Exploit Prevention

In the Exploit prevention section, you can configure the blocking of malicious programs that use vulnerabilities of applications. From the corresponding drop-down list, select the required level of protection.

Protection level

Description

Prevent unauthorized code from running

If an attempt of a malicious object to exploit software vulnerabilities to get access to critical regions of the operating system is detected, it will be blocked automatically.

Interactive mode

If an attempt of a malicious object to exploit software vulnerabilities to get access to critical regions of the operating system is detected, Dr.Web will display a corresponding message. Read the information and select a suitable action.

Allow unauthorized code to be executed

If an attempt of a malicious object to exploit software vulnerabilities in order to get access to critical regions of the operating system is detected, it will be allowed automatically.