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Kaspersky's Application Control: what is it, how it works
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<blockquote data-quote="RoboMan" data-source="post: 940649" data-attributes="member: 53544"><p>Kaspersky Application Control and Avast Hardened mode aim for the same concept, but work different.</p><p></p><p>While Kaspersky relies on their Trusted Vendor List to determine wether a file will be executed or blocked, Avast (or AVG) relies on a Cloud White List.</p><p></p><p><strong>How it works?</strong></p><p></p><p><em><u>Scenario #1</u></em></p><p></p><p>File 1.exe is executed on the local system.</p><p></p><p><strong>KASPERSKY </strong>-- checks for a digital signature, if found and the user configured AC as "allow if digital signature exists", file will be allowed to execute; if not found file will be blocked; if found but user configured AC as "do not trust only because digital signature exists", Kaspersky will compare the signature with all Trusted Vendors Signatures, where if a coincidence exists file will be allowed, else it will be blocked.</p><p></p><p><strong>AVAST -- MODERATE</strong> - blocks the file if it's detected as suspicious by an initial scan or a DeepScreen scan, else it will be allowed to execute, relies on the module to decide your fate.</p><p><strong>AVAST -- AGRESSIVE</strong> - consults the Cloud White List and looks for the file's hash, if the file itself isn't on the whitelist, execution is blocked (else it's allowed); this mode pretty much blocks everything, which may lead to lots of false positives but will also be incredibly secure (compromising usability)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoboMan, post: 940649, member: 53544"] Kaspersky Application Control and Avast Hardened mode aim for the same concept, but work different. While Kaspersky relies on their Trusted Vendor List to determine wether a file will be executed or blocked, Avast (or AVG) relies on a Cloud White List. [B]How it works?[/B] [I][U]Scenario #1[/U][/I] File 1.exe is executed on the local system. [B]KASPERSKY [/B]-- checks for a digital signature, if found and the user configured AC as "allow if digital signature exists", file will be allowed to execute; if not found file will be blocked; if found but user configured AC as "do not trust only because digital signature exists", Kaspersky will compare the signature with all Trusted Vendors Signatures, where if a coincidence exists file will be allowed, else it will be blocked. [B]AVAST -- MODERATE[/B] - blocks the file if it's detected as suspicious by an initial scan or a DeepScreen scan, else it will be allowed to execute, relies on the module to decide your fate. [B]AVAST -- AGRESSIVE[/B] - consults the Cloud White List and looks for the file's hash, if the file itself isn't on the whitelist, execution is blocked (else it's allowed); this mode pretty much blocks everything, which may lead to lots of false positives but will also be incredibly secure (compromising usability) [/QUOTE]
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