Enforced Client Product Guide

User Interface Definitions

A

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spyware Protection Mode

 

Select the response when a potentially unwanted program is

 

 

 

detected:

 

 

 

„ Report: Allow the program to run. Do not notify the user.

 

 

 

„ Prompt: Ask the user how to respond when a potentially

 

 

 

unwanted program is detected.

 

 

 

„ Protect: Block the program.

 

 

 

Detections of potentially unwanted programs always appear in

 

 

 

administrative reports when the spyware protection feature is

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved Programs

 

Lists previously detected programs that will no longer be detected as

 

 

 

potentially unwanted on computers using this policy. If you have not

 

 

 

specified any approved programs, no list appears here.

 

 

 

Only programs that you know are safe should appear here. In

 

 

 

essence, these programs are excluded from on-access and

 

 

 

on-demand scans for spyware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

Select the type of program to approve:

 

 

 

„ Detected Program: A potentially unwanted program detected by

 

 

 

the virus and spyware protection service.

 

 

 

„ User-Approved Program: A detected program that a user has

 

 

 

subsequently approved to run on a client computer.

 

 

 

The selected type determines the programs displayed in the

 

 

 

Program list.

 

Program

 

Select a program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add Program

 

Select this link to allow the selected program. Once it is added, it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appears in the list on this tab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

remove

 

Select this link to delete the program from the list. During future

 

 

 

scans, it is treated as a new detection on computers using this policy,

 

 

 

and the virus and spyware protection service responds according to

 

 

 

the Spyware Protection Mode selected.

 

 

 

 

 

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 policy settings to

 

 

 

this policy.

 

 

 

Note: This resets all settings on all tabs. Settings will not take effect

 

 

 

until you click Save.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add Policy: Desktop Firewall 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 new policy and configure its settings for the firewall protection service. Changes do not take effect until you click Save.

„Configuring policies for firewall protection

„Learn mode

„Assign a policy to a group

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