Application filter

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In the Application filter section, you can specify the list of applications which are allowed to be launched on mobile devices connected to an anti-virus network.

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If you use this option, all other applications (except for the system ones) which are not included into the specified list, will not be able to run on a user's mobile device.

To configure the list of allowed applications

1.On one of mobile devices connected to the Server, specify the list of allowed applications:

a)On the main screen of Dr.Web application installed on the mobile device, tap Administrator.

b)Select the applications, which will be available on the device.

c)Tap Allow selected.

After the settings are saved on the device, they will be transferred to the Server and saved as this device personal settings.

2.In the Control Center, open the Application filter section (see Dr.Web for Android Configuration) for station with personal settings specified at step 1.

In the Permitted applications section, the application list received from the device is set. Applications are defined by the following parameters:

•Application name

•Package name

•Application MD5

3.Settings in the Control Center are not allowed to:

•Add applications in the allowed list. You can add the application only via the settings of the mobile device.

•Edit applications parameters in the allowed list.

4.Settings in the Control Center allows you to:

a)Remove applications from the allowed list. For this, click icon-item-remove next to the corresponding application.

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If you remove all applications from the allowed list but leave the Application filter enabled, none of user applications will be able to run on a mobile device.

b)Allow the same applications for another mobile device or a group of devices of the anti-virus network. For this, click icon-settings-propagatePropagate these settings to another object on the toolbar of this section. The window with the anti-virus network tree will be opened; select one or several objects to propagate settings and click Save.

c)Disable the Application filter. For this, clear the Enable applications filter flag.

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Please note that if firstly the Application filter was disabled on a station, you can enable it via the Control Center settings but you cannot add applications into the allowed list. At this, none of the user applications will be able to run on a mobile device.

If the filtration goal is not to forbid all user applications, it is recommended that you start the configuration on a mobile device as it is described in the step 1 of this procedure.

5.After settings changes were made, click Save. The settings will be passed to the mobile device.