User manual FARONICS ANTI-EXECUTABLE STANDARD

[. . . ] | 1 Anti-Executable Standard User Guide 2 | Last modified: December, 2009 © 1999 - 2009 Faronics Corporation. Faronics, Deep Freeze, Faronics Core Console, Faronics Anti-Executable, Faronics Device Filter, Faronics Power Save, Faronics Insight, Faronics System Profiler, and WINSelect are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Faronics Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Anti-Executable Standard User Guide | Contents 3 Preface . 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 29 29 31 31 32 35 35 36 36 38 38 40 40 40 41 White List Tab. [. . . ] The White List Editor also appears when an individual White List file is opened in Windows Explorer. Anti-Executable Standard User Guide 26 | Using Anti-Executable · · · New -- Opens the White List Editor and allows Anti-Executable Administrators and Trusted Users to create a new White List. Edit -- Opens the White List editor to add or remove executables and/or folders to the Active White List. Creating a New White List Only Anti-Executable Administrators and Trusted Users can access the White List editor. A clean computer is a system that has the Operating System and all the required applications installed for day-to-day operations. Creating a White List before the computer is handed over to the user will ensure that the White List contains only the files required for the computer to work properly. To create a new White List complete the following steps: 1. The White List editor appears: Anti-Executable Standard User Guide White List Tab | 27 2. To determine the available applications, click Scan, select a drive or directory. -- Use Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple drives or directories to scan the workstation locally. -- Click My Network Places, browse and select a remote workstation for remote scanning. The Scan feature searches the selected location, and its sub-directories, for any executable files (files containing the extensions: . scr, . jar, . bat, . com, or . exe. ). The duration of the scan depends on the location's storage capacity and number of executables found within. dialog appears to show the progress: Anti-Executable Standard User Guide 28 | Using Anti-Executable 4. Once the scan has finished, Anti-Executable checks if you want to proceed. Click Add and select the folders or executables to be added to the new White List. If a folder is added, the executables within that folder, and its sub-folders, are permitted to launch. -- To merge the folders or executables with an existing White List, click Merge. The contents of the existing White List are merged with the scanned list of files or executables. -- To search for a particular folder or executable, enter one or more characters from the folder name or executable name in the Search field. To sort the executables added by date, click the title of the Date column. 6. Define whether an application is Trusted by clicking in the Trusted column. If the check box is selected, it indicates that an application is Trusted and can launch other executables that themselves are unauthorized. Specify any comments for any applications by clicking the Comment column. A text prompt appears allowing for any additional information to be entered. A description can also be added for the entire list in the space provided at the top of the White List editor. Anti-Executable Standard User Guide White List Tab | 29 8. [. . . ] Click Apply when finished. Removing an Anti-Executable Administrator or Trusted User Click on the Users tab and select the user to be removed. This does not remove the user's Windows user account; the user has now become an external user. Enabling Anti-Executable Passwords As an added layer of protection, Anti-Executable can attach a password to each user group. Click Apply to save the changes. Anti-Executable Standard User Guide Users Tab | 39 Anti-Executable Standard User Guide 40 | Using Anti-Executable Setup Tab The Anti-Executable Administrator can setup Logging to log various user actions, apply various settings for Stealth Mode, set up Alerts and enable Deep Freeze Compatibility. Setting Event Logging in Anti-Executable Select Log to Event Viewer to log events to the Event Viewer. To view the logged events, click Open Event Viewer. Anti-Executable Stealth Functionality Stealth Mode is a group of options that control visual indication of Anti-Executable's presence on a system. [. . . ]