{"id":7992,"date":"2026-10-15T15:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&p=7992"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:10:46","slug":"how-to-prevent-a-local-administrator-from-stopping-withsecure-services-of-elements-agent","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-to-prevent-a-local-administrator-from-stopping-withsecure-services-of-elements-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prevent a local administrator from stopping WithSecure services of Elements Agent?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How to prevent a local administrator from stopping the services or processes of Elements Agent (EPP for Computers or EPP for Servers)\u00a0so that the security features cannot be turned off?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection products include the\u00a0Tamper protection\u00a0<\/b>feature that is enabled by default. The Tamper Protection feature will prevent local users from stopping WithSecure services or from modifying the files of the WithSecure software.<\/p>\n

It will also protect the WithSecure processes and files from other application what might try to stop the services or modify the files.<\/p>\n

How to enable Tamper Protection feature for Elements Agent:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. Log in to the Elements Security Center Portal\u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. Go to the Security configurations > <\/strong>Profiles\u00a0<\/b>page<\/li>\n
  3. Click on the profile you want to edit<\/li>\n
  4. Go to the\u00a0Scanning settings <\/b>page<\/li>\n
  5. Scroll down to the\u00a0Tamper protection\u00a0<\/b>section<\/li>\n
  6. Enable Turn on Tamper Protection<\/b><\/li>\n
  7. Click\u00a0Save profile<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How to prevent Local Admin from stopping WithSecure services? None of the machines are connected to a domain, so a GPO will not be helpful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-7992","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005535","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-15 12:10:46","import_hash":"ed08f16ee747ef99d087bc3a0feb1b5e259a7c14","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/7992","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=7992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=7992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}