Reference Guide

Manage Policies
214
Kill Unsafe Running
Processes and Sub-
Processes
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, processes and sub-processes are quarantined and terminated
regardless of their state when a threat is detected (exe or dll). Although a
process or sub-process is terminated, the command prompt window remains
open.
If a file has been determined to be Safe and allowed to run and then a threat
model update occurs that results in the file being identified as unsafe, the
process is automatically terminated. Dell recommends that you review threat
model updates before Selecting this policy. For more information, see Threat
Model Updates.
Background Threat
Detection
Run Once
Disabled
Run Recurring
Run Once
If set to Run Recurring or Run Once, a full-
disk scan is run to detect and analyze
any dormant threats on the disk.
An update to the Threat Model triggers a full-disk scan.
Watch for New
Files
Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, any new or modified files are detected and analyzed for dormant
threats.
Dell recommends enabling this policy. However, If Auto Quarantine is enabled
for all Unsafe or Abnormal files, all malicious files are blocked at execution.
Therefore, it is not necessary to enable this policy with Auto Quarantine mode
unless you prefer to quarantine a file as it is added to a disk but before
execution.
Set Maximum
Archive File Size to
Scan
150 MB
The default setting is 150 MB.
Specify the maximum size of archive (compressed) files, including .jar files to
be scanned. Because scanning compressed files can negatively affect computer
performance, Dell recommends Quick-Scan - Scan Archives and Full-Scan -
Scan
Archives to run during off-work hours.
Protection Settings
Enable Exclude
Specific Folders
(includes
subfolders)
Selected
Selected
Not Selected
Allow specific folders to be excluded from Auto Quarantine and Auto Upload.
This policy must be Selected to use the Exclude Specific Folders policy.
Exclude Specific
Folders (includes
subfolders)
String
String
Folders specified in this policy are excluded from actions performed based on
Background Threat Detection and Watch for New Files, when these policies are
enabled. This exclusion extends to subfolders of folders that are specified in
this policy.
All exclusions must be specified using the Absolute path of that executable file.
Windows requires an absolute path (requires a drive letter)
Mac requires an absolute path (macOS does not use a drive letter)
Correct (Windows): C:\Program Files\Dell
Correct (Mac): /Mac\ HD/Users/Application\ Support/Dell
Incorrect: C:\Program Files\Dell\Executable.exe
Incorrect: \Program Files\Dell\
Spaces only must be escaped on Mac-based exclusions.
Application Control