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Webcam Protection in Kaspersky Security Cloud

Latest update: March 09, 2021 ID: 15415
 
 
 
 
The article concerns Kaspersky Security Cloud — Family and Personal.
 
 
 
 

Kaspersky Security Cloud prevents unauthorized access to your web camera.

To check if webcam protection is enabled, do the following:

  1. Connect your webcam to the computer and turn it on.
  2. Open Device Manager:
    • If you are using Windows 7, click Start in the lower-left corner of the screen, search for Device Manager and click Enter.
    • If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10, press the Win + X combination on the keyboard and select Device Manager from the list.
  3. Find the webcam in the Imaging Devices section, Sound, video and game controllers section or Cameras section and double-click it.

Opening webcam properties with Windows Device Manager

  1. Go to the Driver tab and click Details.

Viewing driver details with Windows Device Manager

  1. Check the Driver files list.

If Kaspersky Security Cloud supports the web camera model, the list will show the file %windir%\System32\drivers\usbvideo.sys, where %windir% is the folder in which the operating system was installed.

 
 
 
 

Supported web cameras

 
 
 
 

Limitations

 
 
 
 

What to do if Kaspersky Security Cloud blocks your web camera

 
 
 
 
 
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