Core scanners and filters

Determine the types of scanners and filters that can be applied when creating policies.

Core scanners

View and configure settings for these scanners from Policy Manager → Shared Resource.

Scanner	Definition
Anti-Virus Scanner	Configure settings to detect threats such as viruses, trojans, worms, packers, spyware, adware, and more.
DLP and Compliance Scanner	Create or configure DLP and Compliance Rules to meet your Exchange organization's confidential and compliance policies with the addition of 60 new DLP and Compliance Dictionaries.
File Filtering	Create new file filtering rules to meet the Exchange organization needs. Configure these settings based on file name, file category, or file size.
Mail URL Reputation	Configure settings to detect URLs that contain unwanted links, phishing links, and malware.

Filters

Enable or disable these filters and specify actions to take when there is a detection, based on your Exchange organization needs.

Note

You can enable or disable some filters, but cannot configure the customized settings. Those filters do not appear under Shared Resource → Scanners & Alerts → Scanners → Category drop-down list.

Filter	Definition
Corrupt Content	Configure settings to act on email messages that are detected as corrupt content.
Protected Content	Configure settings to act on email messages that are detected as protected content.
Encrypted Content	Configure settings to act on email messages that are detected as encrypted content.
Signed Content	Configure settings to act on email messages that are detected as signed content.
Password-Protected Files	Configure settings to act on email messages that contain password protected files. You can override the file filtering policy to allow through emails that contain password-protected files attachments as required. For more information, see Configure password-protected file settings.
Mail Size Filtering	Create or configure settings to act on email messages that exceed the mail size filtering options. Configure settings to quarantine email messages based on the overall mail size, attachment size, and number of attachments.
Scanner Control	Create or configure core scanner settings to act on email messages based on the nesting level, expanded file size, and scanning time.
MIME Mail Settings	Create or configure settings to detect threats that are categorized as MIME message.
HTML Files	Create or configure settings to act on email messages containing HTML elements such as comments, URLs, metadata, and scripts.

Miscellaneous

Configure miscellaneous settings such as alerts and disclaimers that are sent to end users, if there is a detection.

Miscellaneous	Definition
Alert Settings	Create or configure settings for an email alert if there is a detection. Configure settings such as the alert email format (HTML or text), encoding, file name, header, and footer.
Disclaimer Text	Create or configure the disclaimer text that has to appear in the email sent to end user, if there is a detection.