Kaspersky Endpoint Agent

Managing self-defense settings

September 13, 2022

ID 198505

This Help provides information related to Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Windows. This information may be partially or completely inapplicable to Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Linux. For complete information about Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Linux, please refer to the Help of the solution that includes the application: Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform or Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response.

To manage self-defense settings using Kaspersky Endpoint Agent command line interface:

  1. On the device, run a command line interpreter (for example, Command Prompt cmd.exe) with the permissions of the local administrator.
  2. Using the cd command, navigate to the folder where the Agent.exe file is located.

    For example, you can type the following command cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Endpoint Agent\" and press ENTER.

  3. Run the following command and press ENTER:

    agent.exe --selfdefense=<enable|disable>

See also

Managing Kaspersky Endpoint Agent activation

Managing Kaspersky Endpoint Agent authentication

Configuring tracing

Configuring creation of dump files

Viewing information about quarantine settings and quarantined objects

Actions on quarantined objects

Managing Kaspersky Sandbox integration settings

Managing integration settings with KATA Central Node component

Managing integration settings with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks

Running Kaspersky Endpoint Agent database and module update

Starting, stopping and viewing the current application status

Protecting the application with password

Protecting application services with PPL technology

Managing event filtering

Managing network isolation

Managing Standard IOC Scan tasks

Managing the Security audit tasks

Creating a file signing certificate with OVAL rules

Creating Kaspersky Security Center installation package with custom OVAL rules

Managing scanning of files and processes according to YARA rules

Managing scanning of autorun point objects according to YARA rules

Managing Execution prevention

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