SonicWALL 4.5 manual Edit Policy Virus Protection Settings

Enforced Client Product Guide User Interface Definitions

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Item	Description
Check for updates every	12 hours: Client computers check for updated detection definition
	(DAT) files and product components every 12 hours.
Detect ...	Enabled: The following threats are detected during scans:
	„ Jokes: Programs designed to be mistaken for a virus. They may
	alarm or annoy a user but do not harm files or data. They are
	intended to waste time and resources.
	„ Remote admin tools: Programs that can be used from a remote
	location to access a computer. Some remote administration tools
	serve useful purposes, such as allowing users to access their files
	from home, but others can be used by unauthorized persons to
	monitor user activities and take control of a computer.
	„ Spyware: Programs that covertly gather user information
	through the user’s Internet connection without the user’s
	knowledge. Once installed, spyware monitors user activity on the
	Internet and transmits that information in the background to
	someone else. Spyware can gather information such as email
	addresses, websites visited, passwords, and credit card numbers.
	„ Dialers: Programs that hijack a user’s modem and dial
	premium-rate phone numbers, such as those required to access
	pornographic websites.
	„ Password crackers: Programs that find passwords or encryption
	keys by trying every possible combination of characters until the
	code is broken.
	„ Adware: Programs that display unsolicited advertisements.
	Adware often includes code that tracks a user's personal
	information and transmits it to someone else, without the user's
	knowledge.
	„ Potentially unwanted applications: Programs that perform
	some unauthorized (and often harmful or undesirable) act such as
	viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
	„ Key loggers: Programs that record every keystroke a user
	makes. They can be used to steal passwords and other
	confidential information.

Edit Policy: Virus Protection Settings

Policies are made up of security settings for all of your protection services. These settings define how your services operate on client computers.

Use this page to rename a policy or modify its virus protection settings. Changes do not take effect until you click Save.

„Set basic virus protection options

„Assign a policy to a group

Item	Description
Policy name	Type a new name for the policy if you want to rename it.
On-Demand Scan	„ Select On to schedule an on-demandscan, then select the time
	and frequency.
	„ Select Off to schedule no on-demand scans.
	Regardless of this setting, on-accessscans occur every time users
	run, open, or download files.

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