Starting and stopping scan tasks

You can start and stop Full scan, On-demand scan, Boot sector scan, and Memory scan tasks by using the Kaspersky Endpoint Security GUI.

To start or stop a scan task,

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. In the main application window, click the Scan button to open the Scan window.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • If you want to start a task, click the Start button under the scan task that you want to start.

      The progress of the running task is displayed.

    • If you want to stop a task, click the Stop button under the scan task that you want to stop.

      The scan task stops, and information about scanned objects and detected threats is displayed.

  4. If necessary, you can click the Show report button to view the task report.

    The Reports window is available for non-root users only when the general application setting UIReportsForRootOnly is set to No. Otherwise, the Reports window is available only for a root user.

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