Creating the protection scope

The following types of protection scopes are applied in the Anti-Cryptor task:

• Predefined. You can use the default protection scope, which includes all the device's shared network folders in the scan. Applied if the All shared network folders on the protected device setting is selected.
• User. You can manually configure the protection scope by selecting the folders that need to be included in the encryption protection scope. Applied if the Only specified shared folders setting is selected.

You can only use a local path to configure the protection scope for the Anti-Cryptor task.

When using either a predefined or user protection scope, you can exclude selected folders from the protection scope, for example, if data in these folders is encrypted by programs installed on remote devices.

To configure a protection scope for the Anti-Cryptor task:

1. In the Application Console tree, expand the Real-time Server Protection node.
2. Select the Anti-Cryptor child node.
3. Click the Properties link in the details pane of the Anti-Cryptor node.

   The Task settings window opens.

4. On the Protection area tab, select the folders that Kaspersky Security for Windows Server will scan when executing the Anti-Cryptor task:
   • All shared network folders on the protected device.
     

     If this option is selected, when the Anti-Cryptor task is executed, Kaspersky Security for Windows Server scans all the protected device's shared folders.

     This option is selected by default.

   • Only specified shared folders.
     

     If this option is selected, during execution of the Anti-Cryptor task Kaspersky Security for Windows Server protects only the device's shared folders that you specify manually.

5. To specify the protected device's shared folders that you want to include in the encryption protection scope, use one of the following methods:
   • Manually:
     1. Enter the name of the shared folder on a protected device.
     2. Click the Add button.

        The folder is added to the list.

   • Browse:
     1. Click the Browse button.

        The standard Microsoft Windows window opens.

     2. Select the folder that you want to add to the protection scope of the task.
     3. Click OK.
6. Click OK.

The specified settings are saved.