Password changing

This section describes the Password section of the Settings page. You use this section to change the password for gaining access to Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI.

The Password section contains the following input fields under Administrator password change:

• Current password—Field for specifying the old password
• New password—Field for specifying the new password
• Confirm new password—Field for confirming the new password

All passwords are hidden, and asterisks are displayed instead of their characters.

A password for gaining access to Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI must meet the following requirements:

• Password must contain only ASCII letters, digits, and the following special symbols:

  ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ )

• Password must contain at least one Latin lowercase letter.
• Password must contain at least one Latin uppercase letter.
• Password must contain at least one digit.
• A password must contain at least one special symbol (!, #, @, and so on).
• Password length must be from 6 to 16 symbols inclusive.

After you change the password, all the sessions for the active account except the current one will be closed.

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