FortiClient Manager : Configuring FortiClient agent settings : Configuring antivirus options : Real-time protection options
 
Real-time protection options
Configure the real-time protection settings to specify what types of files to scan and exclude and what happens when a virus is detected during real-time system monitoring.
To configure real-time protection:
1. In the FortiClient Manager, select Client/Group > Client > Managed Client in the navigation pane.
2. In the All Managed Clients list, select the FortiClient agent you want to configure from the Host Name column.
3. From the FortiClient menu, select AntiVirus > Option > Real-time Protection.
4. Configure the following settings.
Override
The FortiClient agent’s configuration includes those inherited from the group to which the computer belongs.
Selecting override allows you to modify the inherited realtime protection configuration on this FortiClient agent. Deselecting override means that you want to use the realtime protection configuration inherited from the group to which the computer belongs.
See “Adding a FortiClient agent group” and “Configuring settings for client groups”.
Enable Real-time Protection
Select to activate real-time protection.
Monitoring startup program list
Select to enable FortiClient to monitor changes to the list of programs that are started automatically when the computer starts.
Virus found action
Select the action FortiClient takes when a virus is found:
Deny Access: Do not allow user to open, run or modify the file until it is cleaned.
Quarantine: Move the file to a quarantine directory.
Clean: Attempt to remove the virus from the infected file. If this is not possible, quarantine the file.
File type exempt list
Use Add to enter the file types that you do not want to scan.
Use Delete to remove file types.
File exempt list
Use Add to enter specific files that you do not want to scan.
Use Delete to remove files from the list.
Folder exempt list
Use Add to enter the folders that you do not want to scan.
Use Delete to remove folders.
Advanced
Optionally, you can:
• specify whether to scan compressed files and the file size limit. The default size limit is 0, which means no limit.
• specify whether to scan several types of grayware.
• enable heuristic scanning. FortiClient software uses heuristic techniques to scan files to find the unknown viruses and threats that have not yet been cataloged with signatures. Heuristics looks at characteristics of a file, such as size or architecture, as well as behaviors of its code to determine the likelihood of an infection.
• enable scanning when reading or writing to disk.
• enable scanning of network drives.
5. Select Apply.