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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Client Overview for Mac

The Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) is the current recommended Antivirus/Malware application for university-owned computers. This application allows for Managed and Non-Managed client, below is an overview of the clients for Windows.

The System Center Endpoint Protection for Mac has six main tabs.  The tabs are Protection Status, Computer Scan, Update, Setup, Tools, and Help.

Note: The University only offers a Non-Managed client. Non-Managed client allows you to make changes to to all of the settings.

Protection Status

  • Shows what type of protection

  • Number of blocked attacks

  • Version of virus signature database ( xxxx (YYYYMMDD) )

  • Statistics sub tab – shows a visual representation of infected and cleaned objects.

Computer Scan

Allows you to run a Smart Scan or Custom Scan

  • Smart Scan – Local disk scan

  • Custom Scan – Allows you to choose which profile to use and target drive to scan.

  • Scan Setup – Allows you to setup a custom scan

Update

  • Allows you to update virus signature database

  • Shows the Last Successful Update

  • Version of virus signature database ( xxxx (YYYYMMDD) )

Setup

  • Antivirus and antispyware (Also available as a Sub Tab) – Allows a user to enable or disable real-time protection ( enabled by default).

  • Configure proxy server… –  Allows customer to setup a proxy server (Not recommended for University Purposes).

  • Import and export settings… – Allows the user to Import Settings or export settings for backup.

  • Revert all settings to defaults – Reset all settings back to default.

  • Enter application preferences… – Allows the user to customize the installer to their preference, You can change several settings for the application by choosing the appropriate tabs.

Tools

  • Shows the sub tabs Log Files, Quarantine, and Scheduler

  • Log Files – Shows the log files that are available.

  • Quarantine – Shows the number of files in a list that have been blocked my SCEP.

  • Scheduler – Allows the user to set and modify scheduled task.

Help

This shows the help and support options from Microsoft.

 

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