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suspicious activities basing on the list of rules, created by Kaspersky Lab spe-
cialists.
If you want Kaspersky Anti-Virus to monitor the activity of system processes in
addition to user processes, select the
Watch system user accounts
check-
box (see Figure 37). This option is disabled by default.
User accounts control access to the system and identify the user and his/her
work environment, which prevents other users from corrupting the operating sys-
tem or data. System processes are processes launched by system user ac-
counts.
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 ac-
cessing the Internet, working with email and other documents. It is for this reason
that these applications are considered
critical
in activity control.
