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Threat Prevention policy

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Threat Prevention checks for malware and other threats by scanning items on your managed systems.

Use Trellix ENS Threat Prevention policy to configure scanning settings for your managed systems.

Product

Category

Available options

Endpoint Security Threat Prevention

On-Access Scan

  • Enable or disable on-access scanning on managed systems.

  • Specify time limit to scan each file.

  • Specify when to scan files.

  • Scan specific types of files.

  • Define actions for detected items and unwanted programs.

  • Exclude files and directories.

On-Demand Scan

  • Run full scan and quick scan on managed systems.

  • Scan specific directories and their subdirectories.

  • Scan specific types of files.

  • Define actions for detected items and unwanted programs.

  • Exclude files and directories from scanning.