Procedure

1. Navigate to Networked Computers → Outbreak Prevention.
2. In the client tree, click the root domain icon () to include all clients or select specific domains or clients.
3. Click Start Outbreak Prevention.
4. Click any of the following outbreak prevention policies and then configure the settings for the policy:
   • Limiting/Denying Access to Shared Folders
   • Blocking Vulnerable Ports
   • Denying Write Access to Files and Folders
5. Select the policies you want to enforce.
6. Select the number of hours outbreak prevention will stay in effect. The default is 48 hours. You can manually restore network settings before the outbreak prevention period expires.

   WARNING Do not allow outbreak prevention to remain in effect indefinitely. To block or deny access to certain files, folders, or ports indefinitely, modify computer and network settings directly instead of using OfficeScan.

7. Accept or modify the default client notification message.

   Note To configure OfficeScan to notify you during an outbreak, go to Notifications → Administrator Notifications → Outbreak Notifications.

8. Click Start Outbreak Notification.
   The outbreak prevention measures you selected display in a new window.
9. Back in the Outbreak Prevention client tree, check the Outbreak Prevention column.
   A check mark appears on computers applying outbreak prevention measures.