About Virus And Security Risks - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

144 Managing Virus and Spyware Protection
Managing scans on client computers
Type of Auto-Protect
Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect

About virus and security risks

Types of Auto-Protect (continued)
Table 11-5
Description
Scans Microsoft Outlook email (MAPI and Internet) and attachments for
viruses and security risks
Supported for Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002/2003/2007/2010 (MAPI
and Internet)
If Microsoft Outlook is already installed on the computer when you perform
a client software installation, the client software detects the email
application. The client automatically installs Microsoft Outlook
Auto-Protect.
If you use Microsoft Outlook over MAPI or Microsoft Exchange client and
you have Auto-Protect enabled for email, attachments are scanned when
the user opens the attachment. If a user downloads a large attachment over
a slow connection, mail performance is affected. You may want to disable
this feature for users who regularly receive large attachments.
Note: On a Microsoft Exchange Server, you should not install Microsoft
Outlook Auto-Protect. Instead you should install Symantec Mail Security
for Microsoft Exchange.
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition scans for both viruses and
for security risks. Security risks include spyware, adware, rootkits, and other files
that can put a computer or a network at risk.
Viruses and security risks can arrive through email messages or instant messenger
programs. Often a user unknowingly downloads a risk by accepting an End User
License Agreement from a software program.
Many viruses and security risks are installed as "drive-by downloads." These
downloads usually occur when users visit malicious or infected Web sites, and
the application's downloader installs through a legitimate vulnerability on the
computer.
On Windows clients, you can change the action that Symantec Endpoint Protection
Small Business Edition takes when it detects a virus or a security risk. The security
risk categories are dynamic and change over time as Symantec collects information
about risks.
See Changing the action that Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business
Edition takes when it makes a detection"
You can view information about specific risks on the Symantec Security Response
Web site.
on page 190.