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A Smart Protection Server hosts the Smart Scan Pattern and Web Blocking List. These patterns contain majority of the pattern definitions and URL reputations. Smart Protection Server updates these patterns every hour. OfficeScan clients that use smart scan (which is part of the File Reputation Service) do not download the Smart Scan Pattern. Smart scan clients verify potential threats against the pattern by sending scan queries to the Smart Protection Server. In the smart scan solution, clients send identification information determined by Trend Micro technology to Smart Protection Servers. Clients never send the entire file and the risk of the file is determined using the identification information.
OfficeScan clients that use Web reputation also do not download the Web Blocking List. Web reputation clients verify potentially malicious websites against the blocking list by sending queries to the Smart Protection Server or Smart Protection Network. Clients access a Web site and smart protection verifies the URL credibility. If smart protection determines that the Web site is safe, OfficeScan allows the user to access the site. However, if the site is potentially malicious, OfficeScan blocks access to the site.
The other pattern used in the smart protection solutions, called Smart Scan Agent Pattern, is hosted on the client update source (the OfficeScan server or a Customized Update Source) and downloaded by clients.
There are no component download overlaps between the Smart Protection Server and the OfficeScan server because each server downloads a specific set of components. A Smart Protection Server downloads only the Smart Scan Pattern and Web Blocking List, while the OfficeScan server downloads all the other components. See OfficeScan Components and Programs for more information on components.
There are two types of Smart Protection Servers:
The OfficeScan Setup program includes an integrated Smart Protection Server that installs on the same computer where the OfficeScan server is installed. After the installation, manage settings for this server from the OfficeScan Web console.
A standalone Smart Protection Server installs on a VMware or Hyper-V server. The standalone server has a separate management console and is not managed from the OfficeScan Web console.
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