Set up and turn on Anti-malware

Anti-malware protects against malware threats, including viruses, worms, spyware and trojans by scanning content passing through the Smoothwall Filter. Turn on Anti-malware scanning to apply your Anti-malware policies and set a maximum file size for scanning.

Turn on Anti-malware

1. Go to Guardian > Anti-malware > Settings.

     Note

   If you see a banner that says: ‘Warning Anti-malware is not licenced.’, contact your Customer Success Manager to discuss your requirements.

2. For Anti-malware scanning, select Enable. This also allows you to edit the following fields.
3. Enter the Max file size to scan in megabytes. The default is 50, or you can amend this to between 1 and 1024 (1 gigabyte). Files larger than the value set will be downloaded without being scanned.
4. Select whether to Scan or Do not scan File uploads to upstream servers, such as when uploading a video to YouTube or a file to Google Drive.
   

     Tip

   If a scanned file contains Malware, the file won’t be uploaded and the user will see the Block page for On-Premise Appliance with the Reason as Virus or other malware detected.

5. Select Save.

Next steps

• Choose Anti-malware file download settings and messages.
• Use the Default Anti-malware policies or create Anti-malware policies.