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Summary of Contents for ANTIVIR WEBGATE

Page 1: ...Avira AntiVir WebGate WebGate Suite www avira com User Manual...

Page 2: ...uninstalling AntiVir 16 4 Configuration 18 4 1 Monitoring HTTP Traffic 18 4 2 Monitoring FTP Traffic 23 4 3 Integration over ICAP Interface 24 4 4 Configuration Files 26 4 4 1 Product Configuration i...

Page 3: ...Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir WebGate 3 8 Appendix 46 8 1 Glossary 46 8 2 Further Information 47 8 3 Golden Rules for Protection Against Viruses 48...

Page 4: ...sed in this manual all the information you need about Avira AntiVir WebGate and it will guide you step by step through installation configuration and operation of the software The appendix contains a...

Page 5: ...ing of Avira AntiVir WebGate on your system 6 Updates Running manual or automatic updates 5 Operation Working with Avira AntiVir WebGate Reactionswhendetectingvirusesandunwanted programs 7 Service Avi...

Page 6: ...entries Choose component Select all Elements of the software interface such as menu items window titles and buttons in dialog windows http www avira com URLs Signs and Symbols Page 5 Cross reference w...

Page 7: ...ira AntiVir WebGate also scans the entire outgoing traffic Usually company computers access the Internet indirectly via a proxy server Avira AntiVir WebGate co operates with the proxy server and compl...

Page 8: ...m is operating correctly Access control to WebGate using IP addresses ICAP support enables connection through ICAP interface 2 2 Licensing Concept You must have a license to use Avira AntiVir WebGate...

Page 9: ...sed by the other AntiVir products Avira Updater Avira Updater downloads current updates from the AntiVir web servers and installs them at regular intervals manually or automatically It can also send u...

Page 10: ...ability to exe cute 32 bit binaries For instructions about checking and eventually enabling this behavior please refer to the documentation of your UNIX system HD 100 MB 1 GB or more recommended RAM...

Page 11: ...he user s client and the Internet A connection to the proxy server is especially needed for ensuring a controlled Internet access Avira AntiVir WebGate is adjusted first in terms of network configurat...

Page 12: ...sing Concept Page 8 The license comes in a file named hbedv key This license file contains information regarding the range and period of the license Purchasing the License X You can request a 30 day T...

Page 13: ...must follow these steps z Preparing Installation Page 13 z Installing Avira AntiVir WebGate Page 13 Preparing Installation X Login as root Otherwise you don t have the required authorization for the i...

Page 14: ...ur key file root Desktop HBEDV KEY copying root Desktop HBEDV KEY to usr lib AntiVir hbedv key done installation of AntiVir Core Components Engine Savapi and Avupdate com plete 2 Configuring updates A...

Page 15: ...to usr lib AntiVir avwebgate done Please specify if boot scripts should be set up Set up boot scripts y setting up boot script done installation of main program complete 4 activate SMC support If you...

Page 16: ...the temporary directory where you have unpacked AntiVir WebGate cd tmp antivir webgate prof version X Type install The installation script runs as described above see Installing Avira AntiVir WebGate...

Page 17: ...nstalling the product asking you step by step if you want to keep backups for the license file for the configuration files and logfiles it can also remove the cronjobs you made for WebGate and Scanner...

Page 18: ...emails generated by WebGate z Testing Avira AntiVir WebGate Page 38 describes how you can test the performance of WebGate after completing the configuration 4 1 Monitoring HTTP Traffic WebGate can sca...

Page 19: ...nswer from the Internet The access to infected files from a Website is blocked and only not infected files are forwarded to the Client From the Client s point of view WebGate is functioning as a proxy...

Page 20: ...ed to be protected from infection WebGate can be installed directly on the proxy server or on another computer WebGate directs the Client s inquiries through the proxy server to the Internet and scans...

Page 21: ...ure that WebGate does not respond on the same server port as is the case in the example above It is also possible to install WebGate on a computer other than the proxy server The settings must be done...

Page 22: ...bGate and then the proxy server Squid proxy has to direct all inquiries to WebGate parent proxy so you have to configure the Squid configuration file squid conf as follows cache_peer proxy mycompany c...

Page 23: ...e address and the name of the FTP servers WebGate must receive this information from FTP Clients at login with the USER command USER username host port Compared to making a direct connection to FTP se...

Page 24: ...e server during sending and receiving larger files to or from the Client 4 3 Integration over ICAP Interface If there is a caching server with ICAP support in the network WebGate can be integrated wit...

Page 25: ...is returned to the ICAP Client and from there it is sent to the destination server If the request is blocked i e in case of a virus detection WebGate generates an HTML page based on the corresponding...

Page 26: ...proxy computers There are various setups needed according to the configuration see Monitoring HTTP Traffic Page 18 The default is HTTPPort host_ip_or_name 8080 We recommend not to allow access to Web...

Page 27: ...d connections If you want to allow HTTPS connections to non standard ports you can do so by adding the desired ports to this list Each port will be separated by a comma or a whitespace AllowedHTTPConn...

Page 28: ...ded and scanned the remainder of the file will be immediately transferred to the client if clean HTTPProxy Settings for HTTP proxy server These settings work only for Network Configuration 1 For the i...

Page 29: ...ption limits the scanning to files which do not exceed a certain compression level It ensures protection against so called Mail bombs which occupy unexpectedly large amount of memory when decompressed...

Page 30: ...syslog 0 no messages 1 alerts 2 alerts 3 alerts and errors 4 alerts errors and warnings 5 alerts errors and warnings 6 alerts errors warnings and infos 7 alerts errors warnings infos and debug message...

Page 31: ...e IP address the access is permitted only to the entered IPs Anyone else has no access Forbidden UserAgents Denying access to specific user agents You can specify one or more user agent strings that w...

Page 32: ...feature is only available with the Avira AntiVir WebGate Suite The categories can be specified as single categories or as category ranges You can specify ranges with a between two category numbers For...

Page 33: ...gate scanner conf It contains configuration options specific to the new scanner backend Usually you don t have to change the options in this file but there might be a few exceptions User Group If you...

Page 34: ...ssary waiting for applications Values 0 or 1 Default UseSavapiProxy 1 PoolScanners The number of AntiVir scanners set in the pool Default PoolScanners 24 Pool Connections The maximum number of simulta...

Page 35: ...directory for updated product files install dir usr lib AntiVir temp dir Temporary directory for downloading update files temp dir tmp avira_update Setting update email reports All reports on AntiVir...

Page 36: ...update plug in package to the SMC repository Once added a new product Avira Updater will be available for installation on machines administered by the SMC The Avira Updater product allows updates to b...

Page 37: ...d when an alert is found by AntiVir WebGate blocked html Displayed when AntiVir WebGate has blocked a suspicious file using various block settings in avwebgate conf error html Displayed if an error oc...

Page 38: ...st Virus X Start WebGate usr lib AntiVir avwebgate start X Type the following URL in your Web browser http www eicar org X Read the information about the test virus eicar com X Download the test virus...

Page 39: ...e 40 you can learn what you should do in case of an infection in your network 5 1 Starting and Stopping Avira AntiVir WebGate manually You must log in as root or you must have the required permissions...

Page 40: ...sks on your computer z The infected file is repaired or at least deleted z If it could not be repaired the access to the file is blocked and according to the configuration the file is renamed or moved...

Page 41: ...us the malware or suspicious files that our product does not yet recognize or remove Send us the virus or file packed gzip WinZIP PKZip Arj in the attachment of an email to virus antivir de When pack...

Page 42: ...ts X Use the command usr lib AntiVir avupdate product product As product you can use Scanner recommended to update the scanner engine and vdf files WebGate complete update WebGate scanner engine and v...

Page 43: ...he scanner engine and vdf files WebGate complete update WebGate scanner engine and vdf files X Start the update process to test the settings usr lib AntiVir avupdate product product where product take...

Page 44: ...purchased AntiVir program Another optional service is the AntiVir Premium Support which offers you additionally to the scope of the AntiVir Classic Supports the possibility to reach competent partners...

Page 45: ...vira GmbH Avira AntiVir WebGate 45 7 3 Contact Address Avira GmbH Lindauer Strasse 21 D 88069 Tettnang Germany Internet You can find further information about us and our products by visiting http www...

Page 46: ...Heuristic The systematic process of solving a problem using general and specific rules drawn from previous experience The solution is however not guaranteed AntiVir uses a heuristic process for detec...

Page 47: ...email transport on the Internet syslog daemon A daemon used by programs for logging various information These reports are written in different logfiles The syslog daemon configuration is in etc syslo...

Page 48: ...ing and during installation If there are other users connected to your computer you should set the following rules for protection against viruses X Use a test computer for controlling downloads of new...

Page 49: ...vious written consent from Avira GmbH Errors and technical subject to change Issued Q3 2009 AntiVir is a registered trademark of the Avira GmbH All other brand and product names are trademarks or regi...

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