Antivirus and Antispyware:
Antivirus and Antispyware scan for both viruses and for security risks.
Personal Firewall:
The Symantec Endpoint Protection firewall provides a barrier between the computer and the Internet.
Intrusion Prevention:
The intrusion prevention system (IPS) is the Symantec Endpoint Protection client’s second layer of defense after the firewall.
Proactive Threat Scanning:
Proactive threat scanning uses heuristics to detect unknown threats. Heuristic process scanning analyzes the behavior of an application or process to determine if it exhibits characteristics of threats, such as Trojan horses, worms, or keyloggers. This type of protection is sometimes referred to as zero-day protection.
Device and Application Control:
Device-level control is implemented using rule sets that block or allow access from devices, such as USB, infrared,