Using Virus Throttle 18
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Delay Queue High Water Mark
. Controls the number of TCP or UDP connection requests in the delay
queue at which "virus-like" activity is considered to be occurring for each instance of the filter driver.
The default setting is 160 connection requests. The valid range is 1-Delay Queue Size.
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Delay Queue Low Water Mark
. Controls the number of TCP or UDP connection requests in the delay
queue below which "virus-like" activity is considered to have stopped. The default setting is 100
connection requests. The valid range is 1-High Water Mark.
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Delay Period
. Controls the rate at which TCP or UDP connection requests are removed from the
delay queue and passed down the protocol network stack. The default is 1 second. The valid range
is 1-10 seconds.
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Host Working Set Size
. Controls the number of known machines to which TCP or UDP connections
are established without delay. When a new connection is made, the oldest member of the working
set is replaced with the new host. The default setting is 5 hosts. The valid range is 1-100.
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Address Lifetime (UDP)
. Number of timer intervals that an address will remain in the working set after
the last outbound UDP packet was sent to that address.
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Address Hint Lifetime (UDP)
. Number of timer intervals that an address is kept in the working set after
the last inbound UDP packet was received from that address.
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Max Slack (UDP)
.Maximum number of times new hosts are added to the working set per each timer
interval before adding to the delay queue.
The following controls are available:
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Restore Defaults—
Restores all values to their default values.
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OK—
Processes all changes made in the current session and closes the Virus Throttle Status and
Configuration Utility.
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Cancel—
Cancels any selections made in the current session and closes the Virus Throttle Status and
Configuration Utility.
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Help
. Launches the context-sensitive Help file.
How to configure Virus Throttle parameters
1.
From the Configuration tab, modify the parameters as needed.
TCP
and
UDP
options provide a selection for which protocol configuration settings are used.
