Gateway Antivirus Settings - Watchguard Firebox X20E User Manual

Gateway AntiVirus settings

Select the Enable Gateway AntiVirus for HTTP check box to scan HTTP content, which your
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users try to download, for viruses.
Select the Enable Gateway AntiVirus for FTP check box to scan file transfer traffic for viruses.
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Select the Enable Gateway AntiVirus for POP3 check box to scan email downloaded from the
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email server for viruses.
Select the Enable Gateway AntiVirus for SMTP check box to scan email sent to an email server
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protected by your Edge for viruses.
There is a very large set of file formats used on the Internet. Use the When an error is
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encountered drop-down list to select the action you want Gateway AV to take when it cannot
successfully scan a file. The default action is Remove.
Select the Limit Scanning check box if you want the Gateway AV service to stop scanning each
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file after it examines the specified number of kilobytes. This improves the performance of the
Edge. Most viruses are small and many are in the first hundred kilobytes of a file. You must select
the correct balance of performance and security for your network.
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