The System Tray Icon
In addition to providing a fast way of starting CIS, the system tray icon 
also contains short cuts that allow you to configure various security settings. Right click on the icon to access the menu:
The options available for the Antivirus, Firewall and Auto-sandbox menu-items depend on whether you are using Compact View or Advanced View.
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| Antivirus - You can enable or disable Real-time antivirus scan. Firewall - You can enable or disable Firewall. Auto-Sandbox - You can enable or disable Auto-Sandbox. Refer to the section 'Behavior Blocker' for more details. |
Antivirus - Options available are On Access, Stateful and Disabled. Refer to Antivirus Pane for more details. Firewall - Options available are Block All, Custom Ruleset, Safe Mode, Training Mode and Disabled. Refer to the section 'Firewall Behavior Settings' for more details. Auto-Sandbox - Options available are Fully Virtualized, Partially Limited, Limited, Restricted, Untrusted, Blocked and Disabled. Refer to the section 'Behavior Blocker' for more details. HIPS- Options available are Paranoid Mode, Safe Mode, Clean PC Mode, Training Mode and Disabled. Refer to the section HIPS Behavior Settings for more details. |
If any of the antivirus, firewall and auto-sandbox settings are disabled, immediately the Security Information in the main task interface and the Widget will turn red alerting you of the status. In addition, a pop-up alert depending on the feature disabled will be displayed.
You can select the period for which the security should be turned off from the drop-down.
Select the period and click 'OK'. If you have selected any of first three periods, the security component will be enabled automatically after the chosen period.
- Game Mode - Switches CIS 6.3 to Game Mode to enable you to play your games without any interruptions from various alerts in your computer. The operations that can interfere with users' gaming experience are either suppressed or postponed.
- Advanced View - Switches between Compact View and Advanced View in the Home Screen.
In game mode:
- Defense+/Firewall alerts are suppressed.
- AV database updates and scheduled scans are postponed until the gaming is over;
- Automatic isolation of unknown applications and real-time virus detection are still functional.
Deactivate Game Mode to resume alerts and scheduled scans.
- Widget - You can select whether the Widget is to be displayed or not and whether it should always be on foreground.
- Show: Toggles the display of widget. (Default = Enabled)
- Always on top: Displays the widget on top of all windows currently running on your computer. (Default = Disabled)
- Show Traffic Pane: Displays the network traffic indication row in the widget. (Default = Enabled)
- Show Status Pane: Displays the row indicating the current status of CIS in the widget. (Default = Disabled)
- Show Common Tasks Pane: Displays the row containing shortcuts to common CIS tasks in the widget. (Default = Disabled)
- Show Browsers Pane: Displays the row containing the shortcuts to browsers in your computer. (Default = Enabled)
- Show Connect Pane: Displays the row containing the shortcuts to social networking sites in the widget. (Default = Enabled)
- Open - Opens the CIS interface.
- Exit - Closes the CIS application.