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Updating virus definitions files 147 Virus definitions files update methods Table 4-1 Virus definitions files update methods Method Description When to use it Intelligent Updater Intelligent Updater is a selfextracting executable file that contains virus definitions files. Use Intelligent Updater when you need to distribute virus definitions files updates to users who do not have active network connections. Note: 64-bit computers receive virus definitions files using LiveUpdate. All other methods of updating these files are not supported. Best practice: Using the Virus Definition Transport Method and LiveUpdate together You can use the Virus Definition Transport Method and LiveUpdate together. Using LiveUpdate allows for updates to the software components of Symantec AntiVirus. Using the Virus Definition Transport Method allows you to schedule and push virus definitions files updates from the Symantec System Center. In addition, you can use the Virus Definition Transport Method as an emergency system for distributing new virus definitions files quickly when the network is threatened by a new virus. Although the Virus Definition Transport Method is used more often, some large networks depend on LiveUpdate. These installations do not permit direct access to the Symantec site by a large number of servers and clients. One or more servers act as an internal LiveUpdate server to all of the other servers on the network, and in some installations, to all clients. Best practice: Using Continuous LiveUpdate on 64-bit computers To ensure that each managed 64-bit computer maintains the latest virus definitions, you can use Continuous LiveUpdate to require each computer to check for updates after a specified interval has expired. If you have more than one 64-bit computer on your network and you are using the Symantec System Center console, you can group these computers into a client or server group and manage the virus definitions from the console. If you are not using the console, you can enable this feature and set the interval on the client computer. See "Enabling and configuring Continuous LiveUpdate for managed clients" on page 164.

Section	Page
Symantec AntiVirus™ Corporate Edition Administrator’s Guide	1
Contents	5
Section 1. Managing Symantec AntiVirus	11
1. Managing Symantec AntiVirus	13
About managing Symantec AntiVirus	13
Managing with the Symantec System Center	14
Using console views	15
Saving console settings	16
Understanding Symantec System Center icons	17
Discovering computers and refreshing the console	19
Auditing computers	31
About clients and servers	37
About primary servers	37
About secondary servers	38
About parent servers	38
About server and client groups	38
Deciding whether to manage with server groups and/or client groups	39
Server and client group scenario	40
Managing with server groups	41
Creating server groups	41
Locking and unlocking server groups	42
Working with server group passwords	43
Renaming server groups	45
Selecting a primary server for a server group	45
Changing primary and parent servers	46
Moving a server to a different server group	46
Viewing server groups	47
Deleting server groups	48
Enhancing server group security	48
How the access list works	48
Implementing enhanced server group security	49
Managing with client groups	53
Creating new client groups	53
Adding clients to a client group	53
Configuring settings and running tasks at the client group level	54
Finding client group settings	54
Moving clients in client groups	54
Viewing client groups	54
Filtering the client group view	56
Renaming client groups	57
Deleting client groups	57
Configuring clients directly	58
Changing an unmanaged client into a managed client (and the reverse)	58
How settings propagate	59
New Grc.dat files overwrite old Grc.dat files	60
2. Setting up the Alert Management System	61
About the Alert Management System	61
How Alert Management System works	62
Configuring alert actions	63
Alert configuration tasks	63
Configuring alert action messages	64
Speeding up alert configuration	66
Configuring the Message Box alert action	68
Configuring the Broadcast alert action	69
Configuring the Run Program alert action	69
Configuring the Load An NLM alert action	70
Configuring the Send Internet Mail alert action	71
Configuring the Send Page alert action	72
Configuring the Send SNMP Trap alert action	74
Configuring the Write To Event Log alert action	77
Working with configured alerts	77
Testing configured alert actions	78
Deleting an alert action from an alert	78
Exporting alert actions to other computers	78
Using the Alert Management System Alert Log	80
Viewing detailed alert information	82
Filtering the Alert Log display list	83
Forwarding alerts from unmanaged clients	84
Section 2. Configuring Symantec AntiVirus	87
3. Scanning for viruses and other threats	89
About threats	89
About scans in Symantec AntiVirus	91
Understanding Auto-Protect scans	92
Understanding scheduled scans	92
Understanding manual scans	92
Selecting computers to scan	93
Configuring Auto-Protect scans	96
Configuring Auto-Protect for files	96
Configuring Auto-Protect email scanning for groupware applications	105
Configuring Auto-Protect scanning for Internet email	106
How to specify exclusions	108
Configuring Auto-Protect settings	109
How to lock and unlock Auto-Protect options	110
Configuring manual scans	110
How to specify exclusions	113
Deleting files and folders that are left on computers by threats	113
Configuring scheduled scans	113
Scheduling scans for server groups or individual Symantec AntiVirus servers	114
Scheduling scans for Symantec AntiVirus clients	116
Setting options for missed scheduled scans	119
Editing, deleting, or disabling a scheduled scan	119
Running a scheduled scan on demand	120
Deleting files and folders that are left on computers by threats	121
Handling Symantec AntiVirus clients with intermittent connectivity	121
Configuring scan options	123
How to assign primary actions and secondary actions for detected viruses	123
How to assign primary actions and secondary actions for other detected threats	124
Controlling the user experience	125
Scanning for in-memory threats	132
Excluding files from scanning	132
Selecting file types and extensions to scan for viruses	134
Enabling expanded threat categories	139
Setting options for scanning compressed files	141
Configuring HSM settings	141
Setting CPU utilization	144
4. Updating virus definitions files	145
About virus definitions files	145
Virus definitions files update methods	146
Best practice: Using the Virus Definition Transport Method and LiveUpdate together	147
Best practice: Using Continuous LiveUpdate on 64-bit computers	147
Updating virus definitions files on Symantec AntiVirus servers	148
Updating and configuring Symantec AntiVirus servers using the Virus Definition Transport Method	148
Updating servers using LiveUpdate	154
Updating servers with Intelligent Updater	157
Updating servers using Central Quarantine polling	157
Minimizing network traffic and handling missed updates	158
Updating virus definitions files on Symantec AntiVirus clients	160
Updating virus definitions files on Symantec AntiVirus clients immediately	162
Configuring managed clients to use an internal LiveUpdate server	163
Enabling and configuring Continuous LiveUpdate for managed clients	164
Setting LiveUpdate usage policies	165
Controlling virus definitions files	166
Verifying the version number of virus definitions files	167
Viewing the threat list	167
Rolling back virus definitions files	167
Testing virus definitions files	168
Update scenarios	169
About scanning after updating virus definitions files	169
5. Responding to virus outbreaks	171
About responding to virus outbreaks	171
Preparing for a virus outbreak	172
Creating a virus outbreak plan	172
Defining Symantec AntiVirus actions for handling suspicious files	174
Automatically purging suspicious files from local Quarantines	174
Handling a virus outbreak on your network	175
Using virus alerts and messages	176
Running a virus sweep	176
Tracking virus alerts using Event Logs and Histories	177
Tracking submissions to Symantec Security Response with Central Quarantine Console	177
6. Managing roaming clients	179
About roaming clients	179
Roaming client components	180
How roaming works	181
Implementing roaming	181
Analyzing and mapping your Symantec AntiVirus network	182
Identifying servers for each hierarchical level	183
Creating a list of 0 level Symantec AntiVirus servers	183
Creating a hierarchical list of Symantec AntiVirus servers	184
Configuring roaming client support options from the Symantec System Center console	184
Configuring additional roaming client support for roam servers	187
Configuring additional server types for roaming clients	189
Command-line options	189
Registry values	191
7. Working with Histories and Event Logs	193
About Histories and Event Logs	193
Sorting and filtering History and Event Log data	194
Viewing Histories	197
Working with Threat Histories	198
Working with Scan Histories	200
Understanding Event Log icons	202
Forwarding client logs to parent servers	203
Configuring log forwarding options	203
Configuring log events to forward	204
Best practice: Configuring events to forward for sometimes managed clients	206
Reviewing the forwarding status file	207
Deleting Histories and Event Logs	207

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Updating virus definitions files

Virus definitions files update methods

Note:

64-bit computers receive virus definitions files using LiveUpdate. All other

methods of updating these files are not supported.

Best practice: Using the Virus Definition Transport Method and

LiveUpdate together

You can use the Virus Definition Transport Method and LiveUpdate together.

Using LiveUpdate allows for updates to the software components of Symantec

AntiVirus. Using the Virus Definition Transport Method allows you to schedule

and push virus definitions files updates from the Symantec System Center. In

addition, you can use the Virus Definition Transport Method as an emergency

system for distributing new virus definitions files quickly when the network is

threatened by a new virus.

Although the Virus Definition Transport Method is used more often, some large

networks depend on LiveUpdate. These installations do not permit direct access

to the Symantec site by a large number of servers and clients. One or more

servers act as an internal LiveUpdate server to all of the other servers on the

network, and in some installations, to all clients.

Best practice: Using Continuous LiveUpdate on 64-bit computers

To ensure that each managed 64-bit computer maintains the latest virus

definitions, you can use Continuous LiveUpdate to require each computer to

check for updates after a specified interval has expired. If you have more than

one 64-bit computer on your network and you are using the Symantec System

Center console, you can group these computers into a client or server group and

manage the virus definitions from the console. If you are not using the console,

you can enable this feature and set the interval on the client computer.

See

“Enabling and configuring Continuous LiveUpdate for managed clients”

page 164.

Intelligent Updater

Intelligent Updater is a self-

extracting executable file that

contains virus definitions files.

Use Intelligent Updater when

you need to distribute virus

definitions files updates to

users who do not have active

network connections.

Table 4-1

Virus definitions files update methods

Method

Description

When to use it