FARONICS ANTI-EXECUTABLE STANDARD, Manual

Page 1: ...Anti Executable Standard User Guide 1...

Page 2: ...d 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 registere...

Page 3: ...ti Executable Maintenance Mode 24 Exporting Anti Executable Configurations 24 White List Tab 25 Using the White List Editor 25 Creating a New White List 26 Activating a White List 29 Adding Executable...

Page 4: ...Anti Executable Standard User Guide 4 Contents Customizing Alerts 41 Uninstalling Anti Executable 43 Uninstalling using the Setup Wizard 44...

Page 5: ...Anti Executable Standard User Guide 5 Preface Anti Executable protects computers by preventing unauthorized executables from running Topics Important Information Technical Support Definition of Terms...

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Page 8: ...able or Disable Trusted Users cannot uninstall upgrade Anti Executable Authorized Executable An Executable that is in the Active White List and therefore can be launched Black Folder A folder and its...

Page 9: ...en from being displayed Trusted Executable A Trusted executable can launch other executables that themselves are unauthorized Unauthorized Executable An Unauthorized executable is one that is not in t...

Page 10: ...Standard User Guide 10 Introduction Introduction Anti Executable protects computers by preventing unauthorized executables from running Topics Anti Executable Overview System Requirements Anti Execut...

Page 11: ...the protection that you need Choose the Anti Executable edition that bests suits your needs Enterprise versions allow to protect multiple computers from a central console called Faronics Core Console...

Page 12: ...System Requirements Anti Executable can be installed on the following Operating Systems 32 bit edition of Windows XP SP3 and 64 bit edition of Windows XP SP2 32 and 64 bit editions of Windows Server 2...

Page 13: ...version requires a valid License Key in order to protect the machine License information can be obtained by Anti Executable Administrator through the Anti Executable Status tab To upgrade from an Eva...

Page 14: ...Anti Executable Standard User Guide 14 Introduction...

Page 15: ...15 Anti Executable Standard User Guide Installing Anti Executable This chapter describes the installation process of Anti Executable Topics Installation Overview Installing Anti Executable...

Page 16: ...r 2008 Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Before installing verify the operating system version and choose the installer from the following list System Install File Windows XP Vista 32 bit AEStd_32 bit...

Page 17: ...nternet double click AEStd_32 bit_en msi for a 32 bit Operating System or AEStd_64 bit_en msi for a 64 bit Operating System to begin the installation process Click Next to continue 2 Read and accept t...

Page 18: ...tall location The default is C Program Files Faronics AE Click Next to continue 5 This step is optional Specify the Anti Executable Administrator and Trusted User passwords These passwords can also be...

Page 19: ...tomatic Scanning and White List Creation dialog is displayed Select Enable if you want Anti Executable to automatically scan all non removable drives on the computer and create a White List Click Inst...

Page 20: ...art is recommended following installation If the Enable check box is selected in the Automatic Scanning and White List Creation dialog Protection is enabled and there is an Active White List when the...

Page 21: ...Using Anti Executable This chapter describes the procedure to access configure and use Anti Executable Topics Accessing Anti Executable Status Tab White List Tab Adding Executables to the Active White...

Page 22: ...ss Anti Executable if those passwords have been set Using Anti Executable Following installation Anti Executable must be configured Anti Executable Administrators can access all the following tabs Sta...

Page 23: ...Click Update for more information If an Evaluation version of Anti Executable has been installed the Valid until field displays the date when Anti Executable expires Anti Executable displays a notific...

Page 24: ...tions Anti Executable Administrators can save multiple configurations which can be applied to other machines If a White List has been set as Active it is also included in the configuration export To s...

Page 25: ...rs from which any executable can be launched There can only be one White List active at a time Refer to the section titled Creating a New White List for information on creating the first White List Us...

Page 26: ...White List complete the following steps 1 Shift double click the Anti Executable icon in the System Tray Alternatively you can also use the Ctrl Alt Shift F10 hotkey Specify the Administrator passwor...

Page 27: ...on 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 con...

Page 28: ...List are merged with the scanned list of files or executables Click Save to save the White List with the same name Click Save As to save the merged White List with a different name To search for a pa...

Page 29: ...n existing White List This location can be local external or on a network Click Scan to launch the White List Scan Destination dialog This will search the selected location for any executables Once th...

Page 30: ...Active White List The next time the executable is launched it will be blocked again Deny The executable is not added to the Active White List and remains an unauthorized executable It is not permitte...

Page 31: ...lders from which all executables are blocked There can only be one Black List active at a time Consult the section titled Creating a New Black List for information on creating the first Black List Usi...

Page 32: ...ve executables and or folders to the Active Black List Creating a New Black List Only Anti Executable Administrators and Trusted Users can access the Black List editor To create a new Black List compl...

Page 33: ...lternatively click My Network Places browse and select a remote workstation Click OK The Building Black List for dialog appears to show the progress The Scan feature searches the selected location and...

Page 34: ...he existing Black List are merged with the scanned list of files or executables Click Save to save the Black List with the same name Click Save As to save the merged Black List with a different name T...

Page 35: ...the Black List Scan Destination dialog This will search the selected location for any executables Once the scan has finished the results can be merged into the Black List Individual folders and execu...

Page 36: ...i Executable Any user not listed by Anti Executable is an external user who is subject to the executable launch limitations specified by the contents of the Active White List If an Anti Executable Adm...

Page 37: ...strators currently logged in can add other domain users Click on a user name to add it to Anti Executable s list and click OK 4 By default each added user is an Anti Executable Trusted User If the new...

Page 38: ...ot 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...

Page 39: ...Users Tab 39 Anti Executable Standard User Guide...

Page 40: ...of Anti Executable s presence on a system Stealth Mode gives the option to the Administrator to hide the Anti Executable icon in the Windows system tray prevent the Alert from being displayed and pre...

Page 41: ...able Administrators can use the Alerts pane to specify the message and an image that appears whenever a user attempts to run an unauthorized executable The following messages can be set White List vio...

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Page 43: ...43 Anti Executable Standard User Guide Uninstalling Anti Executable This chapter explains the procedure to uninstall Anti Executable Topics Uninstalling using the Setup Wizard...

Page 44: ...o remove Anti Executable 1 Double click the msi file used to install Anti Executable The Installation Wizard is displayed 2 Click Remove followed by Next 3 Click Remove Anti Executable can only be uni...

Page 45: ...i Executable Standard User Guide 4 Click Finish to complete the uninstall 5 Following a successful uninstall a restart is required Click Yes to restart immediately or No to restart later An immediate...

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