How to configure Digital Identity Protection in Kaspersky Internet Security 2012?

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• What is Application Control
• Setting the Identity data tab
• Setting the Operating system tab 

The Application Control component logs the actions performed by applications in the system, and manages the applications' activities, based on which group they belong to. A set of rules is defined for each group of applications. These rules manage applications' access to various resources.

Two category of resources - Operating system and Identity data - are defined in Kaspersky Internet Security 2012.

When an application tries to get access to any system resources which belong to this category, Application Control checks the rules defined by Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 for this program and in accordance with the pre-defined rules Application control allows, prompts the user or blocks the application.

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The category Identity data includes: 

• user's files (My Documents folder, cookie files, information about the user's activity);
• registry files, folders and keys which contain the settings and important data of the most frequently used applications: Internet browsers, file managers, mail clients, IM clients, and electronic wallets. 

The resources listed above cannot be deleted. However you can disable their protection by clearing the box next to the necessary category. You can also your files, folders or registry keys to protect them with Application Control.

To modify the list of system resources in the Identity Data category, do the following: 

1. open the main application window
2. on the upper right hand part of the window, click on the Settings button
3. on the upper left hand part of the Settings window, select Protection Center
4. on the left hand part of the Settings window, select Application Control
5. on the right hand part of the window, click on the Identity protection button
6. on the Digital Identity Protection window on the tab Identity Data in the drop-down list select the required category
7. click on the link Add category to add a new category 
8. on the Identity data category window, specify the required name for the group and click OK

To add an additional resource to the selected or an existing category:

1. on the Digital Identity Protection window on the tab Identity Data, click on the Add button
2. on the open menu select the required resource type 
• File or folder. On the User resource window, click Browse. On the Select file or folder window that will open specify the file or folder.
• Registry key. On the User resource window, click Browse. In the Please specify a registry object window that will open specify the protected registry key.

Once the resource has been added to the protection scope, you can edit or delete the resource using the corresponding links on the bottom part of the tab.

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Setting the Operating system tab

The Operating system category includes the following resources: 

• registry keys with autorun parameters; 
• registry keys with parameters of work on the Internet;
• registry keys which influence system security; 
• system files and folders; 
• autorun folders. 

To modify the list of system resources in the Operating system category, perform the following actions: 

1. open the main application window
2. on the upper right hand part of the window, click on the Settings button
3. on the upper left hand part of the Settings window, select Protection Center
4. on the left hand part of the Settings window, select Application Control
5. on the right hand part of the window, click on the Identity protection button
6. go to the Operating system tab and in the drop-down list select the necessary category
7. click on the Add button and on the open menu select the required resource type:
• File or folder. On the User resource window, click Browse. On the Select file or folder window that will open specify the file or folder.
• Registry key. On the User resource window, click Browse. In the Please specify a registry object window that will open specify the protected registry key.
8. a new resources will be displayed in the Digital Identity Protection window
9. on the Digital Identity Protection window, click OK
10. on the Settings window, click OK
11. close the main application window.



Once the resource is added to the protection scope, it can be edited or deleted with the help of the corresponding buttons.

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What is Application Control in Kaspersky Internet Security 2012?