Reference Guide

Manage Policies
Prevent Service
Shutdown from
Device
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, the Advanced Threat Prevention service is
protected from being shut down either manually or by
another process.
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 a
nd 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, s
ee 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
per
formance, 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 Bac
kground 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
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