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2. Select Enable Trojan & Executable Scanner to activate this filter.
3. In Email checking area, specify the emails to check for Trojans and other malicious executables
by selecting:
Option Description
Check inbound emails Scan incoming emails for Trojans and malicious executable files.
Check outbound emails Scan outgoing emails for Trojans and malicious executable files.
4. From the Security settings area, choose the required level of security:
Security
Level
Description
High
Security
Blocks all executables that contain any known malicious signatures
Medium
Security
Blocks suspicious executables. Emails are blocked if an executable contains one high-risk signature or a
combination of high-risk and low-risk signatures.
Low
Security
Blocks only malicious executables. Emails are blocked if an executable contains at least one high-risk
signature.
5. From Actions tab, configure the actions you want GFI MailEssentials to take on emails
containing a malicious executable.
NOTE
Emails blocked by the Trojan & Executable Scanner are always quarantined.
NOTE
When GFI MailEssentials is installed on same machine as Microsoft
®
Exchange 2003, GFI
MailEssentials may not be able to block outbound emails, but instead replaces the
blocked content with a threat report.
6. GFI MailEssentials can send email notifications whenever an email triggers this filter. To enable
this feature, select any of the following options:
Option Description
Notify
administrator
Notify the administrator whenever this engine blocks an email. For more information, refer to
Administrator email address (page 219).
Notify local
user
Notify the email local recipients about the blocked email.
7. To log the activity of this engine to a log file select Log occurrence to this file. In the text box
specify path and file name to a custom location on disk where to store the log file. By default,
log files are stored in:
<GFI MailEssentials installation
path>\GFI\MailEssentials\EmailSecurity\Logs\<EngineName>.log