Configuring participation in Kaspersky Security Network

August 21, 2023

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To configure participation in Kaspersky Security Network:

  1. In the main window of the program web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Protection subsection.
  2. In the External Services section, click the Usage of KSN / KPSN link to open the Usage of KSN / KPSN window.
  3. In the list of actions, select Use KSN.
  4. Read the Kaspersky Security Network Statement and select one of the following options:
    • Accept, if you want to participate in Kaspersky Security Network.
    • Do not accept, if you want to participate in Kaspersky Security Network.
  5. If you agree to participate in Kaspersky Security Network and to submit your Kaspersky Security Network usage statistics to Kaspersky, select the Send statistics to improve threat detection rate check box.

    The text of the Supplementary Kaspersky Security Network Statement is displayed.

  6. Read the SupplementaryKaspersky Security Network Statement and select one of the following options:
    • Accept if you agree to submit your Kaspersky Security Network usage statistics to Kaspersky.
    • Do not accept if you do not agree to submit your Kaspersky Security Network usage statistics to Kaspersky.
  7. Click the Apply button.

    The Usage of KSN / KPSN window closes.

  8. In the External Services section, click the KSN timeout link to open the External Services window.
  9. In the KSN timeout field specify the maximum KSN timeout in seconds. You can specify a value in the range from 1 to 300 seconds.

    The default value is 10 seconds.

  10. Click the Apply button.

Participation in Kaspersky Security Network is configured.

See also

Participation in Kaspersky Security Network and use of Kaspersky Private Security Network

Configuring the usage of Kaspersky Private Security Network

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