System Tray Icons

The client icon in the system tray provides visual hints that indicate the current status of the client and prompt users to perform certain actions.

Visual Hints

At any given time, the icon will show a combination of the following visual hints.

Client Status

Description

Visual Hint

Client connection with the OfficeScan server

Online clients are connected to the OfficeScan server. The server can initiate tasks and deploy settings to these clients

The icon contains a symbol resembling a heartbeat.

 

The background color is a shade of blue or red, depending on the status of the Real-time Scan Service.

Offline clients are disconnected from the OfficeScan server. The server cannot manage these clients.

The icon contains a symbol resembling the loss of a heartbeat.

 

The background color is a shade of blue or red, depending on the status of the Real-time Scan Service.

It is possible for a client to become offline even if it is connected to the network. For more information, see A client is connected to the network but appears offline.

Roaming clients may or may not be able to communicate with the OfficeScan server.

The icon contains the desktop and signal symbols.

 

The background color is a shade of blue or red, depending on the status of the Real-time Scan Service.

Availability of smart protection sources

Smart protection sources include Smart Protection Servers and Trend Micro Smart Protection Network.

Conventional scan clients connect to smart protection sources for web reputation queries.

Smart scan clients connect to smart protection sources for scan and web reputation queries.

The icon includes a check mark if a smart protection source is available.

The icon includes a progress bar if no smart protection source is available and the client is attempting to establish connection with the sources.

Contact the OfficeScan administrator if the progress bar remains for an extended period of time.

For conventional scan clients, no check mark or progress bar appears if web reputation has been disabled on the client.

Real-time Scan Service status

OfficeScan uses the Real-time Scan Service not only for Real-time Scan, but also for Manual Scan and Scheduled Scan.

The service must be functional or the endpoint becomes vulnerable to security risks.

The entire icon is shaded blue if the Real-time Scan Service is functional. Two shades of blue are used to indicate the client’s scan method.

  • For conventional scan:  

  • For smart scan:

The entire icon is shaded red if the Real-time Scan Service has been disabled or is not functional.

Two shades of red are used to indicate the client’s scan method.

  • For conventional scan:

  • For smart scan:

For details about this issue, see Real-time Scan Service has been disabled or is not functional.

Real-time Scan status

Real-time Scan provides proactive protection by scanning files for security risks as they are created, modified, or retrieved.

There are no visual hints if Real-time Scan is enabled.

The entire icon is surrounded by a red circle and contains a red diagonal line if Real-time Scan is disabled.

 

For more information, see Real-time scan has been disabled.

Pattern update status

Clients must update the pattern regularly to protect the endpoint from the latest threats.

There are no visual hints if the pattern is up-to-date or is slightly out-of-date.

The icon includes an exclamation mark if the pattern is severely outdated. This means that the pattern been not been updated for a while.

For details on how to update clients, see Pattern has not been updated for a while.

 

Smart Scan Icons

Any one of the following icons displays when clients use smart scan.

Icon

Connection with OfficeScan Server

Availability of Smart Protection Sources

Real-time Scan Service

Real-time Scan

Online

Available

Functional

Enabled

Online

Available

Functional

Disabled

Online

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Offline

Available

Functional

Enabled

Offline

Available

Functional

Disabled

Offline

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Roaming

Available

Functional

Enabled

Roaming

Available

Functional

Disabled

Roaming

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

 

Conventional Scan Icons

Any one of the following icons displays when clients use conventional scan.

Icon

Connection with OfficeScan Server

Web Reputation Services Provided by Smart Protection Sources

Real-time Scan Service

Real-time Scan

Virus Pattern

Online

Available

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Available

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Online

Available

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Available

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Online

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Online

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Offline

Available

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Available

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Available

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Available

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Offline

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Roaming

Available

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Available

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Available

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Available

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Available

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Roaming

Unavailable, reconnecting to sources

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Online

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Offline

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Enabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Functional

Disabled

Severely outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Up-to-date or slightly outdated

Roaming

Not applicable (Web reputation feature disabled on client)

Disabled or not functional

Disabled or not functional

Severely outdated