Web User - UK (2020-02-05)

KasperskySecurityCloudFree:bit.ly/kasper494 | 20 mins | 7, 8, 10

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rovidedyou’recarefulonthe

internetanddon’tclickanything

youshouldn’t(seethisissue’scover

featurefordetails),thenWindows

Defender,theoperatingsystem’sown

built-insecuritytool,shouldbeenough

tokeepyousafe.Butif youwantto

bolsteryourdefencesandenjoythe

peaceofmindthata visiblevirusscan

provides,Kaspersky’snewcloud-based

antivirusproductis theperfectsolution.

Oninstallation,you’llbealertedtoany

incompatiblesecuritysoftwareonyour

system– suchasMalwarebytes– andwill

bepromptedtoremoveit.Youdon’thave

tofollowitsrecommendationsbut

ignoringthemmayleadtoproblemsdown

theline,suchassystemslow-downs.

Add a second line of defence

against malware – for free

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A SelectiveScanletsyouscan

individualfilesandfolders.Justdrag

a suspiciousitemtothewindow^1 or

clicktheAddbutton^2 andnavigatetoit

fromthere.Clickthe‘Runscan’button^3

and the software gets to work. You can

also scan items by right-clicking them

in Explorer.

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Installthesoftwareandchoosewhich

toolstouse.You’rethenpromptedto

login witha Kasperskyaccount,which

letsyoumanageyourdevicesremotely.

If youdon’tcurrentlyhaveanaccount,

youcancreateone.Onceyou’relogged

in,thedashboardopens.ClicktheDetails

button.^1

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Beforeyouruna scan,checkthatthe

softwareis uptodatebyclickingthe

‘Runupdate’button.^1 Clickthearrowto

therightofthebutton^2 toconfigurethe

updateorviewa report.^3 Youcanalso

installadditionalKasperskysoftware

fromhere,^4 butit’snotessential.

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Oncethedatabaseandapplication

moduleshavebeenupdated,youcan

runthefirstscan.Returntothe

homepageandclickScan.Youcanrun

a Full,^1 Quick^2 orSelectiveScan.^3

Youcanalsoscananyexternaldevices

connectedtoyourPC.^4

Security Cloud Freeis Kaspersky’slatest

antivirustool. Here’s whatyou need toknow

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If it’s your first time using the

software,it’srecommendedyourun

a FullScan.It takesa whiletocomplete

butyoucanviewtheprogress^1 and

stopit atanytime.^2 When the scan

completes, you can see what – if anything

• was found, and view a detailed report
  in a separate window.

DATABASE UPDATE

Kaspersky Security Cloud Free

regularly checks for updates

and automatically downloads

them, but you can run a

manual check at any time

16 pages of workshops, tips, projects

and problem solving

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