Devices

Devices

To block access to data on removable media (USB flash, floppy, CD/DVD, ZIP drives, etc.), enable the appropriate option. To block sending jobs to printers, enable the Block sending jobs to printers option. This option is disabled by default. You can also block data transfer over network (LAN and the Internet).

Infected USB devices can be identified by your computer as a keyboard. If you want Dr.Web to check whether the connected USB device is a keyboard, enable the Notify on BadUSB vulnerable devices detected as a keyboard option.

Device and bus classes

To block access to specified device or bus classes, enable the appropriate option. Click the Edit button to make a list of such objects. In the open window, select device or bus classes that you want to restrict access to. Click OK to save the changes. To close the window without saving the changes, click Undo.

White list of devices

After you restricted access to some device or bus classes, you can allow access to certain devices by adding them to the white list. You can also add a certain device to the white list if you do not want it to be checked for BadUSB vulnerability.

To add a device to the white list, do the following:

1.Click White list of devices (the button becomes available if restrictions are set).

2.Make sure that the device is connected to the computer.

3.Click . In the open window, click Browse and select the device. You can use a filter to view only connected or only disconnected devices. Click OK.

4.You can configure access rules for devices with file systems. For that, from the Rule column, select one of the following modes: Allow all or Read-only. To add a new rule for a specific user, click . To delete a rule, click .

5.To save the changes, click OK. To close the window without saving the changes, click Undo. The white list of devices opens.

6.To edit a rule set, select it from the list and click .

7.To remove a rule set, select it from the list and click .