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Managing potentially unwanted program detections

Total Protection Service notifies you when it detects a potentially unwanted program
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attempting to run. The
that your network is at risk.
To respond to a detection notification:
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1 Click the yellow icon.
Close
2 In the dialog box, click
Common Tasks
3 In the area of the Total Protection Service console, select
Detections
.
Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer
4 In the
(see To manage detections of potentially unwanted
Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer
5 After closing the
Ignore this issue
again, select
Ignore this issue
If you select
Service detects the program each time it is accessed. To prevent the program from
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being detected again, you must open the
approve the program.
To manage detections of potentially unwanted programs:
Common Tasks
1 In the area of the Total Protection Service console, select
Detections
.
Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer
The
Items can include program files, registry keys, and cookies.
2 Select one or more items, then click an action.
Clean:
Place an original copy of each selected item in a quarantine folder in a
binary proprietary format, then attempt to clean it. If it cannot be cleaned, delete
the item.
Approve:
Add each selected item to the list of approved programs so they will not
be detected as spyware.
Approved
Clicking displays a list of all currently approved programs on your server.
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3 Check the status of each item.
Action Required
: You have not performed any action on this item since it was
detected.
Approved
: The item was added to the list of user-approved programs and will no
longer be detected as spyware.
Cleaned
: The item was cleaned successfully and can be used safely. A backup
copy of the original item was placed in a quarantine folder in a binary proprietary
format.
icon at the top of the console turns yellow to indicate
.
, review the detection and select a response
programs:).
, click the yellow
Close
, then click .
without approving the detected program. Total Protection
Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer
lists each detected item that requires action.
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Managing potentially unwanted program detections
Manage PUP
Network
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and
Manage PUP