, IRC

clients, FTP servers, various utilities for stopping processes or hiding them, keyloggers, password macros, and auto-

dialers. Such programs are classified as not-a-virus. They can be divided into several types such as Adware, Joke, and

Riskware. (For more information about potentially dangerous programs, see the Virus Encyclopedia (www.viruslist.com)).

Based on the scan results, such programs may be blocked. Since several of them are widely used by users, you have the

option of excluding them from the scan. To do this, add the threat name or threat name mask as defined in the Virus

Encyclopedia to a trusted zone.

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