Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual page 19

Feature
Better security against
malware
New features in version 12.1
Table 1-1
Description
The most significant improvements include the following policy features to provide better
protection on the client computers.
The Virus and Spyware Protection policy detects threats more accurately while it reduces
false positives and improves scan performance with the following technologies:
SONAR replaces the TruScan technology to identify malicious behavior of unknown
threats using heuristics and reputation data. While TruScan runs on a schedule,
SONAR runs at all times.
See Managing SONAR"
Auto-Protect provides additional protection with Download Insight, which examines
the files that users try to download through Web browsers, text messaging clients,
and other portals. Download Insight uses reputation information from Symantec
Insight to make decisions about files.
See Managing Download Insight detections"
See How Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition uses reputation
data to make decisions about files"
Insight lets scans skip Symantec and community trusted files, which improves scan
performance.
See Modifying global scan settings for Windows clients"
Insight Lookup detects the application files that might not typically be detected as
risks and sends information from the files to Symantec for evaluation. If Symantec
determines that the application files are risks, the client computer then handles the
files as risks. Insight Lookup makes malware detection faster and more accurate.
See Customizing administrator-defined scans for clients that run on Windows
computers" on page 185.
The Firewall policy includes firewall rules to block IPv6-based traffic.
See Customizing firewall rules"
The Intrusion Prevention policy includes browser intrusion prevention, which uses IPS
signatures to detect the attacks that are directed at browser vulnerabilities.
See Enabling or disabling network intrusion prevention or browser intrusion prevention"
on page 233.
Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
on page 196.
on page 169.
on page 221.
What's new in version 12.1
on page 165.
on page 188.
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