SonicWALL 4.5 manual Add Policy Virus Protection Settings

Enforced Client Product Guide User Interface Definitions

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Advanced Spyware Protection Select potentially unwanted program threats to detect. If no threats

Settings	are selected, the virus and spyware protection service does not detect
	any potentially unwanted programs.
	„ Jokes: Programs designed to be mistaken for a virus. They may
	alarm or annoy users 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 gathers 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.
Save	Click to update the policy and return to the Groups + Policies page.
Cancel	Click to return to the Groups + Policies page without changing the
	policy.
Reset to Defaults	Click to assign the original SonicWALL Default settings to this
	policy.
	Note: This resets all settings on all tabs. Settings will not take effect
	until you click Save.

Add 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 create a policy and configure its virus protection settings. Changes do not take effect until you click Save.

„Set basic virus protection options

„Assign a policy to a group

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