How to block virus uploads and downloads

Client Scenario

You might download a file containing a virus during an e-commerce session.

To protect your network from these threats,SvScan is the inbuilt module in SafeSquid that protects users against malware. ClamAV and ICAP are secondary servers provided along with SvScan. You can integrate your clamAV and ICAP servers also for virus scanning.

Note: Make sure that SSL Inspection is enabled before using SvScan for scanning for malware. It enables the HTTPS sites also for scanning the malicious content.

Prerequisites

HTTPS Inspection should be enabled in SafeSquid. If not enabled, you can check our document - How to enable HTTPS Inspection

Access the SafeSquid User Interface

clicking on configure in safesquid interface

Two Options to reach SvScan Section

Go via Search Option orGo from side bar

you can go to svscan section from the sidebar or also you can search for it

clicking on search after selecting svscan

Ensure Section with Enabled TRUE

ensuring the default policy in svscan section is enabled true

Follow the given link for more details SqScan

Download and Upload virus file to test

Go to https://www.eicar.org/and download any virus file you should get blocked template.

testing the svscan by trying to download virus