Antimalware policies

Antimalware policies provide protection against many malware threats, including viruses, worms, spyware and trojans by scanning content passing through the Smoothwall Filter. You can set up a status pages to display when content is being scanned and configure the size of files that are scanned and whether files that are uploaded and downloaded are scanned.

Antimalware scanning isn't turned on by default. You must turn on antimalware scanning to apply any antimalware policies that you've created.

Prerequisites

• Make sure that you have added your user groups.
• You need to define the content that you want your policy to apply to using a Custom Category.
• If you want your policy to only apply at certain locations, you need to create a location policy object.
• If you want your policy to only apply at certain times in the day, create a time slot policy object.

Procedure

1. On the GUARDIAN menu, under the Antimalware submenu, click Policy wizard.
2. Under the Step 1: Who section, from the Available users or groups list, select to whom the policy will apply and click Add. When you've added all the users and groups, click Next to continue.
3. Under the Step 2: What section, from the Available categories or category groups list, select what is to be scanned and click Add. When you've selected all the content, click Next to continue.
4. Under the Step 3: Where section, from the list of locations, select where the policy will apply and click Add. When you've added the location(s), click Next to continue.
5. Under the Step 4: Action section, select the action to perform for this policy.
6. Make sure that the policy is turned on by making sure that the Enable Policy option is selected. Once you are satisfied, click Confirm.
7. Review your selections and click Save to create the policy.

Order policies

1. On the GUARDIAN menu, under the Antimalware submenu, click Manage policies.
• To place the policies in the order that you want them to be applied, click the policy and drag it to the position that you want. Alternatively, click the policy and click Up or Down.
• To turn off an existing policy, in the row for the policy in the list, under the Enabled column, click the red cross to change it to a green check mark.
• To edit a policy, click the Edit policy pencil icon, make the changes necessary and click Confirm.
• To delete a policy, click Delete policy trash can icon, and then click Remove.
2. Click Save.