The Self-Defense mechanism of Kaspersky Endpoint Agent provides protection from malware that tries to lock the application or delete it. The Self-Defense mechanism prevents alteration or deletion of application files on the hard drive, memory processes, and entries in the system registry.
To enable or disable Self-Defense:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
In the console tree, open the Policies folder.
Select Kaspersky Endpoint Agent policy and open its properties window in one of the following ways:
Double-click the policy name.
Select Properties in the policy context menu.
Select the Configure policy settings item in the right part of the window.
In the Application settings section select the Security settings subsection.
In the Self-defense group of settings, do one of the following:
Select the Enable self-defense for application modules in memory check box to enable the self-defense mechanism.
Clear the Enable self-defense for application modules in memory check box to disable the self-defense mechanism.
In the upper right corner of the settings group, change the switch from Policy not enforced to Under policy.
Click OK.
The Self-Defense mechanism is enabled or disabled.