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Create a Base ESET Security Product for the Windows Clients Policy

1.Click Policies > New Policy. Name the policy _BASE <ProductName> Windows Client Policy (for example, _BASE EES Windows Client Policy).

2.In the Settings section, in the Select product drop-down menu, select ESET Endpoint for Windows.

3.Click the Detection Engine tab, expand Real-time & Machine Learning Protection and configure the following settings:

a)Potentially unwanted applications reporting—Off

b)Potentially unwanted applications protection—Off

c)Potentially unsafe applications reporting—Off

d)Potentially unsafe applications protection—Off

 

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4.Click Detection Engine > Real-time file system protection.

5.Expand Threatsense Parameters and configure the settings as follows:

a)Runtime packers—On

b)Advanced heuristics/DNA signatures—On
 

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6.Click Detection Engine > Malware scans, expand On-demand scan and configure the settings as follows:

a)For Selected profile, select In-Depth Scan

b)Expand Threatsense Parameters and for Cleaning level select Always remedy detection

 

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7.Click Network protection > Firewall (these settings only apply to ESET Endpoint Security), expand Basic and disable Enable Firewall.
 

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8.Click the Tools tab, expand Microsoft Windows Update and from the Notify about Microsoft Windows system updates drop-down menu, select Recommended updates.
 

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9.Under the Tools tab, click Notifications, expand Basic and click the slider bar next to Display desktop notifications to disable it.
 

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10.Expand Email notifications and configure SMTP email notifications from the endpoint.
 

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11.Click the User Interface tab, expand User Interface Elements and configure the settings as follows:

a)Start mode—Minimal

b)Show splash-screen at startup—Off

c)Use sound signal—Off

d)Show license incense information—Off

e)Show license messages and notifications—Off

 

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12.Expand Alerts and Message Boxes and click the slider bar next to Display interactive alerts to disable it.
 

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13.Expand Access Setup and set a password to protect the advanced settings and prevent uninstalling the Windows client security product.
 

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14.Click Assign in the left menu and click Assign. Assign the policy to the All > Windows Computers > Clients dynamic group created in step 1 of this section.

15.Click Finish.