{"id":4346,"date":"2026-06-08T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=4346"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:09","slug":"how-to-block-an-application-using-client-security-or-server-security-application-control-feature","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-to-block-an-application-using-client-security-or-server-security-application-control-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"How to block an application using Client Security or Server Security Application Control feature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How to create an Application control rule in WithSecure Policy Manager Console which blocks an application on a computer?<\/li>\n<li>What &#39;condition&#39; should be used for example to block Microsoft Office using Application Control?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>The WithSecure Application Control feature is included in WithSecure Client Security and Server Security Premium subscriptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow the example below to block Microsoft Office using Application Control feature:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to Policy Manager Console<\/li>\n<li>Select a\u00a0Policy domain or host from from the Domain Tree<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <b>Settings\u00a0<\/b>tab<\/li>\n<li>Go to\u00a0<b>Application control<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li>Enable Application control if it is disabled<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click &#39;Add Rule&#39;\n<ol>\n<li>If <strong>Add rule<\/strong> button is greyed out on the right side of the table, first Clone the default profile to create a custom profile that can be edited.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Conditions:\n<ul>\n<li>Event : Run Application<\/li>\n<li>Action : Block<\/li>\n<li>Target product name : Contains &quot;Microsoft Office&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Distribute the policy (Ctrl + D)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What &#8216;condition&#8217; should I use to block Microsoft Office using Application Control?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-4346","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005117","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 14:56:09","import_hash":"dddcaeb05ba8948dbe1b73959242cb5aaaaca33e","vanilla_article_id":32453,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/32453-how-to-block-an-application-using-client-security-or-server-security-application-control-feature","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":103,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}