Accessing the policy configuration interface

The VirusScan Enterprise policies are a collection of settings you configure that VirusScan Enterprise enforces whenever a security event occurs. Use this information to access the policy configuration interface.

The policy configuration user interface is similar for most VirusScan Enterprise policies, but varies depending on which user interface consoles you are using. The general steps listed in this section allow you to navigate to any of the following policy configuration detail sections:
  • Access Protection
  • Alert
  • Buffer Overflow Protection
  • General
  • On-Access Default Process
  • On-Access General
  • On-Access High-Risk Processes
  • On-Access Low-Risk Processes
  • On Delivery Email Scan
  • Quarantine Items
  • Unwanted Program

Perform the general steps, described in the following user interface console sections to navigate to the specific policy configuration sections for that console.

From ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 or 4.6

For option descriptions, click ? on each tab.


  1. Click Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog and select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 in the Product list and select the specific policy to configure from the Category list. From the Catalog Policy page that appears, use one of the following:
    • To edit an existing policy, click Edit Setting from the Actions column of the task and the policy task page appears.
    • To create a new policy, click Actions | New task and the policy task page appears.
  2. Select Workstation or Server from the Settings for list.
  3. To configure all of the tabs for the specific policy, proceed to the section shown in the table, Policy configuration sections.

From VirusScan Console

For option descriptions, click Help on each tab.
  1. From the Task list, select the policy you want to configure, and right-click. Click Properties and the dialog box appears.
  2. Configure all of the tabs in the specific policy, proceed to the section show in the table, Policy configuration sections
Note: When using the VirusScan Console to configure the Alert and User Interface policies, they are accessed from the VirusScan Console toolbar not the Task list. Refer to the section described in the table, Policy specific configuration sections for detailed access instructions.

Policy configuration sections

Policy Tab configuration section
Access Protection Configuring access protection settings
Alert Configuring alerts
Buffer Overflow Protection Configuring buffer overflow protection
General Configuring user interface security settings
On-Access Default Process Configuring process settings
On-Access General Configuring general settings
On-Access High-Risk Processes Configuring process settings
On-Access Low-Risk Processes Configuring process settings
On Delivery Email Scan Configuring email scan properties
Quarantine Items Quarantined items
Unwanted Program Configuring the unwanted programs policy
Related tasks
Configuring user interface security settings
Related reference
Configuring access protection settings
Configuring alerts
Configuring buffer overflow protection
Configuring general settings
Configuring process settings
Configuring email scan properties
Quarantined items
Configuring the unwanted programs policy