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Table of Contents
License and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
1. Conventions used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1.1. Typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1.2. Admonitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi 2. The book structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi 3. Request for Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
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1. BitDefender Enterprise Manager installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.1. System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1. For BitDefender Server: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.2. For BitDefender Management Console: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.3. For BitDefender Local Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.4. For BitDefender Deployment Tool: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.5. For BitDefender Update Server: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Installing BitDefender Enterprise Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3. Removing, repairing or modifying BitDefender Enterprise Manager . . . . . . . . . 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 25
6. Supported clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.1. Workstation clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 6.2. Server products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7. The Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.1. BitDefender Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1.1. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2. BitDefender Local Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.1. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3. BitDefender Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.1. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4. BitDefender Deployment Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4.1. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5. BitDefender Update Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5.1. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Management console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8. General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. The Configuration bar The Main menu . . . . The Toolbar . . . . . . . The Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 50 57 58 59 61 62 62 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 66 67 68 68 69 69 69 69 70 71
9. Clients administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.1. Clients section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.1. Searching for Clients with a Simple Right Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.2. Selecting / deselecting clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.3. Adding clients in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.4. Deleting clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.5. Restoring deleted clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.6. Running tasks on certain workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.7. Importing tasks templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.8. Exporting lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.9. Checking a client's status (online or offline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.10. Managing client's services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.11. Displaying alerts for a certain client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.12. Viewing a client's properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.13. Refreshing the image of clients in the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.14. Mouse Wheel Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.15. The shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2. Groups section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.1. Creating a new group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.2. Deleting a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.3. Deleting clients from a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.4. Exporting lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.5. Viewing a group's properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.6. Refreshing the image of groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.7. The shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3. Antivirus Status section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.1. Searching for Clients with a Simple Right Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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9.3.2. Exporting lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.3. Refreshing the image of the section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.4. Antivirus Status for Server Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.5. Mouse Wheel Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.6. The shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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12.1.2. Creating a new folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.3. Viewing the report files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.4. Deleting a report file/folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.5. Moving files from one folder to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.7. Displaying the reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.8. Printing reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.9. Exporting reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1.10. The shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2. Activity Log section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2.1. Deleting the activity log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
13. Network configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
13.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 13.1.1. Configuration steps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
18. LiveUpdate for Enterprise Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 19. Importing / Exporting BDEM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 20. WMI Server Add-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
20.1. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 20.2. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 20.3. Run WMI task templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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TERM OF LICENSE. The license granted hereunder shall commence on the date that you install, copy or otherwise first use BitDefender and shall continue only on the computer on which it is initially installed. UPGRADES. If BitDefender is labeled as an upgrade, you must be properly licensed to use a product identified by SOFTWIN as being eligible for the upgrade in order to use the BitDefender. A BitDefender labeled as an upgrade replaces and/or supplements the product that formed the basis for your eligibility for the upgrade. You may use the resulting upgraded product only in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement. If BitDefender is an upgrade of a component of a package of software programs that you licensed as a single product, BitDefender may be used and transferred only as part of that single product package and may not be separated for use on more than one computer. COPYRIGHT. All right, title and interest in and to BitDefender and all copyright rights in and to BitDefender (including but not limited to any images, photographs, logos, animations, video, audio, music, text, and "applets" incorporated into BitDefender), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of BitDefender are owned by SOFTWIN. BitDefender is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat BitDefender like any other copyrighted material except that you may install BitDefender on a single computer provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes. You may not copy the printed materials accompanying BitDefender. You must produce and include all copyright notices in their original form for all copies created irrespective of the media or form in which BitDefender exists. You may not sub-license, rent, sell, or lease BitDefender. You may not reverse engineer, recompile, disassemble, create derivative works, modify, translate, or make any attempt to discover the source code for BitDefender. LIMITED WARRANTY. SOFTWIN warrants that the media on which BitDefender is distributed is free from defects for a period of thirty days from the date of delivery of BitDefender to you. Your sole remedy for a breach of this warranty will be that SOFTWIN, at its option, may replace the defective media upon receipt of the damaged media, or refund the money you paid for BitDefender. SOFTWIN does not warrant that BitDefender will be uninterrupted or error free or that the errors will be corrected. SOFTWIN does not warrant that BitDefender will meet your requirements. SOFTWIN HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES FOR BITDEFENDER, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE ABOVE WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
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DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES. Anyone using, testing, or evaluating BitDefender bears all risk to the quality and performance of BitDefender. In no event shall SOFTWIN be liable for any damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect damages arising out of the use, performance, or delivery of BitDefender, even if SOFTWIN has been advised of the existence or possibility of such damages. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO CASE SHALL SOFTWIN'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR BITDEFENDER. The disclaimers and limitations set forth above will apply regardless of whether you accept or use, evaluate, or test BitDefender. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO USERS. THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT-TOLERANT AND IS NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN ANY HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT REQUIRING FAIL-SAFE PERFORMANCE OR OPERATION. THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, WEAPONS SYSTEMS, DIRECT OR INDIRECT LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, OR ANY APPLICATION OR INSTALLATION WHERE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN DEATH, SEVERE PHYSICAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS/RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights clause at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Contact SOFTWIN, at 5, F-ca de Glucoza str., 72322-Sect.2, Bucharest, Romania, or at Tel No: 40-21-2330780 or Fax:40-21-2330763. GENERAL. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of Romania and by the international copyright regulations and treaties. This Agreement may only be modified by a license addendum, which accompanies this Agreement or by a written document which has been signed, by both you and SOFTWIN. This Agreement has been written in the English language only and is not to be translated or interpreted in any other language. Prices, costs and fees for use of BitDefender are subject to change without prior notice to you. In the event of invalidity of any provision of this Agreement, the invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement. BitDefender and BitDefender logos are trademarks of SOFTWIN. Microsoft, Windows, Excel, Word, the Windows logo, Windows NT, Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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This guide is intended to all companies who have chosen BitDefender Enterprise Manager as a security administration solution for their networks. The information presented in this book is suitable not only for computer literates, it is accessible to everyone who is able to work under Windows. This book will describe for you BitDefender Enterprise Manager, the Company and the team who built it, will guide you through the installation process, will teach you how to configure it. You will find out how to use BitDefender Enterprise Manager, how to update, test and customize it. You will learn how to get best from BitDefender. We wish you a pleasant and useful lecture.
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ager, how to register the product, how to configure it, how to monitor its activity and how to perform the updates. Best practices. Follow the steps described in here in order to ensure antivirus and antispyware protection for web traffic. BitDefender Enterprise Manager Integration. Description of BitDefender Enterprise Manager. Learn how to use BitDefender Enterprise Manager through BitDefender Enterprise Manager. Getting help. Where to look and where to ask for help if something unexpected appears. It includes a FAQ section too.
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1. Click Next to continue or click Cancel if you want to quit installation. 2. Please read the License Agreement, select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next. If you do not agree with these terms click Cancel. The installation process will be abandoned and you will exit setup. 3. You can choose what kind of installation you want: typical, custom or complete. Typical - The program will be installed with the most common options. This is the recommended option for most users. Custom - You may choose the components you want to install. Recommended for advanced users only. Complete - For full installation of the product. All BitDefender modules will be installed. If you select Typical or Complete you will skip step 4. 4. If you have selected Custom, a new window will appear containing all the BitDefender components listed so that you may select the ones you would like to install. The installation kit contains the following components as you can see in this picture:
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Installation Enterprise Server and Components Management Console Deployment Tool BitDefender Professional Server Add-on BitDefender Standard Server Add-on WMI Server Add-on ISA Server Add-on BitDefender for File Servers Exchange Server Add-on Standalone Enterprise Management Console Update Server HTTP Server
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If you click any component name, a short description (including the minimum space required on the hard disk) will appear on the right side. If you click any component icon a window will appear where you can choose to install or not the selected module. You can select the folder where you want to install the product. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Softwin\BitDefender Enterprise Manager. If you want to select another folder, click Browse and in the window that will open, select the folder you wish BitDefender to be installed in. Click Next. 5. Click Install in order to begin the installation of the product. 6. Click Finish to complete the product installation. If you have accepted the default settings for the installation path, a new folder named Softwin is created in Program Files and it contains the subfolder BitDefender Enterprise Manager.
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The product is delivered with a trial registration key valid for thirty days, a number of fifty desktop clients and five server licences. At the end of the trial period, if you want to purchase the product and change the number of licenses, you have to provide a new serial number. To modify the default serial number you must access the About window from the management console. To access the management console, use the Windows Start menu, by following the path: Start > Programs > BitDefender Enterprise Manager > BitDefender Management Console. To access the About window you should do one of the following: On the Help menu, click About BitDefender Enterprise Manager. Click the About button from the toolbar. In the About window you can view the information about product details and the current version of the product.
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Click Re-enter registration key and the window where you can type in the serial number.
Enter registration key Click OK to finish the registration process. If you mistype the serial number you will be prompted to re-enter the registration key. If you type in a valid serial number a success message box appears. In the About window now, you can see the new registration key and the corresponding number of licenses.
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Each time you open the BitDefender Management Console a connection window will appear:
Connect Type in the name or the IP of the computer where BitDefender Enterprise Server is installed in the field Server Name/IP. You can also specify an already existing IP, by selecting it from the drop-down menu.
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Otherwise, you must type the server connection password in the Password field and then click OK. The management console will try to establish the connection to the server.
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You don't need to type any password in the field Enter current password, if there is no password. Type the new password in the field Enter new password and re-enter it in the field Confirm new password.
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4. Overview
Why BitDefender?
BitDefender provides security solutions to satisfy the protection requirements of today's computing environment, delivering effective threat management for over 41 million home and corporate users in more than 100 countries. Designed to provide full protection for corporate network and systems, the BitDefender solution range comprises, beside antivirus protection, antispam, personal firewall and security management solutions. BitDefender also specializes in providing assistance with designing and establishing content security policies for corporate networks. BitDefender Professional was the third product of its kind in the world to receive ICSA certification for Windows XP and the first to be awarded for groundbreaking innovation by the European Commission and Academies. BitDefender Antivirus is certified by all the major reviewers in the antivirus field - ICSA Labs, CheckMark, CheckVir, TV and Virus Bulletin. BitDefender is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania and has offices in Tettnang, Germany, Barcelona, Spain and Florida, US. Website: http://www.bitdefender.com
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them freely available on the Internet for all affected people. Now, with the continuous expansion of the Klez virus - in various versions immediate antivirus protection has become once more a critical need for any computer system. Innovative. Awarded for innovation by the European Commission and EuroCase. BitDefender has been proclaimed a winner of the European IST-Prize, awarded by the European Commission and by representatives of 18 academies in Europe. Now in its eighth year, the European IST Prize is a reward for groundbreaking products that represent the best of European innovation in information technology. Comprehensive. Covers every single point of your network, providing complete security. BitDefender security solutions for the corporate environment satisfy the protection requirements of today's business environment, enabling management of all complex threats that endanger a network, from a small local area to large multiserver, multi-platform WAN's. Your Ultimate Protection. The final frontier for any possible threat to your computer system. As virus detection based on code analysis has not always offered good results, BitDefender has implemented behavior based protection, providing security against newborn malware. These are the costs that organizations want to avoid and what the security products are designed to prevent: Worm attacks Communication loss because of infected e-mails E-mail breakdown Cleaning and recovering systems Lost productivity experienced by end users because systems are not available Hacking and unauthorized access that causes damage
Some simultaneously developments and benefits can be accomplished by using the BitDefender security suite: Increase network availability by stopping the spread of malicious code attacks (i.e., Nimda, Trojan horses, DDoS). Protect remote users from attacks. Reduce administrative costs and deploys rapidly with BitDefender Enterprise management capabilities. Stop the spreading of malware through e-mail, using a BitDefender e-mail protection at the company's gateway.Temporarily or permanently block unauthorized, vulnerable, and expensive application connections.
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4.3. SOFTWIN
Bucharest-based SOFTWIN is the leading provider of complex software solutions and services in Romania. SOFTWIN focuses on providing software solutions and services that enable fast growing companies to solve critical business challenges and to capitalize on new business opportunities. SOFTWIN enables companies to focus on their core business and expand to new markets, by outsourcing non-core activities. SOFTWIN employs over 500 highly qualified professionals experienced in developing customized solutions and services. Since its establishment in 1990, SOFTWIN's average annual revenue has increased by +30%. SOFTWIN has 4 divisions, which also define the company's main business lines: CRM Business Information Solutions eContent Solutions Data Security Solutions
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SOFTWIN provides services and solutions to customers worldwide. Over 90% of the company's turnover is achieved from exports to the US and European Union. Using cutting edge technologies, SOFTWIN successfully developed over 500 software development projects, over 3,500 content structuring projects for international partners, having over 43 million data security solutions users in 80 countries worldwide and more than 1,500,000 client calls handled annually for CRM services.
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downloading the damaged or missing files from BitDefender servers. BitDefender license owners benefit from free virus definitions update and free upgrades. Completely automated response to new virus outbreaks. BitDefender Enterprise Manager can be configured to automatically retrieve the newest virus definitions available on BitDefender servers, deploy them throughout the network, start scan processes at different preset network levels, delete or repair suspicious or infected files and generate detailed reports of all network events. These advantages enable IT Managers to rely on the most complete antivirus protection and on an unprecedented data security level. Unlimited Scalable Solution. Management of huge networks, without affecting product stability or reliability in any way. Intelligent Alerts. Intelligent alert features warn the system administrator through Console alerts and/or e-mail about events occurring in the network, such as: virus detection, failure to run security tasks, etc. In the control panel window, the admin can immediately spot which stations needs their attention. Secure Communication. Communications between the various product modules, clients and server add-ons is achieved through secure channels. Modular structure. The product modular design makes it easily adaptable to any working environment. 24/7 professional technical support. Qualified support representatives and an online database are available to our customers at no extra cost.
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Stand by and watch as Live! Update upgrades your protection with the latest product versions and signature files or restores your BitDefender products Enjoy 24/7 tech support in a variety of languages
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BitDefender Enterprise Manager smoothly integrates with and manages:
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BitDefender Enterprise Manager is divided into several parts: BitDefender Server, BitDefender Local Manager, BitDefender Management Console, BitDefender Deployment Tool and BitDefender Update Server.
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To manage the BitDefender clients from a different workstation than the BitDefender Server , you must perform a custom installation of BitDefender Enterprise Manager. When reaching the third installation step click Custom and in the window that appears disable all components other than BitDefender Enterprise Management Console and BitDefender Deployment Tool.
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Display alerts that are generated when tasks fail (in order to find the source of these errors), when suspect / infected files are found on workstations or whenever an error occurs; Create and display different reports and statistics.
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To install only the management console on a workstation you must perform a custom installation of the BitDefender Enterprise Manager. When reaching the third installation step, click Custom and in the window that appears disable all components other than the BitDefender Enterprise Management Console.
Important
If you do not want to install the BitDefender Management Console on your system, but still wish to gain access to the BitDefender Server, you can use the Terminal Services Console (Remote Desktop Connection) to connect to the workstation that has installed the BitDefender Management Console and then work normally.
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You may install several management consoles in a network. However it is strongly advised that only one management console should be connected to the BitDefender server at a certain moment. Otherwise, multiple connections to the same server may compromise the functionality of the management console.
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You can put it on a cd, on a shared folder, send it by e-mail or use a logon script in order to install it on the workstations.
Important
You must publish the folder where you download the updates by using BitDefender HTTP Server or another HTTP server like IIS or Apache.
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The only components visible to the user are the BitDefender Management Console, BitDefender Deployment Tool and BitDefender Update Server.
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To access the management console, use the Windows Start menu, by following the path: Start -> Programs -> BitDefender Enterprise Manager -> BitDefender Management Console.
BitDefender Enterprise Management Console The management console contains a configuration bar, a main menu, a toolbar and a status bar. Each one of them will be analyzed further.
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Disconnect Change password Exit
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Interrupts the connection with the BitDefender Server. Changes the current access password to BitDefender Server. Disconnects the management console from the server and closes the console window.
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Description
BitDefender Deployment Launches the tool that helps you install BitDefender Tool products on workstations. Network Builder Wizard Launches the tool that discovers all the online computers from a specified domain or all the computers from the domain on which the server is installed (by using the Active Directory option) and joins them into groups according to the filters created by you. The next logic step is to run BitDefender Deployment Tool on all listed clients. BitDefender Update Server You can launch the Update Server from the Management Console. Export / Import Settings This new wizard helps you save and load BDEM setWizard tings. Enterprise LiveUpdate Manager Using LiveUpdate you can update your Enterprise Manager Server.
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Toolbar Status bar Refresh
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Select / deselect this option if you wish to show / hide the toolbar. Select / deselect this option if you wish to show / hide the status bar. Refreshes the current view.
The Clients & Groups menu contains three sub-menus (Clients, Groups and Antivirus Status) and three shortcuts leading to the clients / groups / antivirus section. The Clients menu has the following options:
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To run certain protection tasks on the selected workstations. Once selected the task, a wizard that will guide you in selecting the tasks options, will appear. BitDefender To install BitDefender products on selected workstation.
Execute Task
Install Products
Add Selected Clients to To add the selected clients to a group. Group Delete Selected Clients Restore Deleted Clients Export List Ping Client To delete the selected clients. To restore one or more deleted clients. To export the list of clients and groups of a certain server. It is very useful if you need to print it. To verify a client's status: online or offline.
Manage Client's Services To access the services of the selected workstation. Import Task Templates To make available the tasks templates of a BitDefender from Selected Clients product installed on a workstation for all the other clients. The imported tasks templates will become visible in the Task Templates section.
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The imported tasks templates must be VALID.
Display Alert for the Selec- To open the Alerts section where you can view only the ted Client(s) alerts received from the selected workstation(s). Select all Clients Deselect all Clients Select all Online Clients Select all Offline Clients To select all clients. To deselect all clients. To select all online clients. To select all offline clients.
Select all Unsupported To select all unsupported clients. A client is considered Clients to be unsupported either when the version of BitDefender Local Manager is older than 2.2 or it has no BitDefender Local Manager installed (it was discovered by the NetBuilder Wizard).
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Properties Refresh
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To display the list of BitDefender products installed on that computer. To refresh the content of the Clients pane.
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New Group Delete Selected Group Remove Selected Client Export List Properties Refresh
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To create a new group. To delete the selected group. To change the structure of a group by deleting certain clients. To export the list of clients and groups of a certain server. It is very useful if you need to print it. To display / modify the group's properties. To refresh the content of the Groups pane.
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Export List Refresh
Description
To export a list with the antivirus status on all clients. It is very usefull if you need to print it. To refresh the content of the Antivirus Status pane.
The Tasks menu contains three sub-menus (Tasks Templates, Active Tasks and Scheduled Tasks), three shortcuts leading to the tasks sections and the Settings option. Use the Settings option to configure BitDefender to delete the response files from the disk, if they are older than a specified number of days. You can also select to delete those response files from the active tasks list as well.
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On the Task menu from the Management Console, click Settings to determine how long your response files will be displayed. The following window will appear:
Delete the response files older than [x] days Type the number of days in the corresponding field and click OK. The Tasks Templates menu has the following options:
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New Task Delete Task Template Refresh
Description
To create a new task. A wizard that will help you select the options for the task will appear. To delete the selected task template. To refresh the content of the Task Templates pane.
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Stop Task
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To interrupt the selected task.
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Stop All Tasks Run Task Again Delete Task
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To stop all active tasks in that moment. To execute the selected task again. To delete the selected task from list, without interrupting its execution.
Query All Running Tasks To refresh the status of all the running tasks.
Delete All Running Tasks To delete all tasks that are running at that moment. Delete All Finished Tasks To delete all finished tasks from list. Delete All Failed Tasks Properties Refresh To delete all failed tasks from list. To display the properties of the selected task. To refresh the content of the Active Tasks pane.
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New Scheduled Task Run Task
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To create a new scheduled task. To launch a task. The task will be immediately executed, despite the fact it was supposed to run at a later moment. To delete the selected task from list. To modify the name of the selected task. An edit window where you can type the new name for the selected task will appear. To display / modify the task's properties. To refresh the content of the Scheduled Tasks pane.
Properties Refresh
The Alerts menu contains two sub-menus (Main Alerts Pane and Email Settings) and two shortcuts leading to the alerts sections. The Main Alerts Pane menu contains the following options:
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To delete only the selected alerts. To delete only the alerts that are already read. To delete all alerts. To mark the selected alert as read. To mark the selected alert as unread.
Delete Selected Delete Read Alerts Delete All Alerts Mark As Read Mark As Unread
Display Alerts for All Cli- To display all alerts. ents Refresh To refresh the content of the Alerts section.
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Add Email Address Delete Address Refresh
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To add a new email address in the Email Settings pane. To delete the selected email address. To refresh the content of the Email Settings pane.
The Reports menu contains two sub-menus (Reports and System Log) and two shortcuts leading to the reports sections. The Reports menu contains the following options:
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Create Report File New Folder Refresh Folder List
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To create a new report file. A wizard that will guide you in selecting the options for the report appears. To create a new folder. To refresh the folders section.
Show file count in folders To view the number of files within the folder into brackets.
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The System Log sub-menu contains only one option: Clear Log. This option deletes the information about the management console's activity. The Help menu has the following options:
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Help Topics Online Support
Description
Displays the electronic documentation. The link to the online support.
Visit BitDefender Web Site Leads to the BitDefender Web Site. About BitDefender Enter- Displays information about the copyright and the current prise Manager... version of the product. Here you can register your product.
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For instance, if you have entered the Clients section, you can see some buttons that would not be visible any more, if you accessed the Reports section.
The Toolbar The buttons described in the below table are visible no matter the current section you are in: - Interrupts the connection with the BitDefender Server. - Shortcut leading to the About section. - Shortcut leading to the Clients section.
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- Shortcut leading to the Groups section. - Shortcut leading to the Antivirus Status section. - Shortcut leading to the Task Templates section. - Shortcut leading to the Active Tasks section. - Shortcut leading to the Scheduled Tasks section. - Shortcut leading to the Alerts section. - Shortcut leading to the Email Settings section. - Shortcut leading to the Reports section. - Shortcut leading to the Activity Log section. - The button makes the refresh of the section the user is currently in.
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To manage the clients and groups, click Clients in the configuration bar. The Clients window is structured in three sections: Clients, Groups and Antivirus Status. In the Clients section you can see and administrate all the BitDefender Enterprise Manager clients. In the Groups section you can administrate all the groups of clients. In the Antivirus Status section you can see the antivirus status of all the clients. It is worth mentioning that when an activity (like antivirus scanning or update for example) is initiated, it can be set to run on a few workstations or on entire group.
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Clients When you access this section, you will see a list of all the clients or possible clients (if you used Network Builder Wizard). In that list you will find besides the workstation name, also the IP address, the status (online/offline/unsupported), the BitDefender Local Manager version on that workstation, the operating system and the IP address of the server it is subordinated to. BitDefender Management Console has a visual system for displaying the clients and the alerts from the client workstations. In the Clients pane you may find three types of icons associated with the clients: - when the client is online. - when the client is offline. - when the version of BitDefender Local Manager from the client workstation is older than 2.2 (the client is unsupported) or when BitDefender Local Manager is not installed on that workstation (the workstation was added by using the Network Builder).
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To quickly install BitDefender Local Manager on this type of workstations, select them, right-click and from the shortcut menu click Install BitDefender Local Manager.
Important
If the client is unsupported all the tasks and operations on this client will not be launched. Therefore, we recommend you to upgrade the BitDefender Local Manager on the workstations with unsupported clients.
When the server receives at least one alert from a client ( - information, - warning, - critical), the alerts importance is associated with the clients icon in the clients pane.
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If there are more than one alert associated with the same client, the icon of the alert with the maximum importance will be the one displayed in the Clients pane.
You can search for a client using the following searching criteria: Name Group IP address Status Version
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The client will inherit all groups' scheduled tasks and he will keep his tasks too.
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If you re-deploy BDLM on one or more clients that have been deleted (but they are located in the Restore Selected Clients window), they will not automatically appear in the Clients section. You will need to restore them.
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Right-click the selected client and from the shortcut menu click Execute Task and select the task you want to execute. Once the task is selected, the task wizard will appear.
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Select the client and from the Clients&Groups menu, point Clients, click Manage Client's Services. Right-click the selected client and from the shortcut menu click Manage Client's Services.
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Clients&Groups and point Clients) that was described before.
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Groups The groups are presented as expandable menus. To see the workstations a group contains, click the "+" sign corresponding to that group. If you want to restrain the group, click "-" sign. The number of clients within a group is displayed into brackets after the groups name.
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In both cases the next window will appear: Type the name of the new group in the Group name field and a short description in the Group description field. Click OK.
New Group
A window will appear asking you to confirm the action. Click OK if you agree or Cancel if you changed you mind.
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This option is available only for one client at a time.
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If you right-click the Groups section and there is no group selected, a similar menu appears. The only enabled options of this menu are New Group, Export List and Refresh.
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Clients&Groups and point Groups) that was described before.
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Antivirus Status When you access this section, you will see a list of all clients. In that list you will find: the workstation name, the IP address, the registration status, the shield status, the automatic update status and the number of the virus signatures.
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You can search for a client using the following searching criteria: Name IP address Product Name Registered Shield Firewall Antispam Live!Update Last update Engines Version
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A server client status You can change the window's size using the upper splitter. To close the window, just click another client.
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The information displayed in the above window are real time data about the server client computer. If the respective server client stops or if it is not responding for 15 seconds, the following message will appear:
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Clients&Groups and point Antivirus Status) that was described before.
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This section contains many templates files necessary for different tasks. By doubleclicking any of these icons, you will launch the wizard that will help you select the protection options.
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Update Client - to update the clients. Scan systems for viruses - to scan the clients. Uninstall BitDefender Client - to uninstall antivirus package on selected workstations. If you want to restart target computers after the process, launch the corresponding task.
General
List installed BitDefender products - to show a list with all the BitDefender products installed on the selected workstations. Send a message to clients - to send a message to specified clients.
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Deleting tasks
You can delete a task in one of the following ways: Select the task and from the Tasks menu, point Task Templates and click Delete Task Template. Select the task and click the Delete task A confirmation window will appear. Click OK. button from the toolbar.
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In order to restore a previously deleted task template you will have to repair the product. When doing this, you will lose all enterprise clients.
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There is an infinite number of copies for you to create. Although you can make maximum 10 copies of a single task template, you can also make a copy of a copy, so it results an infinite number of copies. If you rename the task template's copy, you can use at least one character and maximum 130 characters.
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Tasks and point Tasks Templates) that was described before.
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You can also install BitDefender Client Standard / Professional Plus 8 with the BitDefender Deployment Tool. In the third step of the wizard select BitDefender Antivirus.
Installation steps Installation steps: 1. Click Next. 2. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
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You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. Select One time only to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Registration steps Registration steps: 1. Click Next. 2. This step consists in typing the registration key in the Enter registration key field.
Important
You cannot register the same product twice with the same key. However if you do that the second registration task will fail with an "invalid key" message.
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After you have entered the registration key, click Next to continue. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. Select One time only to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task.
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Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
Configuration steps Configuration steps: 1. Click Next. 2. The configuration options are grouped in five categories: General Settings, Shield Settings, AntiSpam Settings, Firewall Settings and Update Settings.
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You can observe that some options, although the "+" sign appears, cannot be opened. The reasons that these options weren't selected yet. You will observe that if you select them, they can be opened.
General Settings . Select the check box corresponding to General Settings in order to enable this category of options. The following options are available: Load BitDefender when Windows Starts - automatically launches BitDefender at system startup.
Important
This is highly recommended.
Start minimized - minimizes the BitDefender management console after it has been loaded at system startup. Only the BitDefender Icon will appear in the system tray. Keep protection active on console exit - even when the management console is closed (from the system tray too), BitDefender continuously protects you. Keep protection active on console exit - even when the management console is closed (from the system tray too), BitDefender continuously protects you. Receive security notifications - receives from time to time security notifications regarding virus outbreaks, sent by the BitDefender server. Show splash screen - shows the screen that appears when you launch BitDefender. Send virus reports - sends to the BitDefender Labs reports regarding viruses identified in your computer. It helps us keep track of virus-outbreaks.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Show on-screen notes - shows pop-up windows regarding the product status.
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Set password protection - enables setting a password in order to protect the BitDefender configuration. Type in the password in the corresponding field. From now on, if the user wants to change the BitDefender configuration options, he will be asked to type in the password. Shield Settings . The Virus Shield protects your computer by scanning e-mail messages, downloads and all accessed files. Select the check box corresponding to Shield Settings in order to enable this category of options. First you must activate Virus Shield (by selecting the check box corresponding to it). Then, type in the number of minutes between which the Virus Shield sends antivirus status alerts. Select the check box corresponding to Advanced Settings and the following options becomes available: Monitor File System Activity - You can select the object you want to scan and the action to take on the infected files. Select Scan accessed files to scan the accessed files and the communications through Instant Messaging Software applications (ICQ, NetMeeting, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger). Further on, select the type of the files you want to be scanned. The following options are available:
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Scan all files
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All the accessed files will be scanned, regardless their type.
Scan user defined exten- Only the program files will be scanned. This means sions only the files with the following extensions: exe, bat, com, dll, ocx, scr, bin, dat, 386, vxd, sys, wdm, cla, class, ovl, ole, hlp, doc, dot, xls, ppt, wbk, wiz, pot, ppa, xla, xlt, vbs, vbe, mdb, rtf, htm, hta, html, xml, xtp, php, asp, js, shs, chm, lnk, pif, prc, url, smm, pfd, msi, ini, csc, cmd, bas, eml, nws. Exclude extensions from Only the files with the extensions specified by the scan user will be scanned. These extensions must be separated by ";".
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Exclude path from scan
Description
The files with the extensions specified by the user will NOT be scanned. These extensions must be separated by ";". Also the accessed archives will be scanned. All packed files will be scanned.
Select Scan floppy drive on access if you wish to scan the floppy drive, when it is accessed. Click the arrow corresponding to Action to take when a virus is found and select from the list the first action on infected files. BitDefender allows selecting two actions in case an infected file is found. The second action is enabled only in case the first action you selected is to disinfect the infected files. You can select one of the following actions:
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Deny access and continue In case an infected file is detected, the access to this will be denied. Clean file Delete file Move to quarantine To disinfect the infected file. To delete the infected files immediately, without any warning. The infected files are moved into quarantine.
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When the virus is in quarantine it can't do any harm.
Click the arrow corresponding to Second action to take when first fails and select from the list the second action on the infected files. The following options are available:
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Description
Deny access and continue In case an infected file is detected, the access to this will be denied. Delete file Move to quarantine To delete the infected files immediately, without any warning. The infected files are moved into quarantine.
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When the virus is in quarantine it can't do any harm.
Click Do not scan files greater than and type in the maximum size of the files to be scanned. If the size is 0 Kb, all files will be scanned. Monitor Registry Activity - A very important part of the Windows operating system is called the Registry. This is where Windows keeps its settings, installed programs, user information and so on. The Registry is also used to define which programs should be launched automatically when Windows is started. Viruses often use this in order to be automatically launched when the user restarts his computer. BitDefender keeps an eye on the Windows Registry - this is again useful for detecting Trojan horses. It will alert you whenever a program will try to modify a registry entry in order to be executed at Windows start-up.
Note
BitDefender will usually alert you when you install new programs that need to run after the next startup of your computer. In most cases, these programs are legitimate and can be trusted.
Monitor Email Activity - all the incoming e-mail messages will be scanned by BitDefender.
Important
This is highly recommended.
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Show warning when a virus is found an alert window will be displayed when a virus is found in a file or in an e-mail message. For an infected file the alert window will contain the name of the virus and the path to it, and in case of an infected e-mail the window will contain information about the sender, the receiver and the virus name. AntiSpam Settings . Select the check box corresponding to AntiSpam Settings in order to enable this category of options. You can see three categories of options:AntiSpam General Settings, AntiSpam Advanced Settings and AntiSpam Filters. AntiSpam General Settings . The following options are available: AntiSpam Enabled - activates the antispam protection. Mark spam messages in subject - all the email messages considered Spam will be tagged with Spam in subject. Tolerance level - set the tolerance level (the spam score). BitDefender checks all the message components against many rules, (i.e. not only the header but also the message body in either HTML or text format), using the Bayesian filter, the URL filter and the Heuristic filter. Each rule is given a numerical value and the aggregate of these values is an overall spam score that ranges from 0-100. The overall spam score is measured against the desired level of spam sensitivity (threshold), and a decision is made whether the message is spam or is valid. If the threshold level exceeds the spam score for a message, the message is considered spam. Exceptions are made if the sender is on the White list. The default Spam Threshold is 80. If you reduce this value the filter will let some spam through. If you increase this value very little spam will pass, but some legitimate messages may be tagged as spam. AntiSpam Advanced Settings . The following options are available: Automatically add to Friends list - if you select this option, the next time the user clicks the Not Spam button from the BitDefender Toolbar (located in Outlook / Outlook Express) the sender will be automatically added to the Friends list. Automatically add to Spammers list - if you select this option, the next time the user clicks the Is Spam button from the BitDefender Toolbar (located in
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Outlook / Outlook Express) the sender will be automatically added to the Spammers list.
Important
These buttons are used to train the Bayesian filter.
Limit the dictionary size to 200000 words - with this option you can set the size of the Bayesian dictionary - smaller is faster, bigger is more accurate. The recommended size is: 200.000 words. AntiSpam Filters . The following filters are available: Heuristic filter - The Heuristic filter performs set of tests on all the message components, (i.e. not only the header but also the message body in either HTML or text format), looking for words, phrases, links or other characteristics of Spam. It detects also the e-mail messages with SEXUALLY EXPLICIT in the subject line. Select the checkbox corresponding to Block Explicit Content to consider these messages SPAM.
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Starting May 19th 2004, Spam that contains sexually oriented material must include thewarning SEXUALLY EXPLICIT: in the subject line or face fines for violations of federal law.BitDefender will tag these messages as SPAM.
Most of the Spam messages are written in Cyrillic and / or Asian charsets. You can configure the Heuristic filter to reject all the e-mail messages written in these charsets. Bayesian filter - The Bayesian filter module classifies messages according to statistical information regarding the rate at which specific words appear in messages classified Spam as compared to those declared non-Spam (by you or by the heuristic filter). This means, for example, if a certain four-letter word is seen to appear more often in Spam, it is natural to assume there is an increased probability that the next incoming message that includes it actually IS Spam. All relevant words within a message are taken into account. By synthesizing the statistical information, the overall probability for the whole message to be Spam is computed. This module presents another interesting characteristic: it is trainable. It adapts quickly to the type of messages received by a certain user, and stores information
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about all. To function effectively, the filter must be trained, meaning, to be presented with samples of Spam and legitimate messages, much like a hound is primed to trace a certain scent. Sometimes the filter must be corrected too prompted to adjust when it makes a wrong decision.
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The user can correct the Bayesian module by using the Is Spam and Not Spam buttons from the BitDefender toolbar (located in Outlook or Outlook Express).
Friends/Spammers lists - Most people communicate regularly to a group of people or even receive messages from companies or organizations in the same domain. By using friends or spammers lists, you can easily classify which people you want to receive e-mail from (friends) no matter what the message contains, or which people you never want to hear from again (spammers).
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The user can manage the friends/spammers list from the BitDefender Management Console or from the BitDefender toolbar (located in Outlook or Outlook Express).
URL filter - Most of the Spam messages contain links to various web locations (which contain more advertising and the possibility to buy things, usually). BitDefender has a database, which contains links to these kinds of sites. Every URL link in an e-mail message will be checked against the URL database. If a match is made, +45 will be added to the Spam score of the message.
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Every time you perform an update new rules will be added to the heuristic filter and new links will be added to the URL filter. This will help increase the effectiveness of the AntiSpam engine.
Firewall Settings . The Firewall protects your computer from inbound and outbound unauthorized connection attempts. It is quite similar to a guard at your gate - it will keep a watchful eye on your Internet connection and keep track of who to allow access to the Internet and who to block. A firewall is essential if you have a broadband or DSL connection. It is effective in blocking Trojan horses and other tools installed by hackers, who try to compromise your privacy and send your personal information, like credit card numbers, from your computer to the hacker. Select the check box corresponding to Firewall Settings in order to enable this category of options. First you must activate the Firewall (by selecting the check box correspond-
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ing to it). You can also block all the internet trafic from the target workstations. Select the check box corresponding to Advanced Settings and the following options becomes available: Program Control - keeps track of programs connecting to the Internet and is essential for blocking Trojan horses. Dial Control - alerts the user when a program attempts to dial a phone number. Script Control - prevents running of scripts from sources you dont trust. Cookie Control - ensures the user's privacy when using the Internet. Update Settings . Select the check box corresponding to Update Settings in order to enable this category of options. You can see two categories of options: Modify update location and proxy on client and Modify automatic update options on client. Modify update location and proxy on client . The following options are available: Update location - If you are connected to a local network that has BitDefender virus signatures placed locally, you can change the location of the updates here. By default this is: http://upgrade.bitdefender.com. Use proxy - In case the company uses a proxy server check this option. The following settings must be specified. Proxy sets - type in the IP or the name of the proxy server and the port BitDefender uses to connect to the proxy server.
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Syntax: name:port or ip:port.
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Syntax: domain\user.
Proxy password - type in the valid password for the previously specified user. Modify automatic update options on client . The following options are available:
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Automatic check for updates - This ensures that BitDefender automatically checks our servers for available updates. The following settings must be specified. Automatic update - If BitDefender detects a new update on our servers, then with this option on, BitDefender downloads and implements the update. Verify every [x] hours - Sets how often BitDefender checks for updates The default time interval is 3 hours. Ask for confirmation before updating - You will be asked before downloading and installing the updates. Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. Select One time only to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment.
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Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Wizard steps: 1. Click Next. 2. Select the components you want to receive information about and click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
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If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
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Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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1. Click Next. 2. This step consists in choosing what type of update to perform: virus definitions update, product update or both. You can also introduce the update location (inside the network or on the Internet) and the proxy settings (in case you are using proxy). The following options are available: Update location - If you are connected to a local network that has BitDefender virus signatures placed locally, you can change the location of the updates here. By default this is: http://upgrade.bitdefender.com. If you have setup a local update server using the BitDefender Local Update Server you must enter the update address in one of the following ways:
http://computer_name in case you setup the update on port 80. http://computer_name:port if you setup the update on a different port.
Use proxy - In case the company uses a proxy server check this option. The following settings must be specified. Proxy sets - type in the IP or the name of the proxy server and the port BitDefender uses to connect to the proxy server.
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Syntax: name:port or ip:port.
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Syntax: domain\user.
Proxy password - type in the valid password for the previously specified user. Virus definitions update - As new threats appear, the files containing virus signatures must be updated to ensure permanent up-to-date protection against them. Product update - When a new product version is released, new features and scan techniques are introduced to the effect of improving the product's performance.
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Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly.
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Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Wizard steps: 1. Click Next. 2. If you want to send a message to the user when the scan starts and/or ends, type in the message text in the Start Message and End Message fields. The default messages are: When the scan starts - BitDefender Enterprise Manager will now start
to check your computer for viruses. Your computer performance will be reduced during the check.
When the scan ends - BitDefender Enterprise Manager has finished checking your computer. The scan options are grouped in five categories: Target selection, Detection, Action, Second Action and Scan options.
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Target selection . First you must specify the scan target, meaning the folders to be scanned:
Option
Path list
Description
This is a list with all system paths. To specify a path, click on the corresponding ''+'' sign. The list expands and you will see that the New item field appears. It becomes editable the moment you click on it. Type then the path. For example if you want to scan all system directories, type %SYSTEMROOT.
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This option is recommended especially if you want to scan only one workstation. To scan more workstations, we recommend you to use the other options for target selection.
Scan all local drives Scan all network drives Scan all floppy drives Scan Windows directory
If you select this option, all local partitions will be scanned. Scans all network drives of the selected workstations (the one appearing in My network places). To scan the floppy drives of the selected workstations. The option that allows the quick selection of the Windows directory in order to be scanned.
Scan Program Files direct- The option that allows the quick selection of the ory Program Files directory in order to be scanned. Scan system directory The option that allows the quick selection of the System directory in order to be scanned.
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The last three scan options were especially created in order to enable the quick selection for scanning of the most important directories.
Detection . The next step is to specify the type of the objects (archives, files and so on).
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Option
Scan boot sectors Open packed programs Open archives Open mails File mask Scan all files
Description
To scan the system's boot sector. To scan packed files. To scan inside archives. To scan e-mail archives. To scan all files no matter what their type is. Scan program files To scan only the program files. This means only only the files with the following extensions: exe, bat, com, dll, ocx, scr, bin, dat, 386, vxd, sys, wdm, cla, class, ovl, ole, hlp, doc, dot, xls, ppt, wbk, wiz, pot, ppa, xla, xlt, vbs, vbe, mdb, rtf, htm, hta, html, xml, xtp, php, asp, js, shs, chm, lnk, pif, prc, url, smm, pfd, msi, ini, csc, cmd, bas, eml, nws. Scan user defined To scan only the files with the extensions extensions specified by user. To specify an extension, select the option and then click the corresponding sign "+" to expand it. Type the extensions separated by; in the edit field. Exclude user defined To scan all files, except the ones with the exextensions tensions specified by the user. To specify the extensions, select the option and click the corresponding sign "+" to expand it. Type the extensions separated by ";" in the edit field.
First action
Report only Disinfect Delete Copy to quarantine
Description
To only report the detection of an infected file. To disinfect the infected files. To delete the infected files. To copy the infected files into the quarantine, where they will be isolated.
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First action
Move to quarantine
Description
To move the infected files into the quarantine.
Second action
No action Disinfect Delete Copy to quarantine Move to quarantine
Description
To ignore. To disinfect the infected files. To delete the infected files. To copy the infected files into the quarantine, where they will be isolated. To move the infected files into the quarantine.
Options
Enable warnings
Description
Displays warning messages in case of abnormal situations, such as an open Internet port, that might be the action of a Trojan horse, running ActiveX.
Enable unknown virus de- Enables the heuristic scan of the files. The aim of the tection heuristic scan is to detect new viruses, before their appearance becomes known, using certain elements and algorithms. Because this method is not 100% sure, false alarms may appear. When such a file is detected, it is categorized as suspicious. In these cases it is recommended to send the file to analysis to BitDefender lab. Show all files in log Lists all scanned files, whether they are infected or not, along with their status (ok or infected).
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Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
Note
If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly.
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Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
10.1.8. Change the Inform Interval of a Client to its parent Enterprise Server
To set a connection interval between the client and his server parent, you must doubleclick the Change the Inform Interval of a Client to its parent Enterprise Server icon. This will launch the wizard, which will guide you through the configuration process.
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This option is very useful when you want to reduce the traffic between the server and the clients because of the network limitations.
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2. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
Note
If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly.
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Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Wizard steps: 1. Click Next. 2. Click the Type here field and introduce the message you want to send. You can choose the significance level of each message by selecting the type of icon you want to associate with it (Information, Warning or Critical) from the Message Type section. Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Configuration steps: 1. Click Next. 2. Click the Type here field and introduce the message you want to send. Select Automatic Update to access the configuration settings. These settings are grouped in three main categories (SUS Server options, Schedule options and Automatic Update options) and three other options.
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You can observe that some options, although the "+" sign appears, cannot be opened. The reasons that these options weren't selected yet. You will observe that if you select them, they can be opened.
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SUS Server options . Select the check box corresponding to Use SUS Server in order to enable this feature. Type the SUS server address and the statistics server address in the corresponding fields.
Important
If don't select this option then default Windows update location will be used.
Schedule options . Select the day and the hour when the server will check for windows updates. You can select to verify every day or a specified day from the week. Automatic Update options . You can select to notify the local administrator before downloading any updates and / or before installing them. If you don't want to notify him select the third option. Other options . Reschedule wait time - to set the reschedule wait time. Two situations are possible. If a scheduled installation is missed (because the client computer was turned off) and Reschedule wait time is not set to a value between 1 and 60, Automatic Updates waits until the next scheduled day and time to perform the installation. If a scheduled installation is missed and Reschedule wait time is set to a value between 1 and 60, then Automatic Updates reschedules the installation to occur at the Automatic Updates service start time plus the number of minutes specified in Reschedule wait time. Don't force reboot - to offer the logged on users the possibility to choose not to restart the system. Force Update - to check for updates in the following minutes. Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Wizard steps: 1. Click Next. 2. You have three options: Consider the Windows updates obsolete after x days - to consider a client not updated after x days. Display Windows Updates settings - to see in the task result the Windows Update settings. List Windows Updates - to see in the task result a list with all windows updates on each client.
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Important
You can see only what updates have been made on target computers. The task will not compare those to the ones from the Microsoft server. The task result can be seen in the bottom side of the Active Task section.
Note
In order to find for how many days a computer was not updated to windows you must create a report. After that you can use the Resolve issues button to launch an update task.
Select the check box corresponding to Save settings as default to keep the same configuration for the future tasks. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
Note
If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run.
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One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
Important
The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Wizard steps Wizard steps: 1. Click Next. 2. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
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If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. Select One time only to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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Use the shortcut CTRL+5. For each task there is displayed the name, a short description, the IP of the target workstation and the status (running / finished / failed / finished with errors). On the bottom side, you can see a descriptive section that contains the result of the selected task.
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The deletion of a running task does not mean the interruption of its execution.
Deleting all running task . On the Tasks menu, point Active Tasks and click Delete All Running Tasks. Deleting all finished task . On the Tasks menu, point Active Tasks and click Delete All Finished Tasks. Deleting all failed task . On the Tasks menu, point Active Tasks and click Delete All Failed Tasks.
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Select the task and from the Tasks menu, point Active Tasks and click Properties.
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The properties will appear on the bottom side of the section. They generally mean the setting you have selected when you launched the task.
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Shortcut
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Tasks and point Active Tasks) that was described before.
Use the shortcut CTRL+6. The section contains a list with all the scheduled BitDefender tasks. Every task is displayed with some information about itself: the task's name, a short description, the date of the following execution and the repeating interval (once, daily, etc.). On the bottom side, you can see a descriptive section. It contains details about the parameters of the selected task (each action/parameter and its value).
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You will access the Task Templates section where you can launch the task configuration wizard.
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The task will be immediately executed, despite the fact it was supposed to run at a later moment.
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The task is deleted from the list and its future execution becomes impossible. If the task is running in that moment, it will continue its execution until completion.
An edit window where you can type a new name for the selected task will appear.
A window containing all the properties of the selected task will appear.
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The properties presented in this window can be modified. You can type a new name for the task, specify another description, modify the execution interval or specify a new start date / time. Click OK to save the current settings or Cancel to keep the previous settings.
Task Properties
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The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
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The shortcut menu is similar to the one opened from the main menu (click Tasks and point Scheduled Tasks)) that was described before.
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Alerts section BitDefender Enterprise Manager allows you to see all the alerts it has generated so far. Every alert comes with several information like: its type (warning, information, critical), the application that generated it, the name and IP of the computer on which that application was running, the date and time when the event occurred. On the bottom side, you can see a descriptive section. It contains details about the parameters of the selected alert. There are three types of alerts: Information - this is a low-level alert, nothing to worry about. Warning - this is a medium-level alert, meant to report potential dangerous situations for the network protection. Such a situation may be the detection of suspicious files on a workstation during a scan task. Critical - it is a high-level alert, that warns about virus detection or tasks failing to execute.
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Selecting alerts . To select one alert, simply click it. To select two or more alerts, keep pressed the CTRL key and click each alert. Deleting alerts . You can delete one alert or as many as you want. Deleting one alert Select the alert and from the Alerts menu, point Main Alerts Pane and click Delete Selected Alerts. Select the alert and click the Delete selected alerts Deleting all read task Select the alert and from the Alerts menu, point Main Alerts Pane and click Delete Read Alerts. Deleting all alerts On the Alerts menu, point Main Alerts Pane and click Delete All Alerts. Marking as read / unread . By default, when an alert is generated, it is marked as unread. Once you point the mouse cursor on it, a short description will appear in the bottom section and the alert is marked as read. To mark an alert as read - select it and then click the Mark as read the toolbar. button from button button from the toolbar.
To mark an alert as unread - select it and then click the Mark as unread from the toolbar.
Refreshing the image of active tasks . To refresh the content of the Alerts pane, you must do one of the following: On the Alerts menu, select Main Alerts Pane and click Refresh. Click the Refresh Press F5. Exporting Alert List . To export an alert list as a HTML file, click the Alerts pane on the Management Console, select the alerts you want to send and then right click and choose export alerts. Each alert list contains the following elements: ID button from the toolbar.
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The shortcut menu . Right click on an alert to open the shortcut menu: If you rightclick the Alerts section and there is no alert selected, a similar menu appears. The only enabled options of this menu are Delete Read Alerts, Delete All Alerts and Refresh.
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Active Tasks Optimized configuration . Steps to be followed in order to configure this feature correct: 1. Specify the e-mail settings BitDefender Server uses these settings when the alert messages are sent. Type the e-mail address of the sender in the From field. The e-mail messages containing alerts will have this address on the sender's field.
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You must specify a valid e-mail address; otherwise the SMTP server might decline sending an email whose sender is unknown to him.
2. Specify the SMTP Server settings Type the SMTP Server the company uses to send e-mails in the field SMTP Server and the SMTP port in the field SMTP Port. 3. Specify a subject for the e-mail
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Type in a subject for the alert e-mail messages generated by the BitDefender Server in the field Greetings. This subject will be specific for the messages generated by BitDefender Server. On the bottom side of the section you can see a column with all the e-mail addresses to which alerts will be sent and another three columns, one for each type of event (one for critical, one for warning and one for information). To each of these addresses, a message is sent only in case one of the corresponding checked events occur. Adding a new address . You can add a new e-mail address in one of the following ways: Use the link click here to add a new email address.... On the Alerts menu, point Email Settings and click Add email address. The next window will appear: Type the e-mail address and select the type of alert on which the user will be notified.
Adding an email Deleting an existing address . To delete an e-mail address you must: Select the address and from the Alerts menu, point Email Settings and click Delete address. To refresh the content of the Email Settings pane you must do one of the following: . On the Alerts menu, select Email Settings and click Refresh. Press F5. Verifying the settings . Click Test Settings to verify your e-mail settings. Saving the settings . Click Save Changes to save your e-mail settings.
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The shortcut menu . Right click on an e-mail address to open the shortcut menu: If you right-click the Email Settings section and there is no address selected, a similar menu appears. The only enabled options of this menu are Add Email Address and Refresh. Shortcut
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Tasks Log section You can see that Tasks log section is divided in three panes: The left pane contains a list with all the reports folders (Report folders pane). The upper right pane contains the files from the selected folder (Report files pane). In the lower right pane you can view the report (Report view pane).
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For each report is displayed the name, a short description, the data between which it was created (the time interval), the template and the size. Every report has a summary section which contains the essential statistics extracted from the response files.
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On the Reports menu, point Reports and click Create report file. Right-click the Report folders pane and from the shortcut menu select Create report. A wizard will appear, helping you to select the options for the report.
Wizard steps Report creation steps: 1. Click Next. 2. The window contains a list with icons for all the tasks template. Select the type of task you want to create the report for and click Next. 3. These reports are conceived based on the information about the selected type of task, information received from one or more clients. You must select the workstations to be considered when gathering information for the report.
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The window contains a list of all groups managed by the Enterprise Server. If you want to select only certain workstations from a group, expand the group and select the workstations. Click Next. 4. You must specify the time interval for the report. Type the start date in the From field and the end date in the To field. Specify the hour, as for the date, click corresponding to each field and select the day. The report created by using the Multiple results option will help to keep track of the changes occurred in your network during a period of time. The Single result option will take into account only the last results from the workstations. This will give you a view of the current situation. If the report emphasizes some problems within the network those clients will be written in red in the report. BitDefender Enterprise Manager gives you the opportunity to solve those problems through its Resolve issues Click Next. 5. You must specify a name for the report file in the Log Name field and a short description in Description field. Click Finish. BitDefender Server will gather the required information from the clients. feature from the Reports section.
Create rapport
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fix the problem by clicking the Resolve issues button and installing BitDefender Client Standard / Professional Plus 8 on affected clients.
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This feature is available only when if the report is created by using the single task result option at step 4 of the wizard.
If you want to sort the information by computers, click the Computers view button. If you want to see the information presented in a graphic mode, click the View Charts button.
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If you right-click the folders section and there is no folder selected, a pop up menu similar to the picture appears. The only enabled options of this menu are Show files in folders, New Folder, Refresh and Create report.
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Open Show files in folder New Folder Rename Delete Empty Folder Refresh Create report
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The report file will be opened in the Report view pane. To view the number of files within the folder into brackets. To create a new folder. To rename the selected folder. To delete the selected folder. To delete the content of that folder. To refresh the folders section. To create a new report file.
Report file shortcut menu Right-click on a report file to open the shortcut menu:
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Open report Move report(s) Delete report(s) Select all Unselect all Invert selection
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To display the report in the Report view pane. To move the selected report in another folder. To delete the selected report. To select all the report files from that folder. To unselect all the report files from that folder. To invert the selection.
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Right-click the Activity Log pane and from the shortcut menu click Clear Log.
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Use specified filters to create custom groups. You don't need administrator rights because the Network Builder Wizard performs only a network analysis and it's objective is to introduce the network clients in the product database.
The first time you open the management console the Network Builder tool appears. You can also launch it any time you want from the management console (on the Tools menu, click Network Builder Wizard). This will launch the wizard that will guide you through the configuration process.
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With Active Directory all the computers from the current domain will be added to the group. If you select a specified domain only the online computers from that domain will be added to the group.
In the Group Name field type a name for the group or select a previously created group from the drop-down menu. The filters must be used in the following manner: * - the clients will be added to the specified group. A* only the clients started with A will be added to the specified group. AB* only the clients started with AB will be added to the specified group.
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The next logic step is to run BitDefender Deployment Tool on all listed clients.
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The module that performs the deploy installation is BitDefender Deployment Tool. There are 3 ways to launch it: On the Tools menu, click BitDefender Deployment Tool. From Windows start menu follow the path: Programs BitDefender Enterprise Manager BitDefender Deployment Tool. Select the target from the Clients section, right-click and from the shortcut menu click BitDefender Deployment Tool. A wizard will appear helping you to select the installation options for BitDefender Local Manager.
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The automatic installation of BitDefender Local Manager works only on NT/2000/XP/2003.
On Win98 SE/ME systems or if the automatic installation failed you must create a package on your computer (select Create an unattended installation package for later use in the second step of the wizard). You can put this package on a cd, on a shared folder, send it by e-mail or you can use a logon script in order to install it on the workstations.
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In order to check if the installation of BitDefender Local Manager was successfully finished proceed as follows: if you have a Windows 98 operating system - verify if the folders BitDefender Communicator and BitDefender Local Manager have been created on that workstation. The path to them is Program Files\Common Files\Softwin on the system operation partition. if you have a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 operating system you can extra check if the BitDefender Communicator and BitDefender Local Manager services have already been installed and started.
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The automatic installation of BitDefender Local Manager works only on NT/2000/XP/2003.
If the automatic installation has failed you can create a package on your computer for later use (select Create an unattended installation package for later use in the second step of the wizard). With the package you can do one of the following: Write it on a cd and install it on any computer you want. Send it by e-mail to any user you want. Put it on a shared folder, so that it can be read from any other workstation. Use a logon script, so that after the login procedure it will be installed automatically.
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(with extension *.bat, *.cmd, *.exe), or a program written in a language hosted by Windows Script Host (WSH). Examples of WSH supported languages are VBScript (with extension *.vbs) and JScript (with extension *.js). The type of Logon script you use should support all clients you expect the user to Logon to. We have already created 2 sample logon scripts that you can use: logon.bat and bdeploy.vbs. They were created considering the above operating system requirements limitations. You will have to edit bdeploy.vbs and replace the sample information (\\SampleServer\SampleSharedFolder\deploypack.exe) with the one that suites your network configuration.
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However you can create a logon script of your own, that would better suite your needs.
For more detailed information about how to create a group policy please follow the link: www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation Launch BitDefender Deployment Tool: On the Tools menu, click BitDefender Deployment Tool. From Windows start menu follow the path: Programs BitDefender Enterprise Manager BitDefender Deployment Tool. A wizard will appear helping you to select the package options.
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Create an unattended installation package for later use - to create a deployment package on your computer. You can put it on a cd, on a shared folder, send it by e-mail or use a logon script in order to install it on the workstations.
3. Select the package you want to use and click Next. 4. You can install, repair or remove BitDefender Local Manager. Select the check box corresponding to the action and click Next (only for automatically deployment). 5. For every MSI package you can select which components to install. If the package doesn't contain facilities you will be noticed. In the lower part of the window you must set some properties for the package.
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With the package you can do one of the following: For the BDLM package you must type the name or the IP of the BitDefender Enterprise Server. For the other products you must type in the serial number or other properties.
Click Next. 6. Here you can set the general and the reboot options. General Options Notify user before and after deploying the package two box-messages will be delivered to the client, before and after the deploying process. This is the alert window the user will receive.
Alert Do not display user interface on the target computers (recommended) the Windows Installer interface will not be displayed on target computers. Use non interactive Authentication the user has the possibility to introduce set of pairs of username / password, that will be used automatically when authentication on the target computer is necessary (only for automatically deployment).
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Username / Password You must provide a list with valid usernames/passwords in order to avoid entering credentials anytime authentication is necessary. Reboot Options Do not reboot target computers the target computers will not be restarted, even if it is necessary. Reboot the computer if necessary, and ask the user to confirm the target computers will be restarted if necessary. The user will be asked to confirm the reboot. If no user response is received, the systems are restarted after the specified number of seconds. Force the target computer to reboot the target computers will be restarted after the specified number of seconds. Click Next. 7. You must select the target computers. Click corresponding to the Look in field in order to select a specified domain. Double click the target computers to add them to the list (or select them and click Add computers to list).
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Use the Ctrl key to add more computers to the list or CTRL + A to add them all.
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For manual deployment you must type a full path and a name for the package or click Browse and select the path.
You can deploy the BDLM even on a whole IP range, installing BDLM on many computers at once. Click View some example to learn about the syntax you must use to deploy the BDLM on a whole IP Range. The following window will appear:
Syntax Type the IP range in the corresponding field. Click Next. 8. Click Save Results to save the results in a HTML or a txt file (only for automatically deployment). Click Finish.
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If the deployment process fails, the returned error message will be explained in detail.
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16.1. Automatically
Launch BitDefender Deployment Tool: On the Tools menu, click BitDefender Deployment Tool. From Windows start menu follow the path: Programs BitDefender Enterprise Manager BitDefender Deployment Tool. In the wizard's welcome window click Next. The following window will appear:
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Configuration steps Select Automatically Install / Uninstall / Repair a product and continue the wizard.
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The automatic uninstall process is possible only on NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems.
16.2. Manually
You must follow the next steps: Log on to the workstation. From Windows start menu follow the path: Programs Settings Control Panel. Double click Add/Remove programs option from the window that appears.
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Select BitDefender Local Manager, click Change/Remove and continue the wizard.
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In order to ensure a proper functioning of the update server, verify that the following system requirements are met: Processor: Intel Pentium Compatible processor. Minimum hard disk space: 100MB (for updates). Minimum RAM Memory: 64MB. Operating system: Windows NT-SP6/2000/XP/2003; Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher).
Important
You must publish the folder where you download the updates in order to make them available to the network clients.
Launch the update server configuration wizard from: Start Programs BitDefender Enterprise Manager BitDefender Update Server. The following window will appear where you can view the BitDefender Update Server settings:
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Update Server settings Click Change Settings to access the wizard where you can modify the update server settings.
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You can also publish the downloads folder by using another HTTP server like IIS or Apache or you can change the port.
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The update address for all BitDefender clients is: http://computer_name in case you are using port 80. http://computer_name:port if you are using a different port.
Click Next. 4. In case you are using proxy click Use a proxy server for access to the Internet and type the proxy settings. Click Next. 5. Select the products installed on clients and click Next.
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This is where you can enable or disable the Autoupdate for Bitdefender Update Server option.
6. Type in the update interval in hours and click Next. 7. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the update configuration. Click Finish.
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LiveUpdate server settings 3. Click Update Settings. The following window will appear:
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LiveUpdate server settings This is where you can modify the update location settings and the automatic updates options.
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If you want to apply these settings on the clients computers also, you must click Apply these settings on Enterprise Manager clients as well.
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If you need to have different update settings on specific clients, you can use the Update Settings task from the General section on the Task Templates pane.
4. Click OK.
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To allow the update process of the Enterprise Server to be done, your access to the Enterprise Server from the Management Console will be suspended for a few seconds.
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The Enterprise Server Update cannot be executed without network administrator permission.
Recommendations . It is definitely a good idea to pay attention to the following things: 1. The Enable Automatic Check For Update option ON means NO trouble for you. 2. Do not forget to carefully set the Primary update location settings and the Alternate update location settings. 3. It is preferable not to use the Management Console installed on the Enterprise Server, but your current remote Management Console. The Management Console installed on the Enterprise Server will update using the remote Management Console, but not the other way round.
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For each of these settings, you can import or export only the whole setting. You cannot import or export a subset of a setting. Nevertheless, you can import / export only certain settings, for example Reports and Alerts.
To find this new wizard open BitDefender Enterprise Management Console and on the Tools menu click Export / Import Settings Wizard.
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The second step of the wizard You can choose either to import or to export settings. After that, click Next to go to the next step. If you chose to export settings, the following window will appear:
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Exporting settings Choose your settings and then click Next. The following window will appear:
Selecting settings Select the place where you want to save your backup file with your settings, using the Browse button. Click Next. The following window will appear:
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The last step of the wizard Click Next to finish the export settings process.
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To allow the export process to be done, your access to the server from the Management Console will be suspended for a few seconds.
A short message will inform you if the process was successful or not.
If you chose to import settings in the second step of the wizard, the following window will appear:
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Importing settings Select the place from where you want to load your backup file with your settings, using the Browse button. Click Next. The following window will appear:
Selecting settings
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Your backup file may contain only certain settings, depending on what settings you have selected when you have exported it. The unavailable settings will be displayed in grey.
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To allow the import process to be done, your access to the server from the Management Console will be suspended for a few seconds.
A short message will inform you if the process was successful or not.
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Enumerate Computer Startup Pro- YES grams Enumerate Computer Startup Informa- YES tion Enumerate Installed Software (Win- YES dows Installer) Enumerate Start Menu Items Remove Software Enumerate Installed Hot Fixes Enumerate WMI Settings Enumerate Motherboard Properties Enumerate Monitor Properties YES YES NO YES YES YES
Enumerate Physical Memory Proper- YES ties Enumerate Processor Information YES Enumerate Video Controller Properties YES Get the Latest Installed Service Pack YES Retrieve Operating System Properties NO Retrieve System Information YES
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20.2. Installation
Locate the setup file and double click it. This will launch the setup wizard, which will guide you through the setup process.
Important
The WMI Server Add-on must be installed on the BitDefender Enterprise server.
Installation steps Installation steps: 1. Click Next to continue or click Cancel if you want to quit installation. 2. Please read the License Agreement, select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next. If you do not agree with these terms click Cancel. The installation process will be abandoned and you will exit setup. 3. Click Install. 4. Click Finish to complete the product installation.
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Task Templates This section contains many templates files necessary for different tasks. By doubleclicking any of these icons, you will launch the wizard that will help you select the protection options.
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WMI Scripts facilitates network audit, by providing the administrators with useful information about client workstations. The key benefit of using BitDefender WMI Scripts Server Add-on is that it centralizes all the information into one document, letting the admin focus on decision-making.
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If the administrators want to obtain a list of installed service packs / hot fixes on the selected workstations, all they have to do is to run the appropriate WMI task and to create a report based on the client stations' responses.
To run a WMI task on specified workstations, you must double-click the desired icon. This will launch the wizard, which will guide you through the task.
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2. Click Next. 3. You must select the clients and/or the groups.
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If a group contains at least one client then a double-click on that group's name or its corresponding icon will expand that group.
You can choose to run the task on one or several clients. To select all the clients from a group select the check box corresponding to that group's name.
Important
If you schedule a task on an entire group of clients, the task will be launch even on the clients added at a later time.
Once you have selected the target workstations, click Next. 4. You can opt for an immediate or a programmed task. For an immediate task, click Immediately and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. For a scheduled task, click Scheduled for later and specify the following: Enter the task name - type in a name for the task. Enter the task description - type in a short description of the task. Run the task - it is a list with time intervals when the task should run. One time only - to run the task on the selected clients only once at a specified moment. Every hour - to run the task on the selected clients every hour. Every 12 hours - to run the task on the selected clients at every 12 hours. Every day - to run the task on the selected clients daily. Every two days (48 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 2 days. Every three days (72 hours) - to run the task on the selected clients at every 3 days. Weekly - to run the task on the selected clients weekly. Monthly - to run the task on the selected clients monthly.
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Start date - click the arrow corresponding to the field and select a day from the calendar that appears. Start time - type the hour when the task will launch. You can use the corresponding arrows up/down.
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The task may fail if the target workstation is offline, therefore select the check box corresponding to If a client is offline, run the task when the client is online.
Once you specified all the information, click Next to view a summary description of the task. 5. The last window of the wizard contains all the information regarding the task. Click Finish. Depending on the run time you have selected, the task will appear in the Active Tasks section, in case it is an immediate task or in the Scheduled Tasks section, if it is a scheduled task.
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21. Support
21.1. Support Department
As a valued provider, SOFTWIN strives to provide its customers with an unparalleled level of fast and accurate support. The Support Center (which you can contact at the address indicated below) continually keeps up with the latest threats. This is where all your questions are answered in due time. With SOFTWIN, dedication to saving customers time and money by providing the most advanced products at the fairest prices has always been a top priority. Moreover, we believe that a successful business is based on good communication and commitment to excellence in customer support. You are welcome to ask for support at <support@bitdefender.com> any time. For a prompt response, please include in your email as many details as you can about your BitDefender, your system and describe the problem you have encountered as accurately as possible.
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21.3.2. Address
The BitDefender offices are ready to respond to any inquiries regarding their areas of operation, both in commercial and in general matters. Their respective addresses and contacts are listed below.
Germany
Softwin GmbH Karlsdorfer Strae 56 88069 Tettnang Technischer Support: <support@bitdefender.de> Vertrieb: <vertrieb@bitdefender.de> Phone: 07542/94 44 44
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Spain
Constelacin Negocial, S.L C/ Balmes 195, 2 planta, 08006 Barcelona Soporte tcnico: <soporte@bitdefender-es.com> Ventas: <comercial@bitdefender-es.com> Phone: +34 932189615 Fax: +34 932179128 Sitio web del producto: http://www.bitdefender-es.com
U.S.A
BitDefender LLC 6301 NW 5th Way, Suite 3500 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308 Technical support: <support@bitdefender.us> Sales: <sales@bitdefender.us> Phone: 954 776 62 62, 800 388 80 62 Fax: 954 776 64 62, 800 388 80 64 Product web site: http://www.bitdefender.us
Romania
SOFTWIN 5th Fabrica de Glucoza St. PO BOX 52-93 Bucharest Technical support: <suport@bitdefender.ro> Sales: <sales@bitdefender.ro> Phone: +40 21 2330780 Fax: +40 21 2330763 Product web site: http://www.bitdefender.ro
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