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Antivirus Settings for Mac OS Profile


The antivirus section lets you configure real-time monitoring, custom scans, scan schedules, exclusions and more.


Configure antivirus settings in a Mac OS profile

  • Click 'Configuration Templates' > 'Profiles'
      • Click on the name of a Mac OS profile
          • Click 'Add Profile Section' then 'Antivirus' (if you haven't yet added the AV section)
          OR
          • Open the 'Antivirus' tab if it was already added

          The antivirus settings screen has two tabs:



          • Preferences - Configure general behavior, updates, parental control and log settings
          • Antivirus - Configure settings for all scan types, create custom scan profiles and schedule AV scans.

          Preferences  


          The preferences tab lets you configure the following settings: 

          General Behavior Settings 

          • Show balloon messages -If enabled, notifications from CCS will appear in the bottom-right hand corner of the computer screen - just above the tray icons. Balloon messages are usually generated when CCS is learning the activity of previously unknown components of trusted applications. (Default = Disabled).

          Update Settings

           

          The update tab lets you specify an alternate host from which endpoints should collect updates.The default download server is https://download.comodo.com

          • Click 'Preferences' > 'Update'




          You can add the URL of an alternative download host if required. For example, you may want to distribute the updates from a local server to conserve bandwidth.

          • Click 'Add'




          • Enter the URL or IP of the host from which endpoints should collect updates
          • Select 'Enable' to activate the host
          • Click 'OK' to apply your changes
          • Repeat the process to add multiple hosts
          • Click the pencil icon  to edit the host

          Parental Control Settings


          Parental controls let you password protect access to CCS settings. This helps prevent unauthorized personnel from making changes which could compromise the endpoint.
          • Click the 'Parental Control' tab under 'Preferences'


           
          • Enable password protection for the settings - Activates password protection for all important CCS settings. End-users will need to provide a password to access the settings area in the local CCS UI.
          Please type the password in the field provided.
          • Suppress Antivirus alerts if password protection is enabled - If selected, threats on the device are automatically blocked but no alert is shown to the end-user. This avoids the situation where a user dangerously clicks 'Allow' just to make an alert go away.

          Log Settings

          • Click the 'Logging' tab under 'Preferences'



          By default, CCS logs all antivirus (AV) events locally on the device. Users can view the logs by clicking 'View Antivirus Events' in the tasks interface.

          • Write to local log database (COMODO format) - Deselect if you don't want CCS to store logs on the local device.

          Configure Antivirus Settings


          The antivirus tab lets you configure settings for all types of scan, view/create scan profiles, and to schedule scans.


          It contains three sub-tabs:

          Scanner Settings


          You can configure the following in the scanner settings area: 



          Realtime Scanning



           

          Form Element

          Description

          Real time scanning

          Enable or disable realtime scans.

          • On Access - Any file opened is scanned before it is allowed to run. Threats are detected before they get a chance to execute
          • Disabled - Real-time protection is switched off. Files are allowed to run without first being checked for threats.

          Do not scan files larger than (MB)

          Files larger than the size specified here will not be scanned (Default =20MB).

          Keep an alert on the screen for (seconds)

          How long threat notifications should stay on-screen if not dismissed by the end-user. (Default = 120 seconds)

          Automatically quarantine threats found during scanning

          Threats will be encrypted and moved to a secure holding area where they can cause no harm. You can review quarantined items and delete, ignore, or restore them.

          • Disable this option if you do not want threats to be moved to quarantine.

          (Default = Enabled)

          Automatically update virus database

          CCS checks for and downloads database updates at system start-up, and subsequently at regular intervals.

          • Disable this option if you do not want CCS to automatically check for updates.

          (Default = Enabled).

          Realtime scanning of files on network

          Activate or deactivate automatic scans of files on network drives.

          • Enabled - CCS checks every file that the user interacts with on a network drive, even if it is not copied to the local machine.(Default)
          • Disabled - Network files are not checked unless they are copied to the local machine.

          Manual Scanning

          • A manual scan is one you run 'on-demand' on selected files, folder or drives. Manual scans can be launched from 'Security Sub-Systems' > 'Antivirus'.




          Manual Scanning Settings - Table of Parameters

          Form Element

          Type

          Description

           Do not scan files large than (MB)

          Text box

           Files larger than the size specified here, will not be scanned (Default =20MB).

          Scan archive files

          Checkbox

           CCS scans archive files such as .ZIP and .RAR files.

          • Disable this option if you don't want archive files to be scanned.

          (Default = Enabled).

           Automatically quarantine threats found during scanning

          Checkbox

          Threats will be encrypted and moved to a secure holding area where they can cause no harm. You can review quarantined items and delete, ignore or restore them.

          • Disable this option if you do not want threats to be moved to quarantine.

          (Default = Enabled)

           Automatically update virus database before scanning

          Checkbox

           CCS will check for and download the latest virus database updates on system start-up, and subsequently at regular intervals.

          • Disable this option if you do not want CCS to automatically check for updates.

          (Default = Enabled).



          Scheduled Scanning
          • Specify general settings which will apply to all scheduled scans you create
          • Note. You actually create schedules in the 'Scheduled Scans' area. See create scheduled scans if you need help with this




          Scheduled Scanning Settings - Table of Parameters

          Form Element

          Type

          Description

           Do not scan files large than (MB)

          Text box

           Files larger than the size specified here will not be scanned.


          (Default =20MB).

           Scan archives files

          Checkbox

           CCS scans archive files such as .ZIP and .RAR files.

          • Disable this option if you don't want to scan archive files.

          (Default = Enabled).

          Automatically quarantine threats found during scanning

          Checkbox

           Threats will be encrypted and moved to a secure holding area where they can cause no harm. You can review quarantined items and delete, ignore or restore them.

          • Disable this option if you do not want threats to be moved to quarantine.

          (Default = Enabled)

           Automatically update virus database before scanning

          Checkbox

          CCS will check for and download the latest virus database updates on system start-up, and subsequently at regular intervals.

          • Disable this option if you do not want CCS to automatically check for updates.

          (Default = Enabled).

          Show scanning progress

          Checkbox

          Enabled – End-users will see a scan progress bar when the scan is running.


          Disable this option if you don't want CCS to show the progress bar.


          (Default = Enabled)


          Exclusions


          Note. Any item you exclude will be skipped by ALL types of scan - real-time, on-demand and scheduled.




          A list of excluded items will be displayed.

          Add an item to the 'Exclusions' list

          • Click 'Add'.



           
          • Enter the location of the item to be excluded in the 'Path' field and click 'Ok' 
          • Repeat the process to add more items
          • To edit the path of an item, click the pencil icon  beside it.
             

          Scan Profiles

          • Scan profiles instruct CCS to scan selected areas, folders or drives on a the device.
          • You can add a scan profile to:
          • A scheduled scan
          • An on-demand scan
          To create a scan profile
          • Click the 'Scan Profiles' tab under 'Antivirus'




          The list of pre-defined scan profiles will be displayed.

          • Click 'Add'




          • Enter a name for the scan profile
          • Click 'Add' to add the locations to be scanned as per the custom profile




          • Enter the path of the location to be scanned as per the custom profile and click 'Ok' 

          The path will be added to the profile.




          • To add more paths, click 'Add' and repeat the process
          • To edit the path, click the pencil icon  beside it
          • Click 'Ok' in the 'Add Scan Profile' dialog.
          • The profile will be added to the list of 'Scan Profiles'.




          • Click 'Add' and repeat the process to add more custom scan profiles
          • Click the pencil icon beside a custom profile to edit its details.

          Scheduled Scans

          • The highly customizable scan scheduler lets you timetable scans to be run on managed devices according to your preferences. CCS automatically starts scanning the entire system or the disks or folders contained in the profile selected for that scan.
          • You can add any number of scheduled scans for a profile to run at a time that suits your preference. A scheduled scan may contain any scan profile of your choice.

          Create a scan schedule

          • Click the 'Scheduled Scans' tab under 'Antivirus'




          A list of pre-configured scheduled scans will be displayed. 

          Add a new scheduled scan
          • Click 'Add' 




          Add Scheduled Scan - Table of Parameters

          Form Element

          Type

          Description

          Name

          Text box

           Label for the scheduled scan.

          Profile

          Drop-down

          Choose the pre-defined or custom scan profile to be applied for the scheduled scan. The scan profiles included under the 'Scan Profiles' tab will be available in the drop-down.

          Day of the Week

          Buttons

          Select the day(s) of the week on which the scan has to run.

          Time

          HH:MM drop-down combo boxes

          Set the time at which the scans are to run on the selected days.


          • Click 'OK'

          The scheduled scan will be added to the list.




          • Click 'Add' and repeat the process to add more scheduled scans to the configuration profile

          • Click the pencil icon icon  beside a scheduled scan it edit settings

          • Click 'Save' for your settings to take effect for the profile.

          The settings will be saved and shown in the 'Antivirus' tab. You can edit the settings or remove the section at anytime. See Edit Configuration Profiles for more details.