Advanced Deepguard Settings; Notifying User On A Deny Event; Letting An Administrator Allow Or Deny Program Events From Other Users; Allowing Or Denying Events Requested By A Specific Application Automatically - F-SECURE CLIENT SECURITY 9.00 Administrator's Manual

Advanced DeepGuard settings

This section covers the advanced settings relating to DeepGuard.

Notifying user on a deny event

You can configure the product to notify users when DeepGuard denies an event they have initiated.
To notify the user when DeepGuard automatically denies an event:
1. Select View Advanced mode
The Advanced mode
2. Select Root on the
3. On the Policy tab, select
deny events .
4. Select Yes in the main application area.
5. Click
to save and distribute the policy.

Letting an administrator allow or deny program events from other users

You can allow a user with administrator rights to allow or deny event caused by an application started by
another user.
1. Select View Advanced mode
The Advanced mode
2. Select Root on the
3. On the Policy tab, select
4. Select All processes.
5. Click
to save and distribute the policy.

Allowing or denying events requested by a specific application automatically

You can choose to allow all events for a safe application or deny all events for an application that should not
be used.
1. First you must calculate the SHA-1 hash identifier for the application.
There are free SHA-1 calculators available on the Internet. You can use for example, the Microsoft File
Checksum Integrity Verifier. This tool is available from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290.
Note: A SHA-1 hash uniquely identifies the sequence of instructions that define a program. If a new
version of the program is made available, you must repeat this process as the new program will have
a different SHA-1 hash.
2. When you have the SHA-1 identifier hash, select
The Advanced mode
3. Select Root on the
4. On the Policy tab, select
5. Click Add to add a new rule.
6. Double-click the
7. Double click the
You should use this note as a reminder which application the SHA-1 hash identifies.
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from the menu.
user interface is opened.
Policy domains tab.
F-Secure F-Secure DeepGuard
from the menu.
user interface opens.
Policy domains tab.
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user interface opens.
Policy domains tab.
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SHA-1 hash cell for the new entry and paste the SHA-1 hash into the empty cell.
Notes cell for the new entry and enter a note.
Settings
Settings
View Advanced mode
Settings
Show notification flyer on
Local administrator control.
from the menu.
Applications.