Enabling and disabling Mail Anti-Virus

By default, Mail Anti-Virus is enabled, running in a mode that is recommended by Kaspersky experts. You can disable Mail Anti-Virus, if necessary.

To enable or disable Mail Anti-Virus in Kaspersky Security Center:

  1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
  2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
  3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
  4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
  5. In the policy properties window, select the Mail Anti-Virus section in the list on the left.
  6. In the right part of the window, do one of the following:
    • If you want to enable Mail Anti-Virus component, select the Mail Anti-Virus check box.
    • If you want to disable Mail Anti-Virus component, clear the Mail Anti-Virus check box.
  7. Click the Apply button.

In the local interface of Light Agent for Windows, you can enable or disable a component in two ways:

To enable or disable Mail Anti-Virus, on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window:

  1. On the protected virtual machine, open the main application window.
  2. Select the Protection and Control tab and expand the Manage protection section.
  3. Open the context menu of the Mail Anti-Virus item and perform one of the following actions:
    • To enable Mail Anti-Virus, select Enable in the menu.

      The component status icon, which is displayed on the left in the Mail Anti-Virus line, changes to the icon.

    • To disable Mail Anti-Virus, select Disable in the menu.

      The component status icon, which is displayed on the left in the Mail Anti-Virus line, changes to the icon.

    If this menu item is unavailable, this means that you cannot enable or disable this component because the policy-defined setting is applied to protected virtual machines within the administration group.

To enable or disable Mail Anti-Virus from the application settings window:

  1. On the protected virtual machine, open the application settings window.
  2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select Mail Anti-Virus.

    In the right part of the window, the Mail Anti-Virus component’s settings are displayed.

    If component settings are unavailable, this means that you cannot enable or disable this component because the policy-defined setting is applied to protected virtual machines within the administration group.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • If you want to enable Mail Anti-Virus component, select the Enable Mail Anti-Virus check box.
    • If you want to disable Mail Anti-Virus component, clear the Enable Mail Anti-Virus check box.
  4. To save changes, click the Save button.
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