Application settings

You can configure the general settings of Kaspersky Endpoint Security.

General application settings

Setting

Description

Detect legitimate applications that may be used by a hacker to harm devices or data

This check box enables or disables the detection of legitimate software that could be used by hackers to harm computers or data of users.

This check box is cleared by default.

Event notifications

Clicking the Configure event notifications link opens the Notification settings window. In this window, you can select the events that the application logs in the operating system log (syslog). To do this, select the check box next to each type of event that you want to log.

You can also select the check box next to the event severity level (Functional failures, Informational messages, Warnings, Critical events). In this case, the check boxes will be automatically selected next to each type of event that belongs to the group of the selected importance level.

All check boxes are cleared by default.

Block access to files during scans

The checkbox enables or disables blocking access to files during scanning by the File Threat Protection, Anti-Cryptor, Device Control components and the Removable Drives Scan task.

If the check box is cleared, the Notify only mode is enabled for the File Threat Protection and Device Control components.

The check box is selected by default.

Excluding process memory from scan

The Configure excluding process memory from scan link opens the Excluding process memory from scan window where you can create a list of processes to exclude during process memory scans.

Limit CPU utilization for scan tasks (%)

The checkbox enables or disables the CPU utilization limit for the Malware Scan, Inventory, Container Scan, and Custom Container Scan tasks.

This check box is cleared by default.

Maximum load (as a percentage)

A field for entering the maximum load on all processor cores (as a percentage) when running the Malware Scan, Inventory Scan , Container Scan, and Custom Container Scan tasks.

Available values: 10–100.

The default value is 100%

The field is available if the Limit CPU utilization for scan tasks checkbox is selected.

Advanced application settings

The Configure dump file settings link opens the Dump file settings window.

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