Chapter 4: Configuring RealSecure Desktop P rotector
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Adding file types to
the baseline
If you know of application files on your system that have different extensions, you can
add those extensions before creating your baseline.
To search for additional file types:
1. On the Desktop Protector Tools menu, select Advanced Application Protection
Settings.
2. On the Advanced Application Protection Settings window Tools menu, select
Checksum Extensions.
The Checksum Extensions window appears.
3. Enter the extension in the Extensions text box.
4. Click Add.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the file types have been added.
6. Click OK.
Desktop Protector adds the new file type extensions to the list.
Application
Protection alerts
If you have enabled Application Protection and selected Ask me what to do, Desktop
Protector alerts you when an unknown application starts. For information about how to
respond to these alerts, see “Responding to Application Protection Alerts” on page56.
Managing your
authorized
applications
After you have created your baseline, you can change the authorizations of any file in it.
You can allow it to run, or you can prevent it from running. If you allow it to run, you can
block it from accessing a network or allow it to access the network.
Changing
application
permissions
To manage your authorized application files:
1. On the Tools menu, select Advanced Application Protection Settings.
2. Click t he Known Applications tab.
Desktop Protector displays the list of applications it has detected on your system.
3. In the Filename column, find the name of the application file whose authorization
you want to change.
■To prevent the application from running, select Term ina te in the Application
Control column. Desktop Protector adds the application to the list of programs that
are not allowed to run on this computer.
■To allow the application to run, leave the selection in the Application Control
column blank. Desktop Protector regards this as an authorized application.
4. Click Save Changes.
Stopping
Application
Protection
temporarily
To stop Desktop Protector from monitoring your system for unauthorized applications:
●On the Tools menu, click Stop BlackICE Application Protection.
A red slash appears across the Desktop Protector icon in your system tray to indicate
that Application Protection is turned off.
Caution: When you stop the Application Protection component, your system is no longer
protected from running unauthorized applications, such as Trojans. However, Desktop
Protector intrusion detection monitoring is still in effect.