SonicOS 7.0 Security Services Administration Guide

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Anti-Spyware Signatures

SonicWall Anti-Spyware allows you to configure anti-spyware policies at the category and signature level, to provide flexible granularity for tailoring SonicWall Anti-Spyware protection based on your network environment requirements. You can apply these custom SonicWallAnti-Spyware policies to Address Objects, Address Groups, and User Groups, as well as create enforcement schedules.

When you click Configuration/Edit on the Signature row, you can configure these fields in the Anti-Spyware Signature Settings dialog box:

Field Description
Product Name The name in the row you chose to configure
Signature Name Displays the spyware name.
Signature ID The SonicWall database ID number of signature.
Danger Level Defines the attack signature as Low, Medium, or High as defined for the Signature Groups panel.
Prevention Allows you to enable and disable Anti-Spyware prevention for the device
Detection Allows you to enable and disable Anti-Spyware detection for the device
Included Users/Groups Applies the Anti-Spyware settings to members of the following group types: All, Administrators, Everyone, Guest Services, Trusted Users, Content Filtering Bypass, and Limited Administrators
Excluded Users/Groups Does not apply the Anti-Spyware settings to members of the following group types: All, Administrators, Everyone, Guest Services, Trusted Users, Content Filtering Bypass, and Limited Administrators
Included IP Address Range Allows you to apply the Anti-Spyware settings to all users that fall within a specified IP address range of a specified category
Excluded IP Address Range Allows you to exclude all users that fall within a specified IP address range of a specified category
Schedule Allows you to set a schedule
Log Redundancy Filter Check this box to set the filter
Use Product Settings in seconds If the filter box is checked, this setting is not available

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