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Table 13-3
Scan types (continued)
DescriptionScan type
TruScan proactive threat scan analyzes application behavior
and process behavior. TruScan proactive threat scan determines
if an application or process exhibits characteristics of known
threats. This type of protection is often called protection from
zero-day attacks.
TruScan proactive threat scan detects characteristics of the
following known threats:
■ Trojan horses
■ Worms
■ Keyloggers
■ Adware and spyware
■ Applications that are used for malicious purposes
TruScan proactive threat
scans
About the default protection scan settings
The default protection scan settings are defined in three Symantec policies. The
policies provide different levels of protection.
The default Virus and Spyware Policy provides a good balance between security
and performance.
Table 13-4
Virus and Spyware Policy settings
DescriptionSetting
The following settings are locked:
■ In the scheduled scan, the setting to back up files before the
files are repaired is locked.
■ In the File System Auto-Protect scan, the setting to block
security risks from being installed is locked.
User locks
The policy is assigned to the My Company parent group at initial
installation.
See “How policies are assigned to groups” on page 86.
Group assignment
117Managing protection scans
About the default protection scan settings