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Comodo Antivirus For Servers

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Advanced Settings > Security Settings > Manage File Rating
  • Introduction To Comodo Antivirus For Servers
    • Key Features
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    • Installation
    • Starting Comodo Antivirus For Servers
    • The Main Interface
      • The Home Screen
      • The Tasks Interface
      • The Widget
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      • Instant Assistance
    • Understanding Security Alerts
  • General Tasks - Introduction
    • Scan And Clean Your Server
      • Run A Quick Scan
      • Run A Full Server Scan
      • Run A Rating Scan
      • Run A Custom Scan
        • Scan A Folder
        • Scan A File
        • Create, Schedule And Run A Custom Scan
    • Instantly Scan Files And Folders
    • Processing Infected Files
    • Manage Virus Database And Program Updates
    • View CAVS Logs
      • Antivirus Logs
        • Filtering Antivirus Logs
      • Defense+ Logs
        • Filtering Defense+ Logs
      • Alerts Logs
        • Filtering Alerts Displayed Logs
      • Tasks
        • Filtering Tasks Launched Logs
      • Configuration Changes
        • Filtering Configuration Changes Logs
    • Manage Quarantined Items
  • Sandbox Tasks – Introduction
    • Run An Application In The Sandbox
    • Reset The Sandbox
    • View Active Process List
  • Advanced Tasks - Introduction
    • Create A Rescue Disk
      • Downloading And Burning Comodo Rescue Disk
    • Submit Files
    • Identify And Kill Unsafe Running Processes
    • Remove Deeply Hidden Malware
    • Manage CAVS Tasks
  • Advanced Settings
    • General Settings
      • Customize User Interface
      • Configure Program And Virus Database Updates
      • Log Settings
      • Manage CAVS Configurations
        • Comodo Preset Configurations
        • Importing/Exporting And Managing Personal Configurations
    • Security Settings
      • Antivirus Settings
        • Real-time Scanner Settings
        • Scan Profiles
        • Exclusions
      • Defense+ Settings
        • HIPS Behavior Settings
        • Active HIPS Rules
        • HIPS Rule Sets
        • Protected Objects
          • Protected Files
          • Blocked Files
          • Protected Registry Keys
          • Protected COM Interfaces
          • Protected Data Folders
        • HIPS Groups
          • Registry Groups
          • COM Groups
        • Sandbox
          • The Sandbox - An Overview
          • Unknown Files: The Scanning Processes
        • Configure The Sandbox
        • Configuring Rules For Auto-Sandbox
      • Manage File Rating
        • File Rating Settings
        • File Groups
        • File List
        • Submitted Files
        • Trusted Vendors List
  • Appendix 1 - CAVS How To... Tutorials
    • Enable / Disable AV And Auto-Sandbox Easily
    • Setting Up The HIPS For Maximum Security And Usability
    • Create Rules For Auto-Sandboxing Applications
    • Running An Instant Antivirus Scan On Selected Items
    • Creating An Antivirus Scanning Schedule
    • Run Untrusted Programs In The Sandbox
    • Run Browsers Inside Sandbox
    • Restoring Incorrectly Quarantined Item(s)
    • Submitting Quarantined Items To Comodo For Analysis
    • Blocking Any Downloads Of A Specific File Type
    • Disable Auto-Sandboxing On A Per-application Basis
    • Switch Off Automatic Antivirus And Software Updates
  • Appendix 2 - Glossary Of Common Terms
  • About Comodo Security Solutions

Manage File Rating


The CAVS rating system is a cloud-based file lookup service (FLS) that ascertains the reputation of files on your server. Whenever a file is first accessed, CAVS will check the file against our master whitelist and blacklists and will award it trusted status if:

  • The application/file is awarded 'Trusted' status in the local File List;

    • The application is from a vendor included in the Trusted Software Vendors list;
    • The application is included in the extensive and constantly updated Comodo safelist.

    Trusted files are excluded from monitoring by HIPS - reducing hardware and software resource consumption. On the other hand, files which are identified as malicious will be awarded 'Malicious' status and denied all access rights from other processes or users - effectively cutting them off from the rest of your system. Files which could not be recognized by the rating system are awarded 'Unrecognized' status'. You can review files on the unrecognized list and manually choose to trust/block/delete them or investigate further by sending them to Comodo for analysis/running another file lookup. Refer to the section File List for more details.


    The 'Manage File Rating' area allows you to view and manage the list of Trusted Files and Unrecognized Files. You can also:

    • Add files and executables to Trusted Files list manually;
    • Submit unrecognized files and view the list of files you submitted;
    • View and manage Trusted Software Vendor list;

    from this area.




    Click the following links to jump to the section you need help with:

    • File Rating Settings - Configure settings that govern the overall behavior of file rating.
    • File Groups - Create predefined groups of one or more file types.
    • File Lists - View the list of programs. Applications and executable files in your computer with their file rating and manually add files to it
    • Submitted Files - View the list of files submitted for analysis to Comodo.
    • Trusted Vendors - View the list of trusted software vendors and manually add vendors.
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