Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.9 for Windows
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- Čeština (Česká republika)
- Deutsch
- Español (España)
- Español (México)
- Français
- Italiano
- Magyar (Magyarország)
- Nederlands (Nederland)
- Polski (Polska)
- Português (Brasil)
- Português (Portugal)
- Română (România)
- Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam)
- Türkçe (Türkiye)
- Русский
- العربية (الإمارات العربية المتحدة)
- 한국어 (대한민국)
- 简体中文
- 繁體中文
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- Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows Help
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows
- Modes of the application: Standard, EDR Agent, Light Agent
- Distribution kit
- Hardware and software requirements
- Comparison of available application features depending on the type of operating system
- Comparison of application functions depending on the management tools
- Compatibility with other applications
- Installing and removing the application
- Deployment through Kaspersky Security Center
- Installing the application locally using the Wizard
- Remotely installing the application using System Center Configuration Manager
- Description of setup.ini file installation settings
- Change application components
- Upgrading from a previous version of the application
- Removing the application
- Application licensing
- About the End User License Agreement
- About the license
- About the license certificate
- About subscription
- About license key
- About activation code
- About the key file
- Comparison of application functionality depending on license type for workstations
- Comparison of application functionality depending on license type for servers
- Activating the application
- Removing a license key
- Viewing license information
- Purchasing a license
- Renewing subscription
- Data provision
- Getting started
- About the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows Management Plug-in
- Special considerations when working with different versions of management plug-ins
- Special considerations when using encrypted protocols for interacting with external services
- Application interface
- Getting started
- Managing policies
- Task management
- Configuring local application settings
- Starting and stopping Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Pausing and resuming computer protection and control
- Creating and using a configuration file
- Restoring the default application settings
- Malware Scan
- Updating databases and application software modules
- Working with active threats
- Computer protection
- File Threat Protection
- Enabling and disabling File Threat Protection
- Automatic pausing of File Threat Protection
- Changing the action taken on infected files by the File Threat Protection component
- Forming the protection scope of the File Threat Protection component
- Using scan methods
- Using scan technologies in the operation of the File Threat Protection component
- Optimizing file scanning
- Scanning compound files
- Changing the scan mode
- Container Scan
- Web Threat Protection
- Mail Threat Protection
- Enabling and disabling Mail Threat Protection
- Changing the action to take on infected email messages
- Forming the protection scope of the Mail Threat Protection component
- Scanning compound files attached to email messages
- Email messages attachment filtering
- Exporting and importing extensions for attachment filtering
- Scanning emails in Microsoft Office Outlook
- Network Threat Protection
- Firewall
- BadUSB Attack Prevention
- AMSI Protection
- Exploit Prevention
- Behavior Detection
- Enabling and disabling Behavior Detection
- Protection of shared folders against external encryption
- Enabling and disabling protection of shared folders against external encryption
- Configuring the blocking period of an untrusted computer
- Editing the protection scope
- Adding trusted computers for external data encryption
- Exporting and importing a list of exclusions from protection of shared folders against external encryption
- Host Intrusion Prevention
- Remediation Engine
- Kaspersky Security Network
- Encrypted connections scan
- Wipe Data
- File Threat Protection
- Computer control
- Web Control
- Adding a web resource access rule
- Filter by web resource addresses
- Filter by web resource content
- Testing web resource access rules
- Exporting and importing Web Control rules
- Exporting and importing web resource addresses of the Web Control rule
- Monitoring user Internet activity
- Editing templates of Web Control messages
- Editing masks for web resource addresses
- Web Control for virtual machines
- Device Control
- Enabling and disabling Device Control
- About access rules
- Editing a device access rule
- Editing a connection bus access rule
- Managing access to mobile devices
- Managing access to Bluetooth devices
- Control of printing
- Control of Wi-Fi connections
- Monitoring usage of removable drives
- Changing the caching duration
- Actions with trusted devices
- Obtaining access to a blocked device
- Editing templates of Device Control messages
- Anti-Bridging
- Adaptive Anomaly Control
- Enabling and disabling Adaptive Anomaly Control
- Enabling and disabling an Adaptive Anomaly Control rule
- Modifying the action taken when an Adaptive Anomaly Control rule is triggered
- Creating an exclusion for an Adaptive Anomaly Control rule
- Exporting and importing exclusions for Adaptive Anomaly Control rules
- Applying updates for Adaptive Anomaly Control rules
- Editing Adaptive Anomaly Control message templates
- Viewing Adaptive Anomaly Control reports
- Application Control
- Application Control functionality limitations
- Receiving information about the applications that are installed on users' computers
- Enabling and disabling Application Control
- Selecting the Application Control mode
- Managing Application Control rules
- Adding a trigger condition for the Application Control rule
- Adding executable files from the Executable files folder to the application category
- Adding event-related executable files to the application category
- Adding an Application Control rule
- Changing the status of an Application Control rule via Kaspersky Security Center
- Exporting and importing Application Control rules
- Viewing events resulting from operation of the Application Control component
- Viewing a report on blocked applications
- Testing Application Control rules
- Application activity monitor
- Rules for creating name masks for files or folders
- Editing Application Control message templates
- Best practices for implementing a list of allowed applications
- Network ports monitoring
- Log Inspection
- System Integrity Monitoring
- Cloud Discovery
- Web Control
- Trusted zone
- Managing Backup
- Notification service
- Managing reports
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security Self-Defense
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security performance and compatibility with other applications
- Data Encryption
- Encryption functionality limitations
- Changing the length of the encryption key (AES56 / AES256)
- Kaspersky Disk Encryption
- Special features of SSD drive encryption
- Starting Kaspersky Disk Encryption
- Creating a list of hard drives excluded from encryption
- Exporting and importing a list of hard drives excluded from encryption
- Enabling Single Sign-On (SSO) technology
- Managing Authentication Agent accounts
- Using a token and smart card with Authentication Agent
- Hard drive decryption
- Restoring access to a drive protected by Kaspersky Disk Encryption technology
- Signing in with the Authentication Agent service account
- Updating the operating system
- Eliminating errors of encryption functionality update
- Selecting the Authentication Agent tracing level
- Editing Authentication Agent help texts
- Removing leftover objects and data after testing the operation of Authentication Agent
- BitLocker Management
- File Level Encryption on local computer drives
- Encrypting files on local computer drives
- Forming encrypted file access rules for applications
- Encrypting files that are created or modified by specific applications
- Generating a decryption rule
- Decrypting files on local computer drives
- Creating encrypted packages
- Restoring access to encrypted files
- Restoring access to encrypted data after operating system failure
- Editing templates of encrypted file access messages
- Encryption of removable drives
- Viewing data encryption details
- Working with encrypted devices when there is no access to them
- Detection and Response solutions
- MDR and EDR Optimum licensing
- Kaspersky Endpoint Agent
- Endpoint Detection and Response Agent
- Managed Detection and Response
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- Kaspersky Sandbox
- Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform
- Managing Quarantine
- Monitoring EDR actions
- Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform (KUMA)
- KSWS to KES Migration Guide
- Correspondence of KSWS and KES components
- Correspondence of KSWS and KES settings
- Migrating KSWS components
- Migrating KSWS tasks and policies
- Migrating KSWS trusted zone
- Migrating KSWS Applications Launch Control rules
- Installing KES instead of KSWS
- Migrating the [KSWS+KEA] configuration to [KES+built-in agent] configuration
- Making sure Kaspersky Security for Windows Server was successfully removed
- Activating KES with a KSWS key
- Special considerations for migrating high-load servers
- Managing the application on a server in Server Core mode
- Migrating from [KSWS+KEA] to [KES+built-in agent]
- Light Agent mode to protect virtual machines
- Managing the application from the command line
- Setup. Installing the application
- Setup /x. Removing the application
- msiexec /i. Recovering the application
- AVP commands
- SCAN. Malware Scan
- UPDATE. Updating databases and application software modules
- ROLLBACK. Last update rollback
- TRACES. Tracing
- START. Starting a profile
- STOP. Stopping a profile
- STATUS. Profile status
- STATISTICS. Profile operation statistics
- RESTORE. Restoring files from Backup
- EXPORT. Exporting application settings
- IMPORT. Importing application settings
- ADDKEY. Applying a key file
- LICENSE. Licensing
- RENEW. Purchasing a license
- PBATESTRESET. Resetting the disk check results before encrypting the disk
- EXIT. Exiting the application
- EXITPOLICY. Disabling policy
- STARTPOLICY. Enabling policy
- DISABLE. Disabling protection
- SPYWARE. Spyware detection
- KSN. Switching between KSN / KPSN
- SERVERBINDINGDISABLE. Disabling the server connection protection
- KESCLI commands
- Scan. Malware Scan
- GetScanState. Scan completion status
- GetLastScanTime. Determining the scan completion time
- GetThreats. Obtaining data on detected threats
- UpdateDefinitions. Updating databases and application software modules
- GetDefinitionState. Determining the last update date and time of the databases
- EnableRTP. Enabling protection
- GetRealTimeProtectionState. File Threat Protection status
- GetEncryptionState. Disk encryption status
- Version. Identifying the application version
- Detection and Response management commands
- Light Agent management commands
- Error codes
- Appendix. Application profiles
- Managing the application through the REST API
- Sources of information about the application
- Contacting Technical Support
- Limitations and warnings
- Glossary
- Active key
- Administration group
- Anti-virus databases
- Archive
- Authentication Agent
- Certificate issuer
- Cloud Discovery
- Database of malicious web addresses
- Database of phishing web addresses
- Disinfection
- False alarm
- Infectable file
- Infected file
- Integration Server
- IOC
- IOC file
- License certificate
- Light Agent
- Mask
- Network Agent
- Normalized form of the address of a web resource
- OLE object
- OpenIOC
- Portable File Manager
- Protection scope
- Scan scope
- SVM
- Task
- Trusted Platform Module
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Application settings
- File Threat Protection
- Web Threat Protection
- Mail Threat Protection
- Network Threat Protection
- Firewall
- BadUSB Attack Prevention
- AMSI Protection
- Exploit Prevention
- Behavior Detection
- Host Intrusion Prevention
- Remediation Engine
- Kaspersky Security Network
- Log Inspection
- Web Control
- Device Control
- Application Control
- Adaptive Anomaly Control
- System Integrity Monitoring
- Endpoint Sensor
- Sandbox
- Managed Detection and Response
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- Endpoint Detection and Response (KATA)
- Network Detection and Response (KATA)
- Full Disk Encryption
- File Level Encryption
- Encryption of removable drives
- Templates (data encryption)
- Exclusions
- Application settings
- Reports and storage
- Network settings
- Interface
- Manage Settings
- Updating databases and application software modules
- Appendix 2. Application trust groups
- Appendix 3. File extensions for quick removable drives scan
- Appendix 4. File Types for the Mail Threat Protection attachment filter
- Appendix 5. Network settings for interaction with external services
- Appendix 6. Application events
- Appendix 7. Supported file extensions for Execution prevention
- Appendix 8. Supported script interpreters for Execution prevention
- Appendix 9. IOC scan scope in the registry (RegistryItem)
- Appendix 10. IOC file requirements
- Appendix 11. User accounts in application component rules
- Appendix 1. Application settings
- Information about third-party code
- Trademark notices
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows > Hardware and software requirements
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware and software requirements
To ensure proper operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security, your computer must meet the following requirements:
Minimum general requirements:
- 2 GB of free disk space on the hard drive;
- CPU:
- Workstation: 1 GHz;
- Server: 1.4 GHz;
- SSE2 Instructions support.
Arm architecture is not supported.
- RAM:
- Workstation (x86): 1 GB;
- Workstation (x64): 2 GB;
- Server: 2 GB;
- Server to install the application with a built-in agent for integration with Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform: 8 GB.
Workstations
Supported operating systems for workstations:
- Windows 7 Home / Professional / Ultimate / Enterprise Service Pack 1 or later;
- Windows 8 Professional / Enterprise;
- Windows 8.1 Professional / Enterprise;
- Windows 10 Home / Pro / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise / Enterprise multi-session;
- Windows 11 Home / Pro / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise.
Windows operating systems starting with version 11 24H2 support the UDP Receive Segment Coalescing Offload (URO) technology. The technology is enabled by default if a compatible network card and drivers are installed on the computer. Disabling URO on a user's computer can significantly reduce the performance of the application.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security cannot be installed on Microsoft Windows 7 without installed operating system updates: KB4490628 (March 12, 2019) and KB4474419 (September 23, 2019). For detailed information, refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.
Servers
Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports core components of the application on computers running the Windows operating system for servers. You can use Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows instead of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on servers and clusters of your organization (Cluster Mode). The application also supports Server Core mode (see known issues).
Supported operating systems for servers:
- Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials / Standard (64-bit);
Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Standard (64-bit) is supported only if Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed.
- Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 (64-bit);
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter Service Pack 1 or later;
- Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 or later;
- Windows Server 2012 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
- Windows Server 2016 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
- Windows Server 2019 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
- Windows Server 2022 Standard / Datacenter / Datacenter: Azure Edition (including Server Core mode);
- Windows Server 2025 Standard / Datacenter.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security cannot be installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 without installed operating system updates: KB4490628 (March 12, 2019) and KB4474419 (September 23, 2019).
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows Server 2019 operating systems, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2022 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.
Unsupported operating systems for servers:
- Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
- Windows Server 2008 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
- Windows Server 2008 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium SP2 or later.
Virtual platforms
Requirements for the virtual machine for application operation in standard mode:
- VMware Workstation 17.6.1;
- VMware ESXi 8.0d;
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2022;
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2402 LTSR;
- Citrix Provisioning 2402 LTSR;
- XenServer 8.
See the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent Help for virtual machine requirements to run the application in the Light Agent mode.
Terminal servers
Supported terminal server types:
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2012;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2012 R2;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2016;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2019;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2022;
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2025;
Kaspersky Security Center support
Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports operation with the following versions of Kaspersky Security Center:
- Kaspersky Security Center 14
- Kaspersky Security Center 14.1
- Kaspersky Security Center 14.2
- Kaspersky Security Center Linux 14.2
- Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15
- Kaspersky Security Center Windows 15.1
- Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.1
- Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.2
- Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.3
Article ID: 127972, Last review: Apr 24, 2025