Active Protection

In the Cyber Backup editions of Acronis Cyber Protect, Active Protection is a separate module in the protection plan. This module has the following settings:

• Action on detection
• Self-protection
• Network folder protection
• Server-side protection
• Cryptomining process detection
• Exclusions

In the Protect editions of Acronis Cyber Protect, Active Protection is part of the Antivirus & Antimalware protection module.

Active Protection is available for machines running the following operating systems:

• Desktop operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later

  On machines running Windows 7, ensure that Update for Windows 7 (KB2533623) is installed.

• Server operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 and later.

Agent for Windows must be installed on the machine.

To learn more about Active Protection and its settings, refer to Antivirus & Antimalware protection settings.