| 1. | Choose Activity policy in the context menu.
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2. Switch to Common rules tab in the Application control policy window. Select the File system protection scope from the drop-down list.
3. Expand Drive C:\ tree and select No masks (press Ins to add the mask) parameter.
4. To set access rules for the group of objects with similar names or with same extension, Press Ins (Insert) button and enter the regular expression for the full file or folder name (including path to the object). Following masks can be used:
#*# - replaces any number of characters, except '\'
#**# - replaces any number of characters
#0# - equivalent to the comparison with zero byte
#?# - replaces 1 character
5. For example, to set access rules for all files on the drive C:\ which have log in the file name and have .TXT extension: Press Ins (Insert) button and add following mask: #**#log#**#.TXT
NOTE
For the created mask:
• Check the Read checkbox in order to protect all TXT files from reading by applications. This will automatically block changing and deletion of the TXT files.
• Check the Write checkbox to protect all TXT files from creation and altering by applications.
• Check the Delete checkbox to protect all the TXT files from being deleted.
6. Right click in the Use for column to change the group of applications which will be affected by the activity control rule:
• All – the rule will be applied to all applications
• Trusted – the rule will be applied to known/trusted applications, which are present in the system profile
• Restricted - the rule will be applied to potentially dangerous – restricted or unknown applications, which are not present in the system profile
7. Right click in the Use for column and choose Additional item.
8. Change following settings in the Additional window:
| • | Users – select the users to be controlled by the rule |
| • | Time – set time periods for the rule to be active. The rule will be active at all times by default |
| • | Exceptions – select applications to be excluded from the rule |
7. Click on OK button in the Additional window to save changes
8. Click on OK or Apply button in the Common rules tab to save new rule and to update Application control policy.
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