The remote control defense mechanism is enabled by default. You can disable the remote control defense mechanism, if necessary.
You can enable or disable remote control defense mechanism in the Light Agent for Windows policy properties using the Administration Console, in the Light Agent for Windows local interface, and using the Web Console when creating or editing the Light Agent for Windows policy settings (Application settings → Other settings → Advanced settings).
To enable or disable the remote control defense mechanism in the Administration Console:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
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.
In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
In the policy properties window, select the Advanced settings section in the list on the left.
In the right part of the window, in the Self-Defense settings section, do one of the following:
To enable the remote control defense mechanism, select the Disable external management of the system service.
To disable the remote control defense mechanism, clear the Disable external management of the system service.
Click the Apply button.
To enable or disable the remote control defense mechanism in the local interface:
In the left part of the window, select the Other settings section.
Advanced application settings are displayed in the right part of the window.
If the settings in the local interface are not available, this means that the values of settings defined by the policy are used for all protected virtual machines of the administration group.
Do one of the following:
To enable the remote control defense mechanism, select the Disable external management of the system service check box.
To disable the remote control defense mechanism, clear the Disable external management of the system service check box.