Kaspersky Lab news agent Manuel D’Utilisation
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Kaspersky Lab News Agent
You can:
• subscribe to a channel; Kaspersky Lab News Agent will read news from
that channel and inform you of the arrival of fresh news;
• unsubscribe from a channel to which you are subscribed; the application
will discontinue reading news from that channel;
• refrain from subscribing to a channel.
There are some channels, which are obligatory for subscription. Subscription
status is displayed in the channel list within the application's man window (see
Fig. 1).
status is displayed in the channel list within the application's man window (see
Fig. 1).
The application reads all subscribed channels at the interval specified in the
General tab of the Options window (see Fig. 4). Arrival of fresh news for a
channel changes its status and initiates a corresponding notification.
General tab of the Options window (see Fig. 4). Arrival of fresh news for a
channel changes its status and initiates a corresponding notification.
Clicking any channel name in the Kaspersky Lab News Agent window opens a
Channel window containing the channel's news.
Channel window containing the channel's news.
3.3. News
"News" means a published description of an event. Each piece of news has a
date, publication time and a brief text description.
date, publication time and a brief text description.
"Fresh news" means news which a channel has not contained before but does
contain now. The time at which news appears on a channel is independent of the
publication date and time. Fresh news may have been published quite a long
time ago but appeared on a channel only recently.
contain now. The time at which news appears on a channel is independent of the
publication date and time. Fresh news may have been published quite a long
time ago but appeared on a channel only recently.
A brief extract of the news item is generated by the news source in hypertext
format, so that the text contains links to other web pages. Usually the extract is a
summary of the information described in detail in the hyperlinked web pages.
format, so that the text contains links to other web pages. Usually the extract is a
summary of the information described in detail in the hyperlinked web pages.
3.4. Subscription
The application's main window (see Fig. 1) displays all the channels which are
available as news sources.
available as news sources.
News channels which are of interest can be individually selected. Additionally the
obligatory channels are always selected.
obligatory channels are always selected.
Subscription means that the news stream of a selected channel has been
switched on. Kaspersky Lab News Agent delivers news, and notifications about
fresh news, from subscribed channels only.
switched on. Kaspersky Lab News Agent delivers news, and notifications about
fresh news, from subscribed channels only.