Configuring the unwanted programs policy

Configuration is a two-step process:


  1. Define which potentially unwanted programs to detect and exclude:
    • Select whole categories of programs or specific programs within a category from a predefined list which comes from the current DAT file.
    • Specify exclusions.
    • Create a list of user-defined programs to detect.
  2. After configuring the Unwanted Programs Policy, enable unwanted program detection in the on-access, on-demand, and email scanners, then configure which actions to take when an unwanted program is detected.

To access the Unwanted Programs properties:

For option descriptions, click ? or Help on each tab.


  1. Refer to the section, Accessing the policy configuration interface to display the Unwanted Programs Policy configuration page.
  2. From the Unwanted Programs Policy page, click the Scan Items tab and configure the following:
    • Select the categories of unwanted programs to detect. For example, spyware, adware, etc. These categories are defined by the current DAT file.
    • Specify exclusions.
      Note: You must specify the exact detection name that you want to exclude, not the filename.
  3. Click the User-Defined Items tab and specify the individual files or programs to treat as unwanted programs. Specify each item by filename and provide a description for each item.