How to password-protect access to Kaspersky Anti-Virus management functions
March 15, 2021
ID 70756
A single computer may be shared by several users with various levels of experience and computer literacy. Unrestricted access of different users to Kaspersky Anti-Virus and its settings may compromise the level of computer security.
To restrict access to the application, you can define an administrator password for the KLAdmin
account. This user has unlimited rights to manage and modify the settings of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, and to assign application access permissions to other users. After you create a password for KLAdmin
, you can assign application access permissions to various users or groups of users.
To create a KLAdmin
administrator password for Kaspersky Anti-Virus:
- Open the main application window.
- Click the
button in the lower part of the window.
The Settings window opens.
- Select the Interface section.
- Switch the Password protection toggle to On.
- In the opened window, fill in the User name (KLAdmin is recommended), Enter password and Confirm password fields.
Tips on creating a strong password:
- The password must contain at least eight and no more than 128 characters.
- The password contains at least one number.
- The password contains both lowercase and uppercase letters.
- The password must contain at least one special character (for example: ! @ # $ % ^ & *).
- Click OK.
A forgotten password cannot be recovered. If you have forgotten your password, contact Technical Support to recover access to Kaspersky Anti-Virus settings.
The user KLAdmin
can assign permissions to the following users and user groups:
Everyone
user group. This group includes all users of the operating system. If you grant this group permission to perform a particular action, then group users will always be allowed to perform this action, even if a specific user or a user group belonging to theEveryone
user group does not have individual permission to perform the action. By default, members of theEveryone
group are not allowed to perform any actions.<system user>
. By default, the selected user is not allowed to perform any actions. This means that when you try to perform a prohibited action, you will be prompted to enter yourKLAdmin
account password.
How to add a user or user group
How to edit permissions for a user or user group
How to allow an action for an individual user or user group
How to forbid an action for an individual user or user group
When you try to perform any action from the list in the Add permissions for a user or group window, the program will ask you to enter a password. In the password window, enter the username and password for the current user account. The action will be executed if the specified account has permission to perform this action. In the password window, you can specify the time interval during which the user will not have to reenter the password.