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Primary and Secondary Actions, Content Scanning, Prevent Upload/Download of the Item

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Getting Started with the User Interface Policy Manager • PUPs NOTE: If you select the primary action as Replace item with an alert, you get an option to create your Alert message. Primary and Secondary Actions Primary actions for on-access scan • Allow through - Allows the item to continue to the next scanning phase or to its final destination. • Prevent Upload/Download of the Item - Prevents the item from being uploaded to or downloaded from the server. Primary actions for on-demand scan • Allow through - Allows the item to continue to the next scanning phase or to its final destination. • Replace item with an alert - Replaces the item with an alert message. • Remove embedded item - Removes the item from the document library. Secondary actions for both on-access and on-demand scan • Log to Detected Items - Records the detection in a log. • Quarantine - Takes a copy of the item and stores it in the quarantine database. NOTE: We recommend you to always select the Quarantine option. This will help you acquire a quarantined item later if required. Content Scanning McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint can identify the textual data in a document for scanning. You can create content rules to specify banned content and assign them to the policies. 1 From Policy Manager, select a submenu item On-Access or On-Demand. The policy page for the selected submenu item appears. 2 Click on a policy. 3 Click Content Scanning. The View Settings tab for the content scanner appears. 4 In Activation, select Enable to enable the content scanner settings for this policy. 5 In Options, select or deselect the following as required: • Include document and database formats in content scanning • Scan the text of all attachments 6 Select an existing alert from the drop-down list or click Create to create a new alert. NOTE: For more information about creating a new alert, refer to the Creating a new alert section. If the alert text is not shown and you would like to review it, click View/Hide to display the text. If the alert text is displayed, click View/Hide to hide it. NOTE: You cannot customize default alert messages because they are read-only. 7 In Content Scanner rules and associated actions, click: McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint version 2.5 User Guide 33

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PUPs
NOTE:
If you select the primary action as
Replace item with an alert
, you get an option
to create your Alert message.
Primary and Secondary Actions
Primary actions for on-access scan
Allow through
— Allows the item to continue to the next scanning phase or to its final
destination.
Prevent Upload/Download of the Item
— Prevents the item from being uploaded to
or downloaded from the server.
Primary actions for on-demand scan
Allow through
— Allows the item to continue to the next scanning phase or to its final
destination.
Replace item with an alert
— Replaces the item with an alert message.
Remove embedded item
— Removes the item from the document library.
Secondary actions for both on-access and on-demand scan
Log to Detected Items
— Records the detection in a log.
Quarantine
— Takes a copy of the item and stores it in the quarantine database.
NOTE:
We recommend you to always select the
Quarantine
option. This will help you
acquire a quarantined item later if required.
Content Scanning
McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint can identify the textual data in a document for scanning.
You can create content rules to specify banned content and assign them to the policies.
1
From
Policy Manager
, select a submenu item
On-Access
or
On-Demand
. The policy
page for the selected submenu item appears.
2
Click on a policy.
3
Click
Content Scanning
. The View Settings tab for the content scanner appears.
4
In Activation, select
Enable
to enable the content scanner settings for this policy.
5
In Options, select or deselect the following as required:
Include document and database formats in content scanning
Scan the text of all attachments
6
Select an existing alert from the drop-down list or click
Create
to create a new alert.
NOTE:
For more information about creating a new alert, refer to the
Creating a new alert
section.
If the alert text is not shown and you would like to review it, click
View/Hide
to display
the text. If the alert text is displayed, click
View/Hide
to hide it.
NOTE:
You cannot customize default alert messages because they are read-only.
7
In Content Scanner rules and associated actions, click:
Getting Started with the User Interface
Policy Manager
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