Viewing protection status and Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows information
To view information about the device protection status Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows,
select the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows node in the Application Console tree.
By default, information in the details pane of the Application Console is refreshed automatically:
- Every 10 seconds in case of a local connection.
- Every 15 seconds in case of a remote connection.
You can refresh information manually.
To refresh information in the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows node manually,
select the Refresh command in the context menu of the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows node.
The following application information is displayed in the details pane of the Application Console:
- Kaspersky Security Network Usage status.
- Device protection status.
- Information about database and application module updates.
- Actual diagnostics data.
- Data about protected device control tasks.
- License information.
- Status of integration with Kaspersky Security Center: details of the server with Kaspersky Security Center installed, to which the application is connected; information about application tasks controlled by the active policy.
Color coding is used to display the protection status:
- Green. The task is being run in accordance with the configured settings. Protection is active.
- Yellow. The task was not started, has been paused, or has been stopped. Security threats may occur. You are advised to configure and start the task.
- Red. The task completed with an error or a security threat was detected while the task was running. You are advised to start the task or take measures to eliminate the detected security threat.
Some details in this block (for example, task names or the number of threats detected) are links that, when clicked, take you to the node of the relevant task or open the task log.
The Kaspersky Security Network Usage section displays current task status, for example, Running, Stopped or Never performed. The indicator can take the following values:
- Green color signifies that the KSN Usage task is running and file requests for statuses are being send to KSN.
- Yellow color signifies that one of the Statements is accepted, but the task is not running; or the task is running, but file requests are not sent to KSN.
Computer protection
The Computer protection section (see the table below) displays information about the device's current protection status.
Information about device protection status
Protection section | Information |
|---|---|
Device protection status indicator | The color of the panel with the section name reflects the status of tasks being performed in the section. The indicator can take the following values:
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Real-Time File Protection | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Detected – Number of objects detected by Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows. For example, if Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows detects the same malicious application in five files, the value in this field increases by one. If the number of detected malicious applications exceeds 0, the value is highlighted in red. |
Critical Areas Scan | Last scan date – Date and time of the last Critical Areas Scan for viruses and other computer security threats. Never performed – an event that occurs when the Critical Areas Scan task has not been performed in the last 30 days or longer (default value). You can change the threshold for generating this event. |
Exploit prevention | Status – current status of exploit prevention techniques, for example, Applied or Not applied. Prevention mode – one of two available modes, selected during configuration of process memory protection: Terminate on exploit or Statistics only. Processes protected – the total number of processes added to the protection scope and handled in accordance with the selected mode. |
Backed up objects | Backup free space threshold exceeded – This event occurs when the amount of free space in Backup is approaching the specified limit. Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows continues to move objects to Backup. In this case, the value in the Space used field is highlighted in yellow. Maximum Backup size exceeded – this event occurs when the Backup size has reached the specified limit. Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows continues to move objects to Backup. In this case, the value in the Space used field is highlighted in red. Backed up objects – Number of objects currently in Backup. Space used – amount of Backup space used. |
Update
The Update section (see the table below) displays information about how current databases and application modules are.
Information about the status of Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows databases and modules
Update section | Information |
|---|---|
Status indicator of databases and software modules | The color of the panel with the section name reflects the status of application databases and modules. The indicator can take the following values:
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Database Update and Software Modules Update | Database status – an evaluation of the Database Update status. The option can take the following values:
Number of module updates available – the number of Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows module updates available to be downloaded and installed. Number of module updates installed – the number of installed Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows module updates. |
Control
The Control section (see table below) displays information about the Applications Launch Control, Device Control, and Firewall Management tasks.
Information about protected device control status
Control section | Information |
|---|---|
Status indicator for protected device control | The color of the panel with the section name reflects the status of tasks being performed in the section. The indicator can take the following values:
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Applications Launch Control | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Operation mode – one of the two available modes for the Applications Launch Control task: Active or Statistics only. Applications launches denied – the number of attempts to start applications blocked by Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows during the Applications Launch Control task. If the number of blocked application launches exceeds 0, the field is red. Average processing time (ms) – Time taken by Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows to process an attempt to start applications on the protected device. |
Device control | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Operation mode – one of the two available modes for the Device Control task: Active or Statistics only. Devices blocked – the number of attempts to connect an external device, that were blocked by Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows during the Device Control task. If the number of blocked external devices exceeds 0, the field value is colored in red. |
Firewall Management | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Connection attempts blocked – the number of connections to a protected device that were blocked by the specified firewall rules. |
Diagnostics
The Diagnostics section (see the table below) displays information about the File Integrity Monitor and Log Inspection tasks.
Information about System Inspection status
Diagnostics section | Information |
Diagnostics status indicator | The color of the panel with the section name reflects the status of tasks being performed in the section. The indicator can take the following values:
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File Integrity Monitor | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Non-sanctioned file operations – The number of changes to files within the monitoring scope. These changes may indicate that the security of a protected device has been breached. |
Log Inspection | Task status – Current task status, for example, Running or Stopped. Violations of the configured rules – Number of recorded violations based on data from the Windows Event Log. This number is determined based on the specified task rules or using the heuristic analyzer. |
The Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows licensing information is displayed in the row in the bottom-left corner of the details pane of the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows node.
You can configure Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows properties by following the Application properties link.
You can connect to a different protected device by following the Connect to another computer link.
