Configuration of ESET security product
ESET Cloud Office Security users
To use ESET LiveGuard Advanced in ESET Cloud Office Security, create a new policy or configure an existing one. Users or groups assigned with this policy will have additional protection.
For more information, see the Protection settings for ESET LiveGuard Advanced and the step-by-step guide to enable ESET LiveGuard Advanced using ESET Cloud Office Security.
ESET management console users
To enable the ESET LiveGuard Advanced service on a client machine, a user must fulfill requirements and create a policy to set the service.
In the ESET PROTECT Web Console, create a new policy or edit an existing one and assign it to machines where you want to use ESET LiveGuard Advanced.
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If you enable ESET LiveGuard Advanced on a machine where the service is not activated by a license, the setting will not apply. Other settings in the policy will apply. |
ESET LiveGuard Advanced Settings
1.Log in to the ESET PROTECT Web Console.
2.Create or edit a policy.
3.In the Settings section, select your product and navigate to the Cloud-based protection section:
Product: |
Navigate to: |
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ESET Endpoint for Windows |
Protections > Cloud-based protection |
ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (V6+) |
Device protections > Cloud-based protection |
ESET Server Security for Microsoft Server (V6+) |
Protections > Cloud-based protection |
ESET Endpoint for Linux (V7+) |
Detection engine > Cloud-based protection |
ESET Server/File Security for Linux (V7+) |
Detection engine > Cloud-based protection |
4.To enable ESET LiveGuard Advanced, enable these settings in the Cloud-based protection section:
•Enable ESET LiveGrid® reputation system (recommended)
•Enable ESET LiveGrid® feedback system
•Enable ESET LiveGuard
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Starting from ESET Endpoint for Windows version 10.1 or later, the submission of documents is enabled by default. |
Section: ESET LiveGrid® |
Description |
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Enable ESET LiveGrid® reputation system (recommended) |
Using reputation information from ESET LiveGrid®. |
Enable ESET LiveGrid® feedback system |
Submitting suspicious files to ESET cloud. |
Submit crash reports and diagnostics data |
Submit ESET LiveGrid® related diagnostic data such as crash reports and modules memory dumps. |
Submit anonymous statistics |
Collects anonymous information about new detections on your system. |
Contact email (optional) |
The contact email may be used to contact you if further information is required for analysis. |
5.You can specify which files are sent to ESET cloud when they are detected or identified as suspicious.
Section: Submission of samples |
Description and recommendation |
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Manual submission of samples |
Enables the option to manually submit samples to ESET (Windows products only) |
Automatic submission of detected samples |
Select the sample types that are automatically submitted to ESET for analysis when detected by the Detection engine. |
Executables, Archives, Scripts, Other |
Select the file types that are automatically submitted to the ESET cloud for analysis if the local Detection engine does not detect them. We recommend allowing the submission of all file types. |
Possible Spam emails |
Submission of possible spam emails. (ESET Endpoint for Windows only) |
Delete executables, archives, scripts, other samples and possible spam emails from ESET's servers |
Action after the analysis is done. |
Exclusions |
List of file extensions that excludes files from submission. Extensions are added in the following format: *.ext? where: * stands for the filename ext stands for the file type extension ? stands for one optional character. This is optional. |
Maximum size of samples (MB) |
Maximum size of a submitted file. |
6.Define a detection threshold and actions taken after a file has a positive result above the threshold.
Section: ESET LiveGuard Advanced |
Description and recommendation |
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Enable ESET LiveGuard Advanced |
Submission of files for analysis in ESET LiveGuard Advanced. |
Status of the analysis result which triggers the Action after detection. |
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Action after detection |
Action taken by the ESET security product if the analyzed file has a result equal to or above the Detection threshold. |
Proactive protection |
Proactive protection setting. You can enable the execution of files whose analysis is not yet finished. |
Maximum wait time for the analysis (min) |
Maximum wait time for the analysis result before the mail is delivered or the downloaded file is made available. |
Documents |
Submission of documents. |
Delete documents from ESET's servers |
Action after the analysis is done. |
7.Finish the policy by selecting computers or groups to be assigned by the policy. New settings are applied after the next replication between Server and Agents (usually a few minutes).