Changing the mail security level

Mail Anti-Virus applies various groups of settings to protect mail. The settings groups are called mail security levels. You can select one of the pre-installed mail security levels or configure a custom mail security level. There are three mail security levels: High, Recommended, and Low. The Recommended mail security level is considered the optimal group of settings, and is recommended by Kaspersky.

To change the mail security level 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, in the Security level section, do one of the following:
    • If you want to install one of the pre-installed mail security levels (High, Recommended, or Low), use the slider to select one.
    • If you want to configure a custom mail security level, click the Settings button and specify settings in the Mail Anti-Virus window.

      After you configure a custom mail security level, the name of the security level in the Security level section changes to Custom.

    • If you want to change the custom mail security level to Recommended, click the Default button.
  7. Click the Apply button.

To change the mail security level in the local interface:

  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.

  3. In the Security level section, do one of the following:
    • If you want to install one of the pre-installed mail security levels (High, Recommended, or Low), use the slider to select one.
    • If you want to configure a custom mail security level, click the Settings button and specify settings in the Mail Anti-Virus window.

      After you configure a custom mail security level, the name of the security level in the Security level section changes to Custom.

    • If you want to change the custom mail security level to Recommended, click the Default button.
  4. To save changes, click the Save button.
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