System Requirements

Dr.Web can be installed and run on a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:

Parameter

Requirement

CPU

An i686-compatible processor

Operating system

For 32-bit platforms:

Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later

Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or later

Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or later

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10 21H2 or earlier

For 64-bit platforms:

Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or later

Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or later

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10 21H2 or earlier

Windows 11

Free RAM

Minimum 512 MB

Screen resolution

Recommended 1024x768 or higher

Cloud and virtualization environment support

Operation of the program is guaranteed in the following environments:

VMware

Hyper-V

Xen

KVM

Other

For the Dr.Web for Microsoft Outlook plug-in, one of the following Microsoft Outlook clients from the Microsoft Office package is required:

Outlook 2000

Outlook 2002

Outlook 2003

Outlook 2007

Outlook 2010 with Service Pack 2

Outlook 2013

Outlook 2016

Outlook 2019

Outlook 2021

As Microsoft has stopped supporting SHA-1 hashing algorithm, please ensure that your operating system supports SHA-256 hashing algorithm before installing Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows on Windows Vista or Windows 7. For this, install all the recommended updates listed in Windows Update section. For the detailed information, please visit Doctor Web official website .

To ensure a correct operation of Dr.Web the following ports must be opened:

Purpose

Direction

Port numbers

To activate and renew the license

outgoing

443

To update (if the option to update using https is enabled)

outgoing

443

To update

outgoing

80

To send email notifications

 

25 or 465 (or depending on the settings of email notifications)

To connect to Dr.Web Cloud

outgoing

2075 (including UDP)