Behavior Shield

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Behavior Shield is an additional layer of Antivirus active protection. It monitors all processes on the device in real time for suspicious behavior that may indicate the presence of malicious code. Behavior Shield works by detecting and blocking suspicious files based on their similarity to other known threats, even if the files are not yet added to the virus definitions database.

Behavior Shield is available for Windows workstations only.

Configuring Behavior Shield Settings

To access Behavior Shield settings:

1. Go to the Policies page (at partner level for master policies or customer level for customer policies)
2. Select the desired policy from the left-hand pane
3. Under Endpoint Protection, expand the Antivirus section
4. Go to the Behavior Shield tab

The available configuration options are grouped as follows:

• Main Settings define which action the shield should perform upon detecting a suspicious program:
  • Always ask: Behavior Shield asks what you want to do with a detected threat before any action is taken.
  • Automatically move detected threats to the virus chest: Threats that behave similarly to known threats listed on the Avast virus definitions database are moved to Quarantine.
  • Automatically move known threats to the virus chest (enabled by default): Threats that are listed on the Avast virus definitions database are moved to Quarantine, unknown threats will be asked.
• Exclusions allow specifying locations that should be excluded from Behavior Shield scans.

  • For more information on standard and component-specific exclusions, see Configuring Antivirus Exclusions.

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