During a virus outbreak, start Outbreak Prevention Mode to deploy attack-specific
Outbreak Prevention Policies and minimize the chance of your network becoming
infected. Start Outbreak Prevention Mode to counter a single, specific
threat.
Click Services
on the main menu.
On the left-hand menu
under Services, click Outbreak
Prevention. This page automatically refreshes to make sure the
top threat and status information is current.
On the working area
under Service Status, click Update Now to download the latest Outbreak
Prevention Policies (this is optional if you have already enabled Scheduled
Update and are using the latest Outbreak Prevention Policies).
Click OK
twice after downloading the Outbreak Prevention Policies.
Under Top
Threats Around the World, click the
name of the virus that currently presents a threat to your network.
By default, Control Manager lists newest threat first, and the remaining
threats in alphabetic order. Each Outbreak Prevention Policy is designed
to counter a specific threat.
Click Start
Outbreak Prevention Mode.
Under Outbreak
Prevention Policy, in the Policy in effect for list, choose the
number of days that Control Manager continues in Outbreak Prevention Mode.
From the Deployment plan list, choose a plan
to deploy the Outbreak Prevention Policies to the managed products.
Under Outbreak
Prevention Policy Details, select the Do
not block permitted port numbers specified in the Outbreak Prevention
settings check box to ensure ports defined as exceptions are not
blocked.
Configure managed product
settings.
Click Recommended
Settings.
Click Activate.
Click OK.
Outbreak Prevention Mode has started and the 
icon appears
on the management console
header.