WSM User Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

Configuring Intrusion Prevention2 Select the action the Firebox will take when it detects IM: Allow, Drop, Deny, or Block.3 Select IM Signature Categories to enable sets of signatures for different IM services. You can thenunselect individual services.Preventing Peer to Peer (P2P) useThe HTTP Proxy has options to prevent Peer to Peer (P2P) use. It finds these types of P2P services:• BitTorrent• eDonkey2000 (ed2k)• GNUtella• Kazaa• Napster• Phatbot1 From the Intrusion Prevention Services fields of the HTTP proxy, click the P2P tab.2 Select the action the Firebox will take when it detects IM: Allow, Drop, Deny, or Block.3 Select P2P Signature Categories to enable sets of signatures for different P2P services. You canthen unselect individual services.Blocking spywareThe HTTP and TCP proxies provide these antispyware categories:AdwareA software application in which advertising banners are shown while the program is inoperation. It sometimes includes code that records a user's personal information and sends it tothird parties, without the user's authorization or knowledge.DialerA software application that can hijack a user’s modem and dial toll numbers that get access toinappropriate web sites.DownloaderA program that gets and installs other files. Most are configured to get files from a designatedweb or FTP site.HijackerA type of malware program that changes your computer's browser settings and redirects you toweb sites that you did not plan to browse to.TrackwareAny software that uses a computer’s Internet connection to send personal information withoutthe user’s permission.1 From the Intrusion Prevention Services fields of the HTTP proxy, click the Antispyware tab.2 Select the action the Firebox will take when it detects spyware: Allow, Drop, Deny, or Block.318 WatchGuard System Manager