Processes and Services used by Symantec Endpoint Protection
| Article:TECH102748 | | | Created: 2007-01-29 | | | Updated: 2012-06-22 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH102748 |
Problem
What are the processes that Symantec Endpoint Protection uses?
What services are used by Symantec Endpoint Protection?
Solution
Services used by Symantec:
Symantec Embedded Database |
Embedded database used by Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. |
Symantec Endpoint Protection |
Provides virus-scanning for Symantec Endpoint Protection. |
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager |
Application server which communicates with Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager consoles. |
Symantec Event Manager |
Event propagation and logging service. |
Symantec Management Client |
Provides communication with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. Controls the SMC.exe & SMCGui.exe processes. |
Symantec Network Access Control |
Checks that the computer complies with the defined security policy and communicates with the Symantec Enforcers and/or Symantec Endpoint Protection manager to allow your computer to access the network. |
Symantec Settings Manager |
Settings storage and management service. |
Processes used by Symantec
SymCorpUI.exe |
This is the user interface of Symantec Endpoint Protection. If you open the user interface and then end the SymCorpUI.exe process, the user interface closes. |
ccSvcHst.exe |
A Common Client component that affects Auto-Protect, Event Manager and Internet Email tools. |
ccApp.exe |
A Common Client component that affects Auto-protect and Internet Email tools. |
LUALL.exe |
The LiveUpdate process that connects to the Symantec LiveUpdate servers. |
SMC.exe |
This is the client. Controls the client-manager communication, location detection, and is the non-driver portion of Network Threat Protection. |
SMCgui.exe |
Client interface. |
Rtvscan.exe |
Virus scanner process for manual scans, scheduled scans, email tools. |
LuComServer.exe |
Symantec Endpoint Protection's interface to LiveUpdate. Symantec Endpoint Protection runs it to enable or disable content, which happens every policy update, and to query content versions. |
| ProtectionUtilSurrogate.exe | This component allows the 64 bit SmcGui process to access 32bit processes, such as RtvScan and SymCorpUI. |
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Legacy ID
2007102906283148
Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH102748
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