- Kaspersky Endpoint Security overview
- What's new in this version
- Comparison of Kaspersky Endpoint Security functions depending on the Kaspersky Security Center management tool
- Install and uninstall Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Start the application for the first time
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security interface
- About notifications
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security licensing
- Perform common tasks
- Open and quit the application
- View the status of computer protection
- Disable and resume computer protection
- Use Protection Center
- Perform scan tasks
- Configure the automatic start of a scheduled scan task
- Update application databases
- What to do if file access is blocked
- Restore a file that has been deleted or disinfected by the application
- View the application operation report
- What to do if notification windows appear
- Advanced configuration of the application
- Participate in Kaspersky Security Network
- Manage the application via Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console
- Deploy Kaspersky Endpoint Security on a corporate network
- Update Kaspersky Endpoint Security version 10 or 11 to version 11.2
- Prepare for remote installation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Manage Network Agent from the command line
- Install and uninstall Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Start and stop the application via Kaspersky Security Center
- Create and manage tasks
- Create and manage policies
- Create and manage policy profiles
- Generate a report on detected objects
- Get a recovery key for an encrypted disk
- Remote administration of the application via Kaspersky Security Center Web Console and Cloud Console
- Create policies
- Create tasks
- Get a recovery key for an encrypted drive
- Manage the application from the command line
- View command line help
- Run virus scan
- Update the application
- Roll back the last update
- Start/stop a component or task
- View status and statistics of a component or task
- Export protection preferences
- Activate the application
- Install the system extension
- Configure network connections
- Remove license keys
- Return codes of the command line
- Quit the application
- Uninstall the application
- Contact Technical Support
- Sources of information about the application
- Appendices
- Information about third-party code
- Trademark notices
Kaspersky Endpoint Security interface > Application preferences window
Application preferences window
Application preferences window
Open the application preferences window
Do one of the following:
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
- In the menu bar, click Kaspersky Endpoint Security > Preferences.
- If Kaspersky Endpoint Security is running, click the application icon in the Dock and choose Preferences.
Application preferences can be accessed quickly using the following tabs in the upper part of the preferences window:
- Essential. On this tab, you can enable or disable computer protection and configure File Threat Protection, Web Threat Protection, and Network Threat Protection preferences.
- Scan. On this tab, you can configure the preferences of scan tasks and scheduled startup of scan tasks.
- Threats. On this tab, you can select the categories of objects to be detected, create Trusted Zone, and configure Backup preferences.
- Advanced. On this tab, you can join or opt out of participating in Kaspersky Security Network.
- Update. On this tab, you can configure application update preferences or roll back to the previous version of application databases.
- Interface. On this tab, you can configure preferences for the Kaspersky Endpoint Security icon, notifications, and reports, and enable or disable the logging of debugging information in a trace file.
Using the button, you can block users without administrator rights from editing the Kaspersky Endpoint Security preferences. This button is in the lower part of the application preferences window. To edit the preferences, you must enter the administrator's credentials.
Clicking the button opens the Kaspersky Endpoint Security help, which describes all the preferences in the current application window. You can also open the help topic for the active application window by selecting Open Help for This Window in the Help menu.
Article ID: 58163, Last review: Feb 25, 2022