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Creating a new file filtering rule, Create new rule

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Getting Started with the User Interface Policy Manager 4 In Activation, select Enable to enable the file filtering scanner settings for the policy. TIP: For a true file type filtering, enable Content Scanning too. 5 In Alert selection, specify which alert will be used when an infected document triggers a filtering rule. You can also select an existing alert 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. 6 From File filtering rules and associated actions, use the following: • Available rules - to select an existing file filtering rule or create new file filtering rules for the policy. NOTE: For more information about Create a new rule, refer to the Creating a new file filtering rule section. • Change - to change the primary and secondary actions associated with a file filtering rule. NOTE: For more information on changing the primary and secondary actions associated with a file filtering rule, refer to the Primary and Secondary File Filtering Actions section. • Delete - to delete the file filtering rule. Creating a new file filtering rule 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 File Filtering. The View Settings tab for the file filtering scanner appears. 4 From the Available rules drop-down list, select Create new rule. 5 Enter a unique Rule name. Give the rule, a meaningful name, so that you can easily identify it and what it does. For example, FilesOver5MB. 6 In Filename filtering, select Enable file name filtering to enable file filtering according to the file names. For example, if you type *.exe, this file filtering rule is applied to any file that has a .exe file name extension. 7 In Take action when the file name matches, specify the names of the files that are affected by this rule. You can use the * and ? wildcard characters to match multiple filenames. For example, if you want to filter out executable files, type *.exe. 8 Click Add to add the file names to the filtering list or Delete to remove file names from the filtering list. 9 In File category filtering, select Enable file category filtering to enable file filtering according to their file type. 36 McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint version 2.5 User Guide

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4
In Activation, select
Enable
to enable the file filtering scanner settings for the policy.
TIP:
For a true file type filtering, enable Content Scanning too.
5
In Alert selection, specify which alert will be used when an infected document triggers a
filtering rule. You can also select an existing alert 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.
6
From File filtering rules and associated actions, use the following:
•
Available rules
— to select an existing file filtering rule or create new file filtering rules
for the policy.
NOTE:
For more information about Create a new rule, refer to the
Creating a new file
filtering rule
section.
•
Change
— to change the primary and secondary actions associated with a file filtering
rule.
NOTE:
For more information on changing the primary and secondary actions associated
with a file filtering rule, refer to the
Primary and Secondary File Filtering Actions
section.
•
Delete
— to delete the file filtering rule.
Creating a new file filtering rule
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
File Filtering
. The View Settings tab for the file filtering scanner appears.
4
From the Available rules drop-down list, select
Create new rule
.
5
Enter a unique
Rule name
. Give the rule, a meaningful name, so that you can easily
identify it and what it does.
For example, FilesOver5MB.
6
In Filename filtering, select
Enable file name filtering
to enable file filtering according
to the file names.
For example, if you type *.exe, this file filtering rule is applied to any file that has a .exe
file name extension.
7
In Take action when the file name matches, specify the names of the files that are affected
by this rule.
You can use the * and ? wildcard characters to match multiple filenames. For example, if
you want to filter out executable files, type *.exe.
8
Click
Add
to add the file names to the filtering list or
Delete
to remove file names from
the filtering list.
9
In File category filtering, select
Enable file category filtering
to enable file filtering
according to their file type.
Getting Started with the User Interface
Policy Manager
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