Kaspersky Small Office Security

How to allow or block access to the mic for an individual application

To allow or block access to the mic for an application:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Go to the Security section.
3. Select the Intrusion Prevention component.
4. Click the Manage applications link to open the Manage applications window.
5. In the list, select the application for which you want to allow access to the mic and double-click to open the Application rules window.
6. In the Application rules window, go to the Rights tab.
7. In the list of rights categories, select Operating system modification → Suspicious modifications in the operating system → Access sound recording devices.
8. In the Action column, select Allow or Deny.
9. To receive notifications about instances of applications being allowed or denied access to the audio stream, in the Action column, click the icon and select Log events.
10. Click Save.

If you select Block access for all applications, application access to the mic is blocked regardless of the trust group and manually configured permissions.