Virus Tab

The Virus tab configures how MOVEit Automation interacts with third-party real-time antivirus programs.

• Definite Virus. This setting configures what MOVEit Automation does if it determines that a specific antivirus scanner has identified a file as having a specific virus.
• Probable Virus. This setting configures what MOVEit Automation does if a file it is processing is suddenly deleted, but either:
  • MOVEit Automation cannot determine that the deletion was done by an antivirus program, or
  • MOVEit Automation cannot determine from the antivirus program which virus was detected.

  Typically, this situation arises when an antivirus program that is not supported by MOVEit Automation is running.

  For each case, MOVEit Automation can take any of the following actions (in addition to marking the individual file transfer as failed and task as partially failed):

• Attempt to delete the source file. If the source file cannot be deleted from the host (perhaps due to insufficient permissions), MOVEit Automation will "remember" the source file, as below.
• Remember the source file and do not download it again. MOVEit Automation makes an entry in the "Task Transfer Exceptions" list for this task, which causes future runs of this task to not download the file. If you want MOVEit Automation to download the apparently infected file again, remove these entries using the MOVEit Automation Admin right-click option Edit Task Transfer Exceptions.
• Do nothing. The file can be downloaded again next time. This option is rarely useful because the antivirus scanner is likely to intercept the file again, causing the same situation to occur again.

  See also Advanced Topics - Antivirus.