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SmartCOP
Anti-Virus Corporate Edition |
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With
on going rise in virus attacks and tactics, the conventional
ways of monitoring computers are hardly effective today. Plus
with rise in computerization and expansion in networks adds
more pain and worries to the administrators. Realizing the
changing world around us and needs of today’s administrators,
AVSoft has introduced the SmartCOP ServerCentric. ServerCentric
is a console application that can be used to centrally monitor,
manage and safeguard computers over a local area network.
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The
Remote Manager |
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SmartCOP
ServerCentric works in alliance with Desktop edition of SmartCOP.
The remote management provided by the SmartCOP ServerCentric
eliminates the need of personal attention to every computer.
From the server itself the user can:
- Install
SmartCOP desktop on remote nodes
- Configure
nodes remotely & set global policies
- Get
updates and distribute it to all the nodes automatically
- Schedule
the download of updates
- Enforce
central policies
- Initiate
remote scanning as and when required or as per a pre-defined
schedule
- Centralized
Log of all the nodes to enable identify the need of maintenance
- Centralized
monitoring of Status of SmartCOP real-time protection
- Remote
login and administration on any node
- Generate
summary or detailed reports on the virus activity on the
network
- Administrators
can Shutdown or Restart any remotely located machine as
well as execute any process
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Client
Details |
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ServerCentric
offers a complete solution to monitor and manage remotely
connected clients. With client details option in hand, the
network administrator can do following tasks:
- View
the log of remotely connected client. The log provides information
about the time of starting and ending Smart Trap, Virus
activity, Updates and other SmartCOP related services.
- View
the properties of the client which includes technical details
of the computer. The technical details includes the information
about the SmartCOP version installed on the client’s
machine, SmartCOP serial and activation key numbers, information
about the client’s operating system, computer etc.
- View
various applications/services running on the client’s
computer. If found necessary, then administrator can terminate
any application/service running on the client’s machine.
- View
shared folders of a client. At anytime, the administrator
can protect the shared computer and bound restrictions over
them. The restrictions protect the shared folders from virus
attacks.
- View
whether various SmartCOP services are running or not. Also,
the administrator can view the number of files and emails
put in quarantine by the SmartCOP anti-virus.
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Active
Virus Isolator |
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After
revolutionizing the ways of protecting computers, SmartCOP
anti-virus has set another achievement in the anti-virus arena
by introducing Active Virus Isolator technology. The inclusion
of AVI puts SmartCOP way ahead of prevailing anti-viruses.
This unimaginable and never explored technology is the mastermind
of the developers of SmartCOP.
AVI
is the technology where all computers equipped with SmartCOP
anti-virus collaborate and isolate the virus source on the
network. This unique technology tightly integrated with ServerCentric
and ensures that even if a virus enters in the network through
an unprotected computer, it does not infect other computers
through open shared folders.
Let
us consider an analogy to appreciate the working of AVI technology.
Assume that three out of four computers are protected by SmartCOP
and directly linked with the ServerCentric. Only one computer
in the network is unprotected and no anti-virus is installed
on it. Sooner or later the unprotected computer faces the
virus invasion and gets infected. The infected computer will
start distributing the virus payload among other computers
(protected ones) through their shared folders or drives. If
you scan the computers installed with anti-virus then you
will find that virus payload did its job. Such spread can
be stopped with AVI and risk of virus outbreak can be minimized
to great extent. Let us explore how.
Working
of AVI
AVI is triggered from the general settings option of SmartCOP
ServerCentric. To enable the AVI, you need to set a value,
which notifies for how many times ServerCentric should observe
the virus. When viruses are detected more than the specified
number, the AVI service gets activated and ServerCentric sends
an alarming bell to SmartCOP anti-virus installed on the client’s
machine. Once the AVI comes into action all shared folders
on a network becomes protected such that viruses cannot enter
them.
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Unprotected
Computers |
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With
on going rise in computerizations, originations are continuously
expanding their networks. No doubt a big network increases the
economical opportunities for the organization but it also add
extra burden and worries to the administrators. And the biggest
worry of administrators is the security of computers, especially
tracing out the infected computer and protect rest of the computers
from getting infected. But with SmartCOP ServerCentric administrators
don’t have to worry anymore. To find out unprotected computers,
the SmartCOP ServerCentric provides the Unprotected computers
option. Using this option, the network administrator can view
the list of all unprotected computers that do not have SmartCOP
protection. Based upon the feedback, administrators can take
suitable steps to protect the computer. |
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Remote
Installation |
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The
ServerCentric Remote Installer is used to push install SmartCOP
Desktop on to the nodes from the server. This avoids tedious
installation processes as the entire operation can be performed
from the server. Also, the remote installation is coupled
with the persistent installation. Such type of installation
re-installs the SmartCOP. The need of re-installation may
rise due to accidental un-installation of SmartCOP.
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Managing
Updates |
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Depending
upon the network configurations, the network administrator can
set the rules and procedure for downloading updates from the
Internet. With ServerCentric, network administrators can download
updates via HTTP, FTP as well as behind proxy server on a predefined
schedule. |
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Setting
Rules for Client Scan |
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From
the ServerCentric itself, network administrators can set rules
for scanning clients. Administrators can define the mode of
scanning like background scanning, scanning of selected folders
and drives without any intervention of the user. |
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Remote
Policies |
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The
administrator can enforce policies on a single or a group of
clients at one time. Policies can be defined locally and enforced
on clients by simply dragging and dropping. Incase, situation
arise, the administrator can enforce multiple policies on a
particular client or group. With robust and high level security
options, administrator can stop user from compromising with
the network and computer security. The Remote Policies used
by the administrators are quite similar to the settings of SmartCOP
Desktop edition except for greater security rights that are
usually assigned to administrators. |
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Server
Cascading |
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Multiple
ServerCentric servers can be cascaded to form a hierarchical
network. The corresponding parent server treats each cascaded
server as a client. Cascading allows the administrator to push
just one update file to the child server, which in-turn will
update all the clients connected to it. This is ideal for a
multi-location setup with a low bandwidth link between each
location. The administrator can also monitor the activity of
all the clients connected to the child server. |
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Add-ons |
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- Shut
down remotely connected machines: From the main screen of
the ServerCentric, network administrators can force the
user to log off, restart the client’s machine or even
forcefully shut down the client’s machine.
- Run
programs from ServerCentric: The ServerCentric provides
the Run option to run various Windows programs, such as
Regedit, Winword, Notepad, etc.
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Synoptic
Reporting System |
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The
reporting system of SmartCOP ServerCentric is very elaborate
and unique in its own ways. It offers a rich set of reports
based on the logs collected from all the nodes on the network.
All network administrators has to do is, simply select the
client and go for the desired report. Following are the types
of reports offered by the SmartCOP ServerCentric:
- Client
Details: This report provides general information about
clients belonging to a particular group such as, name of
the client, IP Address and information about SmartCOP products.
- Activities
List: This report provides the summary of virus related
activities occurred on a client’s computer. The report
mention the date and time of virus activity, location where
activity occur and action taken by the SmartCOP anti-virus.
- Viruses
detected: This report provides a summary of viruses
found over a network.
- Computers
infected with a virus: This report generates a summary
of computers infected with virus.
- The
Top 10 infected computers:
This report displays the name of top ten computers infected
computers.
- The
Top 10 viruses found on the network: This report displays
the name of top ten viruses found on the network.
- List
of viruses not cleaned:
This report displays the name of all those viruses that
could not be cleaned due to any reason.
- Frequency
of virus infection: This report provides a feedback
of frequency of virus infection over the network on specific
dates.
- Virus
Trace list: This report provides a summary of all computer
infected with virus in a serial order. To know more about
the virus infection, user can supply the name of the virus
and view the trace list.
- Client
version distribution: This repot specify which version
of SmartCOP is installed on various computers on the network.
- OS
Distribution: This report displays various types of
operating system installed on client’s computers.
- CPU
distribution: This report provides information about
the CPU distribution over the network.
- Client’s
log view:
This is a drill down report viewer that and extremely useful
when servers are cascaded with the main server. Using this
report one can view a log of clients of various cascaded
servers. The log provides a feedback of client’s configurations
and virus information,
- Updates
distribution: This report provides the information related
to updates available to clients over the network.
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