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V A L I D A T I N G K A S P E R S K Y S M A L L O F F I C E S E C U R I T Y S E T T I N G S
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TESTING THE SMTP TRAFFIC PROTECTION
In order to detect viruses in data streams transferred using SMTP protocol, you must use an email system that uses this
protocol to transfer data.
You are advised to check virus detection in different parts of outgoing mail: in message body and in attachments. To check virus detection in message body, add the
standard or modified EICAR test "virus" text to the message body.
To do so:
1. Create a Plain text format message using an email client installed on your computer.
A message that contains a test virus is not scanned if it is created in RTF or HTML format!
2. Insert the text of the standard or modified "virus" at the beginning of the message and attach the file containing
the test "virus" to the message.
3. Send the message to the administrator.
4. Read the content of the message sent to this address.
Kaspersky Small Office Security detects the object, identifies it as an infected object, and performs the action specified in
the SMTP traffic scan settings for this type of object. By default, messages with infected objects cannot be sent.
VALIDATING FILE ANTI-VIRUS SETTINGS
In order to verify that the File Anti-Virus configuration is correct:
1. Create a folder on the disk. Copy into this folder the test "virus" downloaded from the official EICAR website
(http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm) as well as all the test "virus" modifications you created.
2. Allow all events to be logged so the report file retains data on corrupted objects or objects skipped due to
errors.
3. Run the test "virus" or one of its modified versions.
The File Anti-Virus intercepts the call to execute the file, scans it, and performs the action specified in the settings for
objects of that status. By selecting different actions to be performed with the detected object, you can perform a full
check of the component's operation.
You can view information about the results of the File Anti-Virus operation in the report about the component's operation.
VALIDATING VIRUS SCAN TASK SETTINGS
In order to verify that the virus scan task is correctly configured:
1. Create a folder on the disk. Copy into this folder the test "virus" downloaded from the official EICAR website
(http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm) as well as all the test "virus" modifications you created.
2. Create a new virus scan task and select the folder containing the set of test "viruses" as the object to scan.
3. Allow all events to be logged so the report file retains data on corrupted objects and objects not scanned
because of errors.
4. Run the virus scan task.