SafenSoft: proactive protection against malware and insider threats

Glossary

Applications not permitted to launch. In the SysWatch Processes and applications window, they are grouped under Blocked Applications.

Rules for application activity control, set up for a group of applications: Trusted, Restricted, or All.

Rules for application activity control, set up for one particular application. Custom rules are processed after Common rules, so Custom Rules can apply exceptions to the Common rules.

Fully functional protection mode, based on the system profile and techniques used in Simple mode.

Masks (asterisks) can be used to create activity control rules for the file system objects of the same type or with similar names. Regular expression for the full file or folder name (including path to the object) can be created using following masks:

#*# - replaces any number of characters, except '\'

#**# - replaces any number of characters

#0#  - equivalent to the comparison with zero byte

#?# -  replaces 1 character

Launch application and add to system profile as a trusted application

VIPO sandbox, more restricted than the Safe'n'Sec sandbox, and used to launch unknown or restricted applications

Applications that have been added to the system profile

Launch application in a sandbox, under a VIPO (restricted) user account

Safe'n'Sec sandbox used for known, trusted, but potentially dangerous applications

Applications that are present in the system profile, but not included to the Trusted group, or unknown applications that are not present in the system profile. In the SysWatch Processes and applications window, both are grouped under Restricted Applications

Used immediately after installation, before the system profile is created,  to protect the system during auto adjust (system profile creation)

Database containing all the information needed to identify an application and its modules

Applications added to the system profile and run outside the sandbox. In the SysWatch Processes and applications window, Trusted Applications are grouped under Known, Trusted Applications

Applications that have not been added to the system profile

Installer with an expired digital signature or no digital signature from a trusted CA