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Figure 37. Configuring application activity control for Microsoft Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista,
Microsoft Windows Vista x64
10.2. Application Integrity Control
This Proactive Defense component does not work under Microsoft Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition, or Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows Vista
x64.
There are a number of programs that are critical for the system that could be
used by malicious programs to distribute themselves, such as browsers, mail
clients, etc. As a rule, these are system applications and processes used for
accessing the Internet, working with email and other documents. It is for this
reason that these applications are considered critical in activity control.
Proactive Defense monitors critical applications and analyzes their activity,
integrity of the modules of those applications, and observes other processes
which they spawn. Kaspersky Internet Security comes with a list of critical
applications, each of which has its own monitoring rule to control application
activity. You can extend this list of critical applications, and delete or edit the
rules for the applications on the list provided.
Besides the list of critical applications, there is a set of trusted modules allowed
to be opened in all controlled applications. For example, modules that are
digitally signed by the Microsoft Corporation. It is highly unlikely that the activity