Protection settings for ESET LiveGuard Advanced

To use ESET LiveGuard Advanced feature, configure a policy that enables ESET LiveGuard Advanced analysis. Users or groups assigned with this policy will have additional protection. Files sent for ESET LiveGuard Advanced analysis are listed in the Submitted files tab; this applies to unknown (never-before-seen) suspicious samples. Known malicious files (based on hash) are not sent for ESET LiveGuard Advanced analysis.

You will see the ESET LiveGuard Advanced results in the Scan logs (Exchange Online, OneDrive, Team groups or SharePoint sites) marked as Malware.

ESET LiveGuard Advanced

When enabled, this feature is active, and you can configure detailed options.

Detection threshold

Results with a selected threshold level, and higher, will be considered as threats.

Automatic submission of suspicious samples (drop-down menu)

This setting is related to ESET LiveGrid® and allows for the following actions: All, All except documents, None.

Automatic submission of suspicious samples (sliders)

Choose what file types are submitted to ESET LiveGuard Advanced if they contain suspicious code resembling threats or present unusual characteristics or behavior:

•Executables—.exe, .dll, .sys

•Archives—.zip, .rar, .7z, .arch, .arj, .bzip2, .gzip, .ace, .arc, .cab

•Scripts—.bat, .cmd, .hta, .js, .vbs, .js, .ps1

•Other—.jar, .reg, .msi, .swf, .lnk

Delete suspicious samples from ESET's servers

Choose when to delete samples that were sent for analysis. Delete samples from ESET LiveGuard Advanced cloud: Never, After 30 days, Immediately after analysis.

Documents

Use the slider to allow Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, and other document types to be sent for ESET LiveGuard Advanced analysis.

Delete documents from ESET's servers

Delete document file format samples from ESET LiveGuard Advanced cloud: Never, After 30 days, Immediately after analysis.