Monitoring Internet Access

SpIDer Gate performs continuous monitoring of Internet access. The monitor prevents access to websites added to black lists and checks downloaded files for viruses and other threats.

The Dr.Web for Linux window provides for managing SpIDer Gate operation, namely

Start and stop monitor operation

View statistics on component operation, list of blocked objects and blocked access attempts

Configure the following Internet monitoring parameters:

oCategories of web resources access to which is blocked

oUser black and white lists of web resources

oParameters of scanning files downloaded from the Internet.

Managing SpIDer Gate Operation

You can start and stop SpIDer Gate operation as well as view its operational statistics on the special page of the Anti-virus window. To open it, you can either click SpIDer Gate on the Main page or click on the navigation pane (visible only if the monitor settings page was opened from the Main page).

Picture 10. SpIDer Gate management page

On the monitor settings page, the following information is available:

Status of SpIDer Gate (enabled or disabled), and information on startup errors (if any)

Web monitoring statistics (number of checked access attempts, number of blocked threats)

To start monitoring Internet access, click Enable. To stop monitoring Internet access, click Disable.

To disable web monitoring, the application must have elevated privileges. For details, refer to Managing Application Privileges.

If Anti-virus is operating in Central protection mode, the option to enable/disable SpIDer Gate can be blocked by the administrator and become unavailable.

Status of the web monitor SpIDer Gate (enabled or disabled) is indicated with one of the following icons:

– SpIDer Gate is enabled and is monitoring access to Internet resources.

– SpIDer Gate is disabled by user or terminated due to an error and is not monitoring access to Internet resources (access to websites is not restricted and downloaded files are not checked).

To close the SpIDer Gate settings page, click Close.

Configuring SpIDer Gate

To configure SpIDer Gate settings, open the Settings page and the SpIDer Gate tab.

SpIDer Gate Issues

If SpIDer Gate failure is detected, error information is displayed on the management page. To resolve the problem, refer to Appendix D, where you can find detailed description of known errors.