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Block Unauthorized Browsers and Email Applications

'Circumvention' means that the user runs an email or browser application for which CA Data Protection does not offer an endpoint agent (for example, the Mozilla Thunderbird and Zimbra email applications).

To prevent circumvention, configure Application Monitor control actions in the user policy to block users from running these applications.

Follow these steps:

1. Launch the Administration console and open User Administration or Machine Administration.
2. Select a User, Group and click Edit policy.
3. Browse to the following policy path:

   Control\Application Monitor\Control Triggers\Application n\
   

4. Specify the application included in the ban, for example thunderbird.exe or zdesktop.exe.
5. Browse to the following policy path:

   Control\Application Monitor\Control Actions\Control Action n\
   

6. Set the Intervention option for the control action to Block.

   Starting the application now triggers a block action.