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How to disable SEP features at client GUI in SEP

Created: 07 Sep 2011 | Updated: 21 Sep 2011 | 18 comments
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Chetan Savade's picture
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Hi,

By deafult all the SEP features are accessible to end user.

Let's see one by one.

 

1) Disable all Virus and Spyware protection features is enable by default.

 

 

 

To disable Virus and Spyware protection feature access on SEP client

Go to SEPM --> Policies ---> Virus & Protection policy – Balanced --> Protection Technology-->Auto-protect --> Lock Enable auto-protect

 

 

 
Confirm on Client, as you can see tab is grayed out.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

2) Disable Proactive Threat Protection is also enable by default 

 

Go to SEPM -->Policies --> Virus & Protection policy – Balanced -->Protection Technology-->SONAR  -->Lock SONAR

Confirm on client, as you can see tab is grayed out.

 

 

 

3) Disable Network Threat Protection access on SEP client.

 

Go to Specific group --> Policies --> Location specific setting --> Client user interface settings --> Edit settings -->  Uncheck allow user to enable and disable firewall

Check on client, as you can see tab is grayed out.

 

 

4) Disable Symantec Endpoint Protection feature is also enable by default. 

 

1) In SEPM, under Virus and Protection policy lock all the items which are unlock

or

Select Virus and Protection policy- High security, it will lock all the items as a policy.

2) Go to Specific group --> Policies --> Location specific setting --> Client user interface settings --> Edit settings --> Uncheck the following two options

i) Allow user to enable and disable firewall

ii) Allow user to enable and disable application and device control policy.

3)  You also need to perform the following In the Policies tab of the SEPM:

1. Click  Intrusion Prevention Protection policy.

2 .Click Setting, then lock this feature by clicking the lock symbol next to Enable Network Intrusion Prevention and Enable Browser Intrusion Prevention.

3. Click OK

Check on client, as you can see tab is grayed out.

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Symantec World's picture

Voted this useful article.

 

Regards, M.R

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Kedarnath Lal's picture

thank you

nice Article

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Gurupreet's picture

nice article

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Srikanth_Subra's picture

Nice one

Thanks & Regards,

 Srikanth.S

"Defeat the Defeat before the Defeat Defeats you"
(Swami Vivekananda)

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Chetan Savade's picture

Thanks everyone for comments  !!!

Chetan Savade
Technical Support Engineer, Endpoint Security
Enterprise Technical Support
CCNA | CCNP | MCSE | SCTS |

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John Santana's picture

thanks man !

Kind regards,

John Santana
Graduate IT Professional

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Please be nice to me as I'm newbie in this forum.

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yoyogi13's picture

Dear Chetan,

I cannot find your setting for point 4. Fyi, iam using SEPM 11.7

could you help me ...

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Chetan Savade's picture

Hi,

This article is specific to SEP 12.1.

For SEP 11.x you can refer this article

How to block a user's ability to disable Symantec Endpoint Protection on Clients

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH102822

Chetan Savade
Technical Support Engineer, Endpoint Security
Enterprise Technical Support
CCNA | CCNP | MCSE | SCTS |

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pete_4u2002's picture

what is that you not seeing? can you post the screen shot?
are you referring tio point 3 ?

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ted24's picture

i had the same problem, i could not understand that "locker's sign" is clickable! But now it works fine.
i think other people can meet the same manual misunderstanding.

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yoyogi13's picture

Hi Chetan,

Thanks for your info :)

but i have another question, can we give password when client trying to disabled antivirus ?

I can do this for uninstall, but for disabled I cannot find where is the setting :(

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Brian81's picture

You can use the application and device control policy to protect the client registry and services from being stopped. If you have tamper protection enabled, this will also prevent this as well.

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James007's picture

No this type setting not available you can't provide password

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harvansh Singh's picture

Greate Artical..

Regards

Harvansh Singh

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yoyogi13's picture

Dear All,

 

Thanks for info. :)

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Ambesh_444's picture

Again Good one..

Nice and helpful Chetan,

Thanks a lot for the sharing..

 

Thank& Regards,

Ambesh

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Thanks to all !!!

Chetan Savade
Technical Support Engineer, Endpoint Security
Enterprise Technical Support
CCNA | CCNP | MCSE | SCTS |

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