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Block Hashes

You can add SHA-1 hashes that you want to be blocked when they appear on monitored computers.

A notification window appears where you can see the type (Trusted/Untrusted) and the blocked number of hashes. You are asked to confirm the hashes' blocking by clicking on the Block button.

A notification window appears where you can see the type (Trusted/Untrusted) and the number of hashes that will be blocked. You are asked to confirm the blocking of the hashes by clicking on Block button.


note

Trusted hash/executable is among whitelisted executables in the Executables tab.

Clean & quarantine file - If you want only a detection triggered when the blocked hash appears but do not want to delete and quarantine the file.

Click Block hashes -  Add a hash(es) to the list of blocked hashes.

Click Block, a new window informing you that untrusted hash has been blocked. Click the Block Trusted or click Done to block the untrusted hash.

If you click Block Trusted, a new window appears with the list of all trusted hashes. Now you can select those hashes you want to block, and if you also want to Clean & Quarantine them, select the check box. Click Block Trusted to finish blocking the executable.