Enabling and disabling System Watcher

By default, System Watcher is enabled and runs in the mode recommended by Kaspersky. You can disable System Watcher, if necessary.

It is not recommended to disable System Watcher unless absolutely necessary, as it affects performance of the protection components. The protection components may request data collected by System Watcher to more accurately identify a detected threat.

There are two ways to enable or disable System Watcher:

• On the Protection and Control tab of the main application window
• From the application settings window

To enable or disable System Watcher on the Protection and Control tab of the main application window:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Select the Protection and Control tab.
3. Click the Protection section.

   The Protection section opens.

4. Right-click to display the context menu of the line with information about the System Watcher component.

   A menu for selecting actions on the component opens.

5. Do one of the following:
   • To enable System Watcher, select Start.

     The component status icon , which is displayed on the left in the System Watcher line, changes to the icon.

   • To disable System Watcher, select Stop.

     The component status icon , which is displayed on the left in the System Watcher line, changes to the icon.

To enable or disable System Watcher from the application settings window:

1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select the System Watcher subsection.

   In the right part of the window, the settings of the System Watcher component are displayed.

3. Do one of the following:
   • To enable System Watcher, select the Enable System Watcher check box
   • To disable System Watcher, clear the Enable System Watcher check box.
4. To save changes, click the Save button.