You can configure the client to detect and monitor any application that runs on the client computer and that is networked. Network applications send and receive traffic. The client detects whether an application's content changes
To set up network application monitoring
1 In the console, click Clients.
2 Under View Clients, select a group, and then click Policies.
3 On the Policies tab, under Location-independent Policies and Settings, click
Network Application Monitoring.
Customizing Network Threat Protection
Setting up network application monitoring
4 In the Network Application Monitoring for group name dialog box, click
Enable Network Application Monitoring.
5 In the When an application change is detected drop-down list, select the
action that the firewall takes on the application that runs on the client:
■ Ask
Asks the user to allow or block the application.
■ Block the traffic
Blocks the application from running.
■ Allow and Log
Allows the application to run and records the information in the Security
Log.
The firewall takes this action on the applications that have been modified
only.
6 If you selected Ask, click Additional Text.
7 In the Additional Text dialog box, type the text that you want to appear under the standard message, and then click OK.
8 To exclude an application from being monitored, under Unmonitored
Application List, do one of the following actions:
■ To define an application manually, click Add, fill out one or more fields,
and then click OK.
The learned applications list monitors both networked and non-networked
applications. You must select networked applications only from the learned
applications list. After you have added applications to the Unmonitored
Applications List, you can enable, disable, edit, or delete them.
9 To enable or disable an application, check the check box in the Enabled
column.
10 Click OK.