Application Filter

In the Application filter section, you can specify a 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 users' mobile devices.

To configure list of allowed applications

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Before you specify a list of allowed applications, make sure you checked the Change Dr.Web Applications Filter configuration option in the Permissions for workstations under Android. Otherwise, the Administration option will not display on user's device.

 

1.On a mobile device connected to the Server, specify the list of allowed applications:

a)On the main screen of Dr.Web application, tap Administration.

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

c)Tap Allow selected.

After you save settings 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 displayed. Applications are defined by the following parameters:

Application name,

Package name,

Application MD5.

3.Settings in the Control Center do not allow you to

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

Edit applications parameters in the allowed list.

4.Settings in the Control Center allow 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 their mobile device.

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

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

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Please note that if firstly 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 their mobile device.

If you do not intend 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.