HP StorageWorks 8000 NAS - Manual (Page 130)

128 Enabling Virus and Backup Software
Using NAS Virus Protection
Overview
The anti-virus software, HP Virus Guard, works to prevent computer viruses
from contaminating data stored on the NAS server and therefore prevents the
device from being a “transmitter” of viruses across the network.
The anti-virus software uses two methods for protecting the system from
becoming contaminated by a computer virus:
■ Scan Control: Scans the storage device on a regular basis, searching
stored data for identifying strings or “signatures” that indicate the
presence of a virus. While this method can effectively identify viruses once
they are on the system, there can be a significant time lag between the
time the virus is copied onto the system and the time the virus is detected.
■ Real Time Protection (RTP): Monitors all data being written to the storage
device and checks the data for computer viruses.
The software provides the following capabilities:
■ Virus handling options including clean, rename, quarantine, log, and
delete
■ Immediate detection and handling of viruses as they are copied to the
NAS server (real time protection)
■ Artificial intelligence mechanism, heuristic scanning, to detect unknown
viruses
■ Virus signature updates directly from the scan engine vendor
■ Scan and RTP logging which includes number of files scanned, viruses
found, and response taken
■ Automatic scheduling for both virus scanning and signature file updates
■ Notification of detected viruses by email