How to install and use inDefend ?
inDefend is a windows application which helps you protect your data from unauthorized, copy, share or transfer through internet, email, chat and portable media devices.
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Installation
Once you have downloaded the installer, the installer will take you to the following screen.
There are two password settings : inDefend access password and administrator password. The access password is used to authorize access for a particular portable media devices connected through usb port or sd card slot and access to particular website or application like chat , ftp etc.
The administrator password is used to gain access to the control center of inDefend where you can go through the summary of recently accessed websites, devices and files copied on portable media devices. Control center also gives you access to settings and configuration.
Summary
Application Control
Application control tab control center helps you configure which application needs to be communicating to the internet such as antivirus and browser updates and windows updates etc. It can also be used to allow certain applications like skype, gtalk etc to connect to the internet. All you need to do is to locate the application by using the search box available at the top and then clicking on the checkbox.
Special Application Settings
Special application settings is important for proper functioning of laplock, specially if you want to allow a specific list of websites to be accessed on you machine. In order to configure the browser, you need to select the location of the main exe of the browser you want to allow and then click on add. For example, you are using firefox, the location will be program files full path/ forefox.exe. For configuring anti-virus you should select the executable(s) of the antivirus which connects to the internet. If you are not able to figure out the antivirus location, do not worry. Just wait for the notifier to come up in the bottom right section of you screen. This will happen whenever you antivirus tries to update itself. Click on unblock, then select the antivirus from the checkbox and the category as antivirus and click on add application.
Blocking Porn, Messaging and Chat Clients etc
Whenever an unauthorized application tries to make a connection you will see a notification in the bottom right corner of your screen as follows. If you want to allow it, click on unblock and select the application from a list and its category as application and click on add. From that point onwards, the application will be able to connect to the internet. If you do not do any thing, all kinds of messaging and chat clients will be blocked by inDefend .
USB Control
USB Devices control panel in the inDefend’s control center helps you manage the authorized devices on your system. It also helps you set default policy for unauthorized devices and set device specific policies for each of the authorized devices as follows:-
If you face any problem in installing or using inDefend please contact our support team at support@dataresolve.com.
Indefend – laptop control and access
inDefend Laptop Protection is an application which will help you achieve full control on your laptop against theft of data without blocking you for your relevant access. Here is what you can do if you have this installed on your system:-
1. Selectively allow or block access to any kind of internet application, website or email. For example you can allow facebook, but you can block some other site from being accessed through one single click.
2. Selectively allow or block chat or VoIP(voice over IP) or chat (IM) application to be used. You can allow them when you want or just disallow whenever you need.
3. Set specific policies on removable media devices to be used on your laptop, for example you can allow you memory stick to be used but block others. Similar control can be put on other media devices like external hard drives, cell phones with memory cards , digit photo frames etc
4. But, the most interesting feature of inDefend Laptop Protection is that you can silently monitor what is being access (like website, emails etc) , what kind of media devices being used including what files were copied on them. All these details are presented in a nice report through the control panel of inDefend Laptop Protection, which is password protected from access, so that only you can view those reports!
5. Tamper protection and uninstall protection allows you to block anyone who wants to uninstall the application without authorization.
