Configuring GAV Settings

To configure SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus settings and notification preferences, complete the following steps:

1	Select Enable Client Notification Alerts to send relevant blocked file notifications to users of the SonicWALL Desktop Anti-Virus client.

2	Select Disable SMTP Responses to suppress the sending of email notifications when viruses are blocked at the gateway.

3	Select Disable detection of EICAR test virus to ignore this test file. The EICAR file is a small file (but not actually a read virus) often used to test how virus protection mechanisms respond to a threat.

4	It is not recommended to check the options for Enable HTTP Byte-Range requests with Gateway AV or Enable FTP ‘REST’ requests with Gateway AV unless directed to do so by a SonicWALL representative.

5	Select Do not scan parts of files with high compression ratios to stop the gateway AV from scanning parts of files with high compression ratios.

6	Select Block files with multiple levels of zip/gzip compression to enable the gateway AV to block files with multiple levels of zip/gzip compression.

7	Select Enable HTTP Clientless Notification Alerts to enable alerts about blocked content for clients who do not have SonicWALL Client Anti-Virus installed. These alerts are delivered by way of a standard HTML browser window. You might also enter a message below if using this notification type.

8	If Enable Gateway AV Exclusion List is selected, the Dell SonicWALL security appliance bypasses AV enforcement for a specified IP range or address object. Select one of the following:

•	Use Address Object — Select an address object from the drop-down list.

•	Use Address Range — Enter an IP address range to exclude.