Monitoring setting of network connections |
On the tab, you can configure security policies used by SpIDer Gate upon an attempt to check sent and received mail and also to access the Internet. Image 55. Internet access control settings By selecting or clearing switches in the section, you can define the types of network activity that the monitor controls, if it is enabled. Switches in the section define website categories with restricted access (it applies not only to attempts to access such websites via browser but also to the blocking of email messages that contain links to such websites). By selecting or clearing switches, you can respectively allow or restrict access to websites of the following categories:
The same web resource can fall into several categories. If so, SpIDer Gate blocks access to it if the URL is included at least in one of the selected categories. Click on the label allows to display either a compact or an extended version of the list of available categories. If you need to block access to a website which does not fall into any of these categories, add it to the user black list. If, alternatively, you need to allow access to a website which is included in any of the above mentioned categories and marked as unwanted, add it to the user white list. If necessary, you can also configure the list of applications which network connections will not be controlled by SpIDer Gate. You can configure black and white lists of websites and applications excluded from SpIDer Gate monitoring on the tab.
Managing file scanning parameters To manage parameters that SpIDer Gate uses when checking files downloaded from the Internet or sent via email messages, click the button. Image 56. File check settings window In the appeared window, you can specify the categories of malicious objects to be blocked on attempt to transmit them (including email message attachments). If a check box is selected, files that fall into the corresponding category are rejected on attempt to download them or transmit via email. If the check box is cleared, files that fall into this category are allowed for downloading. You can also set the maximum time to scan downloaded files (and email messages). If the check box is selected, files and email messages that were not checked due to an error are blocked and cannot be downloaded. To allow downloading of such files and email messages, clear this check box (not recommended).
To close the window and save the changes, click . To discard the changes and close the window, click .
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