Component Overview

This Article Applies to:

AVG Business On-Premise Console

There are many components that come along with the AVG Business products, both in the baseline Antivirus and additional versions. You can easily manage these straight from the On-Premise Console, choosing which ones to enable or disable and customizing their settings to fit your business needs.

Components

File Shield: Scans programs and files, preventing detected malware from infecting the device.
Web Shield: Scans transferred data when browsing online, preventing malware from being downloaded and run.
Mail Shield: Scans for threats in incoming and outgoing email messages.
Behavior Shield: Monitors processes to detect and block suspicious files based on their similarity to other known threats.
Enhanced Firewall: Monitors network traffic to protect from unauthorized communication and intrusions.
- Leak Protection: Prevents sensitive data from leaking online.
- Port Scan Alerts: Warns if the device is being scanned for open ports.
- ARP Spoofing Alerts: Warns about attempted ARP spoofing attacks.
Exchange: Protects Microsoft Exchange Server against threats without interfering with its performance.
SharePoint: Protects Microsoft SharePoint Server against threats without interfering with its performance.
Data Shredder: Irreversibly erases data.

Antivirus Components by Product Subscription

Component	AVG File Server	AVG Email Server	AVG Antivirus	AVG Internet Security
File Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Web Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mail Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Behavior Shield			✔	✔
Enhanced Firewall			✔	✔
Exchange		✔		✔
SharePoint	✔	✔	✔	✔
Data Shredder	✔	✔	✔	✔

Components by Operating System

Component	Windows Workstations	Windows Servers
File Shield	✔	✔
Web Shield	✔	✔
Mail Shield	✔	✔
Behavior Shield	✔
Enhanced Firewall	✔
Exchange		✔
SharePoint		✔
Data Shredder	✔	✔

Enabling and Disabling Components

Nearly all available shields and tools can be enabled or disabled in the policy. This is especially useful if you are trying to install only a few of the components on a server, or just keeping your number of tools to a minimum. Some tools, however, can only be installed or uninstalled entirely.

In the policy you are configuring, select the Active Protection tab
Select the relevant OS tab (Windows Workstation, Windows Server)
Beside the components you want to alter, do one of the following:
- To enable the component, move the slider to On
- To disable the component, move the slider to Off

Installing and Uninstalling Components

Most Active Protection components are installed by default, but they can be uninstalled and reinstalled as needed via policies.

In the policy you are configuring, select the Active Protection tab
Select the relevant OS tab (Windows Workstation, Windows Server)
Beside the components you want to alter, do one of the following:
- If the component is not yet installed, click Install this component. Then click I understand, install component
- If the component is already installed, click the More button beside the component, then click Uninstall this component. Then click I understand, uninstall component

Configuring Components

You can access additional configuration options for each Active Protection component by clicking Customize beside the component slider.