Security App of the Week: Kaspersky Security Scan

There are certain situations in which users might need to perform a quick scan to check whether their systems are infected with malware or other cyber threats. A great tool for such tasks is Kaspersky’s recently released Security Scan.

Kaspersky Security Scan doesn’t offer the protection of a complete security solution, but it’s a decent tool for those who want periodic reports on the state of their machine with a minimal resource consumption.

Security Scan is free, it’s perfectly compatible with any protection software from other vendors, and the best thing about it is that it receives all the information on threats directly from Kaspersky’s cloud.

So let’s take a look at a couple of scenarios in which the application could come in handy for both regular and advanced users.

For instance, you’re a security enthusiast and you stumble upon an element that’s detected by your antivirus software (other than a Kaspersky product) as posing a threat. Since false positives are seen all the time, you can never be too sure, especially if the file you are analyzing is supposedly clean.

In this case, you can use Security Scan to confirm the other product’s opinion.

In the past period, a lot of experts have argued that antiviruses are not effective in protecting computers, naming all the virus reports a marketing stunt pulled off by security firms. If you share their belief and you don't have any antiviruses installed on your computers, such an app could come in handy in case you come across a file that may be worth analyzing.

Regular internauts can also rely on Kaspersky Security Scan. For example, if you want to perform regular checks to ensure that your system is clean, but you don’t want to waste a lot of time waiting for your antivirus to do its job.

Since Security Scan doesn’t eat up all your resources, you can utilize it to perform a quick scan and then put your other pieces of software to work only in case their malware-removal capabilities are needed.

Kaspersky Security Scan is available for download from Softpedia,via this link.