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635 Field descriptions
Policy field descriptions
Antivirus—Response tab
You can specify how you want the security gateway to respond to virus detections for each protocol.
Depending on the protocol and the response option that you choose, you can also notify the user when
a virus has been detected and what action the security gateway has taken with the infected file. All
virus detections and their responses are logged.
You can create your own custom message, up to 20,000 characters.
Associated tasks
The tasks that you can perform with this tab include:
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“Inserting an x-virus header into an email message” on page 344
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“Automatically deleting infected files” on page 345
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“Repairing or deleting infected files” on page 346
Table D-76 Antivirus—Response tab
Field Description
SMTP Specifies how you want the security gateway to respond to virus detections for the SMTP
protocol.
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Insert x-virus header
Adds an x-virus header to an email message and forwards the email and any attachments
to the recipient.
The Insert x-virus header option does not repair or delete virus-infected email, and may
expose your network to viruses.
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Delete
Deletes the infected file without attempting to repair it. If the virus-infected file is in a
container (such as a zip file), the security gateway removes the infection and rebuilds the
container.
You can replace the deleted, infected file with a text file that notifies the recipient that an
infected file was deleted. You can customize the text file message.
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Repair or delete
Attempts to repair the infected file. If the file cannot be repaired, deletes the infected file.
If the virus-infected file is in a container and if the infected file cannot be repaired, the
security gateway deletes the infected file and rebuilds the container.
You can append the email message to notify the user that an infected file was repaired.
You can customize the message.
The default value is Repair or delete.