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Configuring the eScan Management Console and Updater Settings

The Settings page allows you to configure the settings for the eScan Management Console, eScan Management Console, and Updater.

User Interface

The Settings menu in the navigation bar has three sub-nodes: EMC settings, Web Console Settings, and Update Settings. When you click a sub-node, the corresponding page is displayed.



Configuring the Settings

The eScan Management Console provides several options for configuring the behavior of eScan modules such as EMC, Web Console, and Update.

The Settings page has the following sub menu items: EMC settings, eScan Management Console Settings, and Update Settings, which correspond to the following pages.

EMC Settings

The EMC Settings page includes several options that allow you to configure the eScan Management Console. You can configure the FTP settings, UDP settings, and log settings by selecting the options appropriate for your network.

You can specify the UDP Announcement IP by selecting the IP address in the list. However, you can choose to leave it as 0.0.0.0, which is the default value. You can also enable FTP settings such as allowing upload by client computers by selecting the Allow Upload by Clients check box. If you are doing that, you can set a maximum limit for the number of FTP clients that you want to allow. If you specify this number as 0, it means that any number of client computers can upload files.

You can also choose to delete the user settings and user log files stored by eScan after uninstalling eScan by selecting the Delete the user settings and user log files after uninstalling. check box. If you want to keep the files for a specific number of days, you can specify the value in the No of days Client logs should be kept box.

The steps to configure the EMC settings are as follows:

• To configure the UDP Announcement IP address, under UDP Settings, in the UDP Announcement IP box, click the required IP address. The default IP address is 0.0.0.0. • To allow uploads by client computers, under FTP Settings, select the Allow Upload by Clients check box. • To restrict the maximum number of FTP client computers, in the Maximum FTP Clients allowed box, type or select the maximum number of FTP client computers to be allowed. The default value is 0; this allows an unlimited number of FTP client computers. • To specify the number of days for which EMC should maintain client computer logs, under LOG Settings, in the No of days Client logs should be kept box, type or select the number of days.

Web Console Settings

The Web console settings page allows you to configure the Web console time out settings, Agent Reconnect Settings, and Dashboard Settings.

Suppose that you want to log out the user from the Web Console automatically after a specified period. In this case, you should select Enable timeout setting and then select the value in minutes from the Automatically log out the web console after list. This feature has been provided as a security mechanism to prevent the persistence of session information.

You can also enable Agent Reconnect by first selecting the Enable agent Reconnect setting and then by selecting the number of minutes after which it should be enabled by clicking a value in the Automatically reconnect to agent after list.

In addition to this, you can also view the status of eScan modules in the Dashboard for a given number of days by specifying a value in the Show last days status for box.

The steps to configure the Web Console settings are as follows:

• To configure the timeout settings for the Web Console, under Web console timeout setting, select the Enable timeout setting check box, and then in the Automatically log out the web console after list, click the number of minutes. • To configure the settings for reconnecting the agent, under Agent Reconnect Settings, select the Enable agent Reconnect setting check box, and then in the Automatically reconnect to agent list, click the number of minutes. • To configure the dashboard settings, under Dashboard Settings, in the Show last days status for box, type the number of days.

After making the necessary changes, you must save the changes. To save the changes, click Save.

Update Settings

The Update module automatically keeps your virus definitions up-to-date and protects your computer from emerging species of viruses and other malicious programs. You can configure eScan to download updates automatically either from eScan update servers or from the local network by using FTP or HTTP. You can access the Update settings page from the navigation bar. This page provides you with information regarding the mode of updation. It also provides you with options for configuring the module and helps you view reports on the recent scans performed by the module.It also helps you configure the Update module to download updates automatically. This page has the following tabs.

The Update Settings page has three tabs: General Config, Update Notifications, and Scheduling.

General Config

The General Config tab provides you with general options for configuring the Update module. These include selecting the mode, and configuring the proxy and network settings.

You can configure eScan to download updates from eScan update servers by using any of the available modes such as FTP, HTTP, and Network. If you are using HTTP or FTP proxy servers, you need to configure the proxy settings and provide the IP address of the server, the port number, and the authentication credentials. In case of FTP servers, you also need to provide the format for the user id in the Logon Type section.

You can also select the Network mode for downloading updates. However, to do this, you must specify the source UNC path in this section.

After making the necessary changes, you must save the changes. To save the changes, click Save. You can also update the server manually by clicking Update Server.

The steps to configure the EMC settings are as follows:

• To select the mode for downloading updates, under Select Mode, depending on the type of mode that you want to select for downloading updates, click FTP, HTTP, or Network. • To configure the proxy settings for downloading updates via a proxy, ensure that you have selected either FTP or HTTP, and then select the Download via Proxy check box.

 HTTP proxy server

1. If you are using an HTTP proxy server, under HTTP, in the HTTP Proxy Server IP box, type the IP address of the HTTP proxy server, and then in the Port box, type its port number. 2. In the Login Name box, type the login name of the administrator, and then in the Password box, type the password.

 FTP proxy server

1. If you are using an FTP proxy server, under FTP, in the FTP Proxy Server IP box, type the IP address of the FTP proxy server, and then in the Port box, type its port number. 2. In the Login Name box, type the login name of the administrator, and then in the Password box, type the password. 3. To select a logon type, under Logon Type, click any one of the following:

• User@siteaddress • OPEN siteaddress • PASV Mode • Socks

4. If you have selected Socks, you must also select a value in the adjoining dropdown.

• To configure the network settings, ensure that you have selected the Network mode, and then under Network, in the source UNC Path box, specify the UNC path.

Update Notification

The Update Notification tab helps you configure the actions that eScan should perform after Updater downloads the eScan updates. You can configure eScan to send an e mail notification to a specified e mail address from a specified e-mail address. To use this feature, you must also specify the IP address of SMTP server and its port number.

The steps to configure the Update Notification settings are as follows: 1. To configure the update notification settings, on the Update Notification tab, select the Update Notification check box. 2. In the From box, type the e-mail address of the sender, and in the To box, type the e-mail address of the receiver. 3. In the SMTP Server box, type the IP address of the SMTP server, and in the SMTP Port box, type the port number of the SMTP server.

Scheduling

The eScan Scheduler automatically polls the Web site for updates and downloads the latest updates when they are available. It also allows you to schedule downloads to occur on specific days or at a specific time.

You can configure the Update module to query and download the latest updates automatically from the MicroWorld Web site by selecting Automatic Download. In this case, you may want to specify a query interval after which eScan should query the Web site for latest updates. The default interval is 120 minutes, but you can choose an interval from the Query Interval list.

You can also schedule downloads to occur on specific days or on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis and at a specific time. When you configure this setting, the Scheduler checks the MicroWorld Web site for latest updates on the specified day at the specified time and downloads them if they are available.

The steps to configure the Scheduling settings are as follows:

 Automatic Download of Updates 1. To configure the automatic download of updates, click Automatic Download, and then in the Query Interval list, select the appropriate value in minutes.

 Scheduled Download of Updates 1. To configure the download schedule, click Schedule Download, and then depending on whether you want to download updates on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, select the appropriate options. 2. Click At and then specify the when you want the scheduler to download the update.


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