{"id":2156,"date":"2013-06-26T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:57:37","slug":"password-protect-antivirus-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Week: How to Password Protect Antivirus Settings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine the following situation: you have configured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/pure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kaspersky PURE<\/a> to get the maximum protection for your computer, customized the <a href=\"http:\/\/support.kaspersky.com\/pure3\/settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settings of each component<\/a>, specified which data should be <a href=\"http:\/\/support.kaspersky.com\/pure3\/settings\/backup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed up regularly<\/a>, and configured a <a href=\"http:\/\/support.kaspersky.com\/pure3\/settings\/remcontrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remote control<\/a> on your laptop that is included in your home network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/06\/05110229\/04.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2158\" alt=\"password protect\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/06\/05110229\/04.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only issue now is that you share a computer with your child.<\/p>\n<p>Like any parent, you prefer to err on the side of safety and want to ensure that your child cannot disable the product or change application settings, thus inadvertently decreasing the security level on your computer and causing the potential loss of all your data.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid this type of disaster we recommend restricting access to the program by password protecting Kaspersky PURE. At the top of the settings window, select the \u2018Password\u2019 tab and check the \u2018Enable password\u2019 protection box. Next, specify your password.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/06\/05110228\/Tip_26June_en.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2159\" alt=\"KIS settings\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/06\/05110228\/Tip_26June_en.png\" width=\"735\" height=\"589\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the section below, select which actions should be password protected:<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 modify application settings<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 manage Backup<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Home Network Control<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 enable and configure Parental Control<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 exit the application<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 remove the application<\/p>\n<p>Attention: If you forget your password for Kaspersky PURE, <a href=\"http:\/\/support.kaspersky.com\/9631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perform the actions recommended here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine the following situation: you have configured Kaspersky PURE to get the maximum protection for your computer, customized the settings of each component, specified which data should be backed up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":2157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[419,364,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-2156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips","8":"tag-kaspersky-pure","9":"tag-parental-control","10":"tag-password-protection"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-ae","url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-in","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/password-protect-antivirus-settings\/2156\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/tag\/kaspersky-pure\/","name":"Kaspersky PURE"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15582,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions\/15582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}