Setup Menu

The Setup Menu provides options to configure product settings. To access the Setup menu, choose option 50 from the Main menu, or run the command GO STANDGUARD/AVSETUP.

Options

1. On-Access scanning

Select this option to enable or disable on-access scanning, and change options that affect on-access scanning performance. On-Access scanning allows you to scan files dynamically as they are opened and/or modified. For more information about on-access scanning see On-Access Scanning.

2. Automatic virus definition updates (DATs)

Select this option to schedule and configure settings for updating virus definitions. For more information about virus definitions see Updating Virus Definitions.

3. Automatic program updates (PTFs)

Select this option to schedule and configure settings for updating program temporary fixes (PTFs). 

NOTE: PTFs are no longer issued for product updates. See About PTFs.

4. QMSF Mail scanning

Select this option to configure settings for scanning IBM i mail. For more information, see Email Scanning.

5. Object integrity scan tasks

Select this option to schedule and configure object integrity scan tasks.  For more information, see Object Integrity Scanning.

6. Virus scan tasks

Select this option to schedule and configure virus scan tasks.  For more information, see On-Demand Scanning.

7. Change *ALLOBJ Profile

Select this option to view or change the *ALLOBJ profile that Powertech Antivirus uses to perform tasks that require special authorities. This includes the AVSVR and AVINSITE jobs and the execution of DAT updates. The default is QSECOFR. You can use an existing profile but you must ensure the profile has *ALLOBJ, *JOBCTL, and *SECADM authority and is not disabled. A password is not required or used.

After changing the *ALLOBJ profile, the AVSVR and AVINSITE jobs will continue to run under the old *ALLOBJ profile until restarted by a DAT update, an IPL, or manually. To force the AVSVR job to run under the new profile immediately, restart the job by running the command AVENDSVR and then the command AVSTRSVR. If the AVINSITE job is active, to force it to run under the new profile immediately, restart the job by running the command AVINSITE *STOP and then the command AVINSITE *START.

NOTE: The *ALLOBJ profile is not used for reading in files during scanning. Files are read in the job in which the AVSCAN or AVRUNTSK commands are run. It is the current user of those jobs that determines whether the job is authorized to files, not the *ALLOBJ profile. (For scheduled scans, the current user of the job, while it is active, is determined by the profile specified on the corresponding AVRUNTSK job scheduler entry). To guarantee that all files in the directories that are configured for a scan are scanned, ensure that the scan runs under a user profile that has *ALLOBJ special authority, or has public or private authority to all of the configured directories and the files in those directories.
TIP: If you want to create a new user profile to use as the *ALLOBJ profile, we recommend the following parameters:
  • PASSWORD: *NONE
  • Special authority (no commas, only blanks, between values): *ALLOBJ *JOBCTL *SECADM
  • Initial menu: *SIGNOFF
  • TEXT parameter value: (in single quotes): Privileged user profile for use by Powertech Antivirus for IBM i

10. Anti-Ransomware Settings

Select this option to configure Anti-Ransomware. See Powertech Antivirus Anti-Ransomware Menu.

20. Endpoint menu

Select this option to configure Powertech Antivirus for IBM i as a web endpoint. See Endpoint menu.

30. Work with job schedule entries

Select this option to work with the jobs that have been scheduled as a result of changes made on this screen. Press F11 to see additional information. The jobs that may appear are as follows:

Name

Description

AVUPDATE

Run virus definition update

AVUPGRADE

Run PTF update (no longer required. See the Disabling Automatic PTF Updates section in About PTFs.)

AVRUNTSK

Run a scan task