Symantec Scan Engine Web Administrator

You can access Symantec's Scan Engine protocols and administration settings through Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Web Administrator. You can access the Scan Engine Web Administrator at the IP address entered in the Proxy Server IP Address on the Antivirus Settings page followed by :8004 (the default port for the Scan Engine Web Administrator).

For example:
http://123.100.100.80:8004. The default password for the Scan Engine Web Administrator is admin. The Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Administration page appears.

What's New with Scan Engine 5.2

• Improved performance through changes to default tuning parameters.
• New Java and .NET API's (in addition to current C++)
• Rapid release anti-virus definition support
• Resource consumption reporting including details on:
  • Running threads
  • Scan statistics
  • Number of processors in use by scan engine
  • Log file size and available disk space

Previous Scan Engine changes:

• Scanning now uses ICAP mode on port 1344 rather than Native mode on Port 7777.
• Scan Engine admin now requires SSL on port 8004.
• The admin no longer uses a username. Only a password is required. If the password is not set during installation then access is not restricted.

New ScanEngine

The new Symantec Scan Engine has several added features:

Spyware scanning

• Adware scanning
• URL Filtering - IMail currently does not support this feature
• Content filtering (Dynamic Document Review) - IMail currently does not support this feature

Scan Engine changes:

• Scanning now uses ICAP mode on port 1344 rather than Native mode on Port 7777.
• Scan Engine admin now requires SSL on port 8004.
• The admin no longer uses a username. Only a password is required. If no password was set during installation then access is not restricted.
• The User Interface has been modified for improved usability.

  

  You can customize a number of Antivirus settings in the Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Web Administrator such as:

  • HTTP bind address for the IMail Antivirus Server
  • HTTP port number that the IMail Antivirus Server runs on
  • Scan Engine Web Administrator password
  • Type of information to log
  • For more information, click Help in the Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Web Administrator.