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Although IWSVA is fully configurable, Trend Micro recommends you start by using the following settings:
  • Set HTTP scanning to scan all files
  • Set FTP scanning to scan all files
  • Choose to clean infected files, and quarantine or delete uncleanable ones
  • Scan compressed files (within the default limits)
  • Enable spyware scanning (HTTP and FTP scanning)
  • To ensure that your company is adequately protected from malware and phishing sites, you should enable Web Reputation, Spyware/Grayware scanning, and the necessary URL Filtering under the Internet Security category
  • Enable automatic notifications to the administrator
  • Enable hourly automatic virus pattern and engine file updates. (IWSVA will check daily for updates; if none are available, then nothing will be downloaded)
  • Keep an archive of three past pattern files in case a rollback is ever necessary (Updates > Connection Settings)
  • Choose IWSVA passwords for the Root, Enable, and Admin accounts. The password must be a minimum of six characters and for best security, create a highly unique password only known to you. You can use both upper and lower case alpha characters, numerals, and any special characters found on your keyboard to create your passwords.
Important
Important
After installation, you should also do the following as soon as possible:
  • Register the activation code
  • Perform a manual update of all pattern and engine files
  • Test IWSVA using the EICAR test file and sample URLs, and then check that you received the notification(s), that the correct action was taken, and that the various directories (logs, reports, quarantine) are all accessible to IWSVA
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