Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C170 Guía Del Usuario
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User Guide for AsyncOS 9.7 for Cisco Email Security Appliances
Chapter 12 Anti-Virus
How to Configure the Appliance to Scan for Viruses
Enabling Virus Scanning and Configuring Global Settings
You may have enabled a virus scanning engine when you ran the System Setup Wizard. Regardless,
configure settings using this procedure.
configure settings using this procedure.
Note
Depending on your feature keys, you can enable Sophos, McAfee, or both.
Procedure
Step 1
Navigate to the Security Services > McAfee page.
Or
Navigate to the Security Services > Sophos page.
Step 2
Click Enable.
Note
Clicking Enable enables the feature globally for the appliance. However, you must later enable
per-recipient settings in Mail Policies.
per-recipient settings in Mail Policies.
Step 3
After reading the license agreement, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Accept to accept the
agreement.
agreement.
Step 4
Click Edit Global Settings.
Step 5
Choose a maximum virus scanning timeout value.
Configure a timeout value for the system to stop performing anti-virus scanning on a message. The
default value is 60 seconds.
default value is 60 seconds.
Step 6
Submit and commit your changes.
What To Do Next
Configure anti-virus settings on a per-recipient basis. See
.
Configuring Virus Scanning Actions for Users
The virus scanning engine integrated into the Cisco appliance processes messages for viruses for
incoming and outgoing mail based on policies (configuration options) you configure using the Email
Security Manager feature. You enable Anti-Virus actions on a per-recipient basis using the Email
Security Feature: the Mail Policies > Incoming or Outgoing Mail Policies pages (GUI) or the
incoming and outgoing mail based on policies (configuration options) you configure using the Email
Security Manager feature. You enable Anti-Virus actions on a per-recipient basis using the Email
Security Feature: the Mail Policies > Incoming or Outgoing Mail Policies pages (GUI) or the
policyconfig > antivirus
command (CLI).
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