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Configuring Malware Protection

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You can use the Web UI or the API to configure a malware protection policy for all of your host endpoints or select host sets in your enterprise.

This section covers the following topics:

Prerequisites
  • Admin access when using the Web UI

  • Malware detection requires Endpoint Security (HX) xAgent version 24 or later. If an agent for an earlier release is included in a selected host set for a malware protection policy, the policy is ignored for that xAgent .

  • Malware protection, including file quarantine and remediation, requires Endpoint Security (HX) xAgent version 26 or later. If an xAgent for an earlier release is included in a selected host set that is assigned to a malware protection policy, the policy is ignored for that xAgent .

  • MalwareGuard requires Endpoint Security (HX) xAgent version 27 or later. If an xAgent for an earlier release is included in a selected host set assigned to a malware protection policy that has MalwareGuard enabled, the policy is ignored for that xAgent .