Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual page 191

Changing the action that Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition takes when it makes a detection
By default, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition moves any files
that security risks infect into the Quarantine.
If you set the action to log only, by default if users create or save infected files,
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition deletes them.
On Windows computers, you can also configure remediation actions for
administrator scans, on-demand scans, and Auto-Protect scans of the file system.
You can lock actions so that users cannot change the action on the client computers
that use this policy.
Warning: For security risks, use the Delete action with caution. In some cases,
deleting security risks causes applications to lose functionality. If you configure
the client to delete the files that security risks affect, it cannot restore the files.
To back up the files that security risks affect, use the Quarantine action instead.
To specify the action that Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
takes when it makes a detection on Windows computers
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Moves the file to the Quarantine on the infected computer and denies any
access to the file.
Logs the event.
In the console, open a Virus and Spyware Protection policy, and then select
the scan (any Auto-Protect scan, administrator scan, or on-demand scan).
On the Actions tab, under Detection, select a type of malware or security
risk.
By default, each subcategory is automatically configured to use the actions
that are set for the entire category.
Note: The categories change dynamically over time as Symantec gets new
information about risks.
To configure actions for a subcategory only, do one of the following actions:
Check Override actions configured for Malware, and then set the actions
for that subcategory only.
Note: There might be a single subcategory under a category, depending
on how Symantec currently classifies risks. For example, under Malware,
there might be a single subcategory called Viruses.
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