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Chapter 29 Anti-Virus
ZyWALL USG 50 User’s Guide
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3 The scanning engine checks the contents of the packets for virus.
4 If a virus pattern is matched, the ZyWALL removes the infected portion of the file
along with the rest of the file. The un-infected portion of the file before a virus
pattern was matched still goes through.
5 If the send alert message function is enabled, the ZyWALL sends an alert to the
file’s intended destination computer(s).
Note: Since the ZyWALL erases the infected portion of the file before sending it, you
may not be able to open the file.
Notes About the ZyWALL Anti-Virus
The following lists important notes about the anti-virus scanner:
1 The ZyWALL anti-virus scanner can detect polymorphic viruses.
2 When a virus is detected, an alert message is displayed in Microsoft Windows
computers. Refer to the user’s guide appendices Appendix C on page 851 if your
Windows computer does not display the alert messages.
3 Changes to the ZyWALL’s anti-virus settings affect new sessions (not the sessions
that already existed before you applied the changed settings).
4 The ZyWALL does not scan the following file/traffic types:
• Simultaneous downloads of a file using multiple connections. For example,
when you use FlashGet to download sections of a file simultaneously.
• Encrypted traffic. This could be password-protected files or VPN traffic where
the ZyWALL is not the endpoint (pass-through VPN traffic).
• Traffic through custom (non-standard) ports. The only exception is FTP traffic.
The ZyWALL scans whatever port number is specified for FTP in the ALG
screen.
• ZIP file(s) within a ZIP file.
Finding Out More
• See Section 6.5.18 on page 103 for related information on these screens.
• See Section 29.7 on page 477 for anti-virus background information.
29.1.3 Before You Begin
• Before using anti-virus, see Section 10.1 on page 209 for how to register for the
anti-virus service.
• You may need to customize the zones (in the Network > Zone) used for the
anti-virus scanning direction.