Enabling and disabling System Watcher

By default, System Watcher component is enabled and runs in the mode that Kaspersky experts recommend. You can disable System Watcher, if necessary.

It is not recommended to disable System Watcher unnecessarily, because doing so reduces the performance of protection components that may require data from System Watcher to classify threats that they detect.

To enable or disable System Watcher in Kaspersky Security Center:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. 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.
3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
5. In the policy properties window, select the System Watcher section in the list on the left.
6. In the right part of the window, do one of the following:
   • To enable System Watcher component, select the System Watcher check box.
   • To disable System Watcher component, clear the System Watcher check box.
7. Click the Apply button.

In the local interface of Light Agent for Windows, you can enable or disable a component in two ways:

• On the Protection and Control tab of the main application window.
• From the application settings window.

To enable or disable System Watcher, on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window:

1. On the protected virtual machine, open the main application window.
2. Select the Protection and Control tab.
3. Open the Manage protection section.
4. Open the context menu of the System Watcher item and perform one of the following actions:
   • To enable System Watcher, select Enable.

     The component status icon, which is displayed on the left in the System Watcher line, changes to the icon.

   • To disable System Watcher, select Disable.

     The component status icon, which is displayed on the left in the System Watcher line, changes to the icon.

   If this menu item is unavailable, this means that you cannot enable or disable this component because the policy-defined setting is applied to protected virtual machines within the administration group.

To enable or disable System Watcher from the application settings window:

1. On the protected virtual machine, open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select System Watcher.

   In the right part of the window, the System Watcher component’s settings are displayed.

   If component settings are unavailable, this means that you cannot enable or disable this component because the policy-defined setting is applied to protected virtual machines within the administration group.

3. Do one of the following:
   • To enable System Watcher component, select the Enable System Watcher check box.
   • To disable System Watcher component, clear the Enable System Watcher check box.
4. To save changes, click the Save button.