How to enable and use System Watcher in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 19
Latest update: May 18, 2018
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The System Watcher component of Kaspersky Anti-Virus collects data about actions performed by applications on your computer and shares this information with other components for improved protection.
The System Watcher component includes:
- Automatic Exploit Prevention, the technology which prevents and blocks the actions of exploits.
- Protection against screen lockers, which detects and removes ad banners when you press the combination on the keyboard specified in the component settings.
- Application Activity Control, which performs an action specified in the component settings when it detects suspicious application behavior.
- Rollback of application actions. which rolls back the actions performed by a malicious application. Information about suspicious actions performed by applications is collected continuously unless you disable the component.
How to turn System Watcher on or off
- Click the settings icon in the lower-left corner of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus main window. If you’re not sure how to open the application, see this article.
- Go to the Protection section.
- Find System Watcher and click the switch on the right to enable or disable the component.
How to configure System Watcher
- Click the settings icon in the lower-left corner of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus main window. If you’re not sure how to open the application, see this article.
- Open the Protection section and select System Watcher.
- Enable protection against exploits and select the action that will be performed when an exploit is detected:
- Select action automatically. The application automatically performs an action recommended for this case by Kaspersky Lab engineers.
- Allow action.
- Block action.
- Select the action that will be performed when malicious activity is detected:
- Select action automatically. The application automatically performs an action recommended for this case by Kaspersky Lab engineers.
- Delete the application.
- Terminate the application.
- Ignore.
- Select the action that will be performed when malicious activity can be rolled back:
- Select action automatically. The application automatically performs an action recommended for this case by Kaspersky Lab engineers.
- Roll back.
- Do not roll back.
- Choose the keyboard combination for removal of screen lockers.
The settings will be changed.
