Changing the mail security level
July 22, 2024
ID 145549
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:
- 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 Mail Anti-Virus section in the list on the left.
- 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.
- Click the Apply button.
To change the mail security level in the local interface:
- On the protected virtual machine, open the application settings window.
- 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.
- 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.
- To save changes, click the Save button.