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Gateway Anti-Virus

Gateway Anti-Virus Profiles are available only in Policy Mode.

Gateway Anti-Virus is a network security appliance feature that blocks potential threats before reaching the network.

The detection works based on a Security Policy defined on POLICY | Rules and Policies > Security Policy page. For more information, refer to SonicOS 7.1 Rules and Policies Administration Guide for Policy Mode.

From the Gateway Anti-Virus page, you can:

  • View all SonicWall virus signatures from Gateway Anti-Virus Objects tab.

  • Create category profiles on a signature by signature basis to configure the handling of those signatures from Gateway Anti-Virus Profiles.

    Gateway Anti-Virus Profiles are signatures grouped together based on attributes such as types of attack.

  • Clone from an exiting one to create a new one
  • Export the table information into CSV file
  • Refresh and sort the table columns data to identify the specific results
  • Customize columns to show or hide the table columns, and save the filter preferences for next time log in