The System Tray Icon
Double-clicking the system tray icon 
will quickly open the CIS interface. Right-clicking the icon opens a context sensitive menu that allows you to configure various application settings:
The options available for the Antivirus, Firewall and Auto-sandbox menu-items depend on whether you are using Compact View or Advanced View.
| Antivirus - You can enable or disable Real-time antivirus scan. Auto-Sandbox - You can enable or disable Auto-Sandbox. Refer to the section 'Configuring Rules for Auto-Sandbox' for more details. Firewall - You can enable or disable Firewall. Viruscope- You can enable or disable Viruscope. Refer to the sectionViruscopefor more details. |
Antivirus - Options available are On Access, Stateful and Disabled. Refer to Antivirus Pane for more details. Clicking Settings from the options will open the Realtime Scanner Settings interface. Refer to the section 'Real-time Scanner Settings' for more details. Auto-Sandbox - You can enable or disable Auto-Sandbox settings. Clicking Settings from the options will open the Sandbox settings interface. Refer to the section Configuring the Sandbox for more details.
HIPS- Options available are Paranoid Mode, Safe Mode, Clean PC Mode, Training Mode and Disabled. Clicking Settings from the options will open the HIPS Settings interface. Refer to the section HIPS Settings for more details. Viruscope - Options available are Enabled, Disabled. Clicking Settings from the options will open the Viruscope interface. Refer to the section Viruscope for more details. Firewall - Options available are Block All, Custom Ruleset, Safe Mode, Training Mode and Disabled. Refer to the section 'Firewall Settings' for more details. Clicking Settings from the options will open the Firewall Settings interface. Refer to the section Firewall Settings for more details. |
If you disable either the antivirus, the firewall or the auto-sandbox from the right-click menu, then the security info bars on the main interface and the widget will turn red. You will also see a pop-up warning which allows you to specify how long the feature should remain disabled:
Select the period and click 'OK'. Unless you have selected 'Permanently', the security component will be automatically re-enabled after the stated time period has elapsed. You can, of course, manually re-enable at any time by right-clicking the tray icon and selecting 'Enable' for the component in question.
- Game Mode - Switches CIS into Game Mode so you can play your games without any interruptions from various alerts in your computer. Operations that can interfere with the gaming experience are either suppressed or postponed.
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.
- Advanced View - Switches the Home Screen between Compact View and Advanced View in the Home Screen.
- Widget - Select whether the Widget is to be displayed and which widget components are included:
- Show: Toggles the widget on or off. (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 row on the widget. (Default = Enabled)
- Show Status Pane: Displays the security status tab at the top of the widget. (Default = Disabled)
- Show Common Tasks Pane: Displays the row containing shortcuts to common CIS tasks. (Default = Disabled)
- Show Browsers Pane: Displays the row containing shortcuts to your installed browsers. (Default = Enabled)
- Show Connect Pane: Displays the row containing the shortcuts to social networking sites. (Default = Enabled)
- Open - Opens the CIS interface.
- Exit - Closes the CIS application.