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Device control

ESET Endpoint Antivirus provides automatic device (CD/DVD/USB/...) control. You can block or adjust extended filters/permissions and define a users ability to access and work with a given device. This may be useful if the computer administrator wants to prevent the use of devices containing unsolicited content.

Supported external devices:

  • Disk storage (HDD, USB removable disk)
  • CD/DVD
  • USB printer
  • FireWire Storage
  • Bluetooth Device
  • Smart card reader
  • Imaging Device
  • Modem
  • LPT/COM port
  • Portable Device (battery-powered devices such as media players, smartphones, plug-and-play devices, etc.)
  • All device types

Device control setup options can be modified in Advanced setup (F5) > Device control.

Turning the switch on next to Enable Device control activates the Device control feature in ESET Endpoint Antivirus; you will need to restart your computer for this change to take effect. When Device control is enabled, you can define Rules in the Rules editor window.

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You can import a Device control group with rules from an xml file using the scheduler. For more information and a step-by-step guide, see our ESET Knowledgebase article.

If a device blocked by an existing rule is inserted, a notification window will be displayed and access to the device will not be granted.