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AntiVirus

AntiVirus

An antivirus profile contains specific configuration information that defines how the traffic within a policy is examined and what action can be taken based on the examination. Multiple antivirus profiles can be created for different antivirus scanning requirements. These profiles can then be applied to firewall policies.

To view available antivirus profiles, go to Security Profiles > AntiVirus.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New

Create an antivirus profile. See Create or edit an antivirus profile.

Edit

Modify the selected antivirus profile. See Create or edit an antivirus profile.

Clone

Make a copy of the selected antivirus profile.

Delete

Remove the selected antivirus profile.

Search

Enter a search term to find in the list.

Name

The name of the antivirus profile.

Comments

An optional description of the antivirus profile.

Ref.

Displays the number of times the object is referenced to other objects.

To view the location of the referenced object, select the number in Ref.; the Object Usage window opens and displays the various locations of the referenced object.

AntiVirus

An antivirus profile contains specific configuration information that defines how the traffic within a policy is examined and what action can be taken based on the examination. Multiple antivirus profiles can be created for different antivirus scanning requirements. These profiles can then be applied to firewall policies.

To view available antivirus profiles, go to Security Profiles > AntiVirus.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New

Create an antivirus profile. See Create or edit an antivirus profile.

Edit

Modify the selected antivirus profile. See Create or edit an antivirus profile.

Clone

Make a copy of the selected antivirus profile.

Delete

Remove the selected antivirus profile.

Search

Enter a search term to find in the list.

Name

The name of the antivirus profile.

Comments

An optional description of the antivirus profile.

Ref.

Displays the number of times the object is referenced to other objects.

To view the location of the referenced object, select the number in Ref.; the Object Usage window opens and displays the various locations of the referenced object.