Advice Request Kaspersky Free 2019 does daily Rootkit scans. Is this normal?

[marg]

Is it normal for Kaspersky Free to do daily Root Kit scans? Thanks! Marg

 

[jtshadow92]

Is it normal for Kaspersky Free to do daily Root Kit scans? Thanks! Marg

yes

 

[DeepWeb]

Yes

 

[Viking]

Is it normal for Kaspersky Free to do daily Root Kit scans? Thanks! Marg

You can manually disable Root Kit scans if you wish.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

You can manually disable Root Kit scans if you wish.

Is this advisable? Or does it cause huge reduction in protection @harlan4096?

 

[harlan4096]

There is no problem in disabling it, since it is just an on demand (not resident) extra feature which is already integrated in Full or Quick Scans settings...

 

[marg]

OK... Thanks everyone!

 

[g4nu5]

sure , normal.

 

[bjm_]

Where is setting to disable rootkit scans in Kaspersky Free. I thought most setting were not available in Kaspersky Free?

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Where is setting to disable rootkit scans in Kaspersky Free. I thought most setting were not available in Kaspersky Free?

In the Performance tab, the option at the bottom.

 

[bjm_]

Thanks!