Reference Guide

Manage Policies
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Prevent Service
Shutdown from
Device
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, the Advanced Threat Preventio
n service is
protected from being shut down either manually or by
another pro
cess.
Kill Unsafe
Running
Processes and
Sub-Processes
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, processes and sub
-processes are quarantined
and terminated regardless of the
ir 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 h
as 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. Del
l recommends that you review
threat model updates before Selecting this
policy. For
more i
nformation, see Threat Model Updates.
Background
Threat Detection
Run Once
Disabled
Run Recurring
Run Onc
e
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 modif
ied 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 maliciou
s files are blocked at execution. Therefore,
it is not necessary to enable t
his policy with Auto
Quarantine mode unless you prefer to quarantine a f
ile 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 ca
n 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
Sp
ecific 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 Specif
ic 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 en
abled. This
exclus
ion extends to subfolders of folders that are
specified in
this policy.
All exclusions must be specified using the Absolute path
o
f 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