Endpoint Protection

Is there any way to stop all our documents modified dates being changed every time there is a scan?

What AV product and version are you running? Does this happen on a certain OS?

Thomas

You need to follow this document sot hat you can set the access time to not modified

Incremental backup jobs create a full backup after Symantec Endpoint Protection runs a scan

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007101816043548

Solution:
The following setting suppresses file modifications for attribute updates, last access dates, and security descriptors.

• To fix the problem on 32-bit versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection client, create the following DWORD value and set it to 1:
  
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\NoFileMod

• To fix the problem on 64-bit versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection client, create the following DWORD value and set it to 1:
  
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\NoFileMod

 Please mark the post as resolved if it solved your problem.

In SEP, Open your Antivirus and Antispyware policy.  Go to 'File System Auto-Protect', click 'Advanced Scanning and Monitoring...' and under 'Other Options, tick the box for 'Preserve file times'.

Hi Aniela,

Please let us know if after checking the preserve file times option, you are able to achieve the desired results.

Aniket