Customizing Auto-Protect For Windows Clients - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

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Customizing Auto-Protect for Windows clients

Customizing Auto-Protect for Windows clients
You might want to customize Auto-Protect settings for Windows clients.
See Customizing the virus and spyware scans that run on Windows computers"
on page 180.
See Managing scans on client computers"
To configure Auto-Protect for Windows clients
1 In the console, open a Virus and Spyware Protection policy.
2 Under Windows Settings, under Protection Technology, click Auto-Protect.
3 On the Scan Details tab, check or uncheck Enable Auto-Protect.
Note: If you disable Auto-Protect, Download Insight cannot function even if
it is enabled.
4 Under Scanning, under File types, click one of the following options:
Scan all files
This is the default and most secure option.
Scan only selected extensions
You can improve scan performance by selecting this option, however, you
might decrease the protection on your computer.
5 Under Additional options, check or uncheck Scan for security risks and
Block security risk from being installed.
6 Click OK.
7 On the Actions tab, set any of the options.
See Changing the action that Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business
Edition takes when it makes a detection"
You can also set remediation options for Auto-Protect.
8 On the Notifications tab, set any of the notification options.
See Managing the virus and spyware notifications that appear on client
computers" on page 176.
9 If you are finished with the configuration for this policy, click OK.
on page 136.
on page 190.