Reference Guide

Manage Policies
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Prevent Service
Shutdown from
Device
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selected, the Advanced Threat Prevention service is
p
rotected from being shut down either manually or by
another process.
Kill Unsafe
Running
Processes and
Sub-Processes
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If selec
ted, 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 ide
ntified as unsafe, the process is
automatically terminated. Dell recommends that you review
threat model upda
tes before Selecting this policy. For
more i
nformation, 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 d
ormant 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 pol
icy. However, If Auto
Quarantine is enabled for all Unsafe or Abnormal files,
all malicious files are b
locked 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 sca
nning
compressed files can negatively affect comput
er
performance, Dell recommends Quick
-Scan - Scan Archives
and Full
-Scan - Scan Archives to run during off-work
h
ours.
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 S
pecific 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
e
xclusion extends to subfolders of folders that are
specified in this po
licy.
All exclusions must be specified
using the Absolute path
of that executable file.
Wi
ndows requires an absolute path (requires a drive
le
tter)
Mac requires an absolute path (macOS
does not use a drive
le
tter)
Correct (Windows): C:
\Program Files\Dell
Correct (Mac): /Mac
\ HD/Users/Application\ Support/Dell
Incorrect: C:
\Program Files\Dell\Executable.exe