Running tasks

Running tasks on computers

From the Network page, you can remotely run a number of administrative tasks on computers.

This is the list of tasks you can run:

You can choose to create tasks individually for each computer or for groups of computers. For example, you can remotely install the security agent on a group of unmanaged computers. At a later time, you can create a scan task for a certain computer from the same group.

For each computer, you can only run compatible tasks. For example, if you select an unmanaged computer, you can only choose to install the security agent, all the other tasks being disabled.

For a group, the selected task will be created only for compatible computers. If none of the computers in the group is compatible with the selected task, you will be notified that the task could not be created.

Once created, the task will start running immediately on the online computers. If a computer is offline, the task will run as soon as it gets back online.

You can view and manage the task in the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Malware scan

To remotely run a scan task on one or several computers:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers or groups you want to scan.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Malware scan.
A configuration window will appear.
Configure the scan options:
- In the General tab, you can choose the type of scan and you can enter a name for the scan task.
  The scan task name is intended to help you easily identify the current scan in the Tasks page.
  Select the type of scan from the Type menu:
  - Quick scan uses in-the-cloud scanning to detect malware running in the system. This type of scan is preconfigured to allow scanning only critical Windows and Linux system locations. Running a Quick Scan usually takes less than a minute and uses a fraction of the system resources needed by a regular virus scan.
    When malware or rootkits are found, Bitdefender automatically proceeds with disinfection. If, for any reason, the file cannot be disinfected, then it is moved to quarantine. This type of scanning ignores suspicious files.
  - Full scan checks the entire system for all types of malware threatening its security, such as viruses, spyware, adware, rootkits and others.
    Bitdefender automatically tries to disinfect files detected with malware. In case malware cannot be removed, it is contained in quarantine, where it cannot do any harm. Suspicious files are being ignored. If you want to take action on suspicious files as well, or if you want other default actions for infected files, then choose to run a Custom Scan.
  - Memory scan checks the programs running in the computer's memory.
  - Network scan is a type of custom scan, allowing to scan network drives using the Bitdefender security agent installed on the target endpoint.
    For the network scan task to work:
    You need to assign the task to one single endpoint in your network.
    You need to enter the credentials of a user account with read/write permissions on the target network drives, for the security agent to be able to access and take actions on these network drives. The required credentials can be configured in the Target tab of the tasks window.
  - Custom scan allows you to choose the locations to be scanned and to configure the scan options.
  For memory, network and custom scans, you have also these options:
  - Run the task with low priority. Select this check box to decrease the priority of the scan process and allow other programs to run faster. This will increase the time needed for the scan process to finish.
    On ARM-based macOS endpoints, the security agent optimizes the scan process depending on the processor usage. At over 50% usage, the scan process relocates to the efficiency cores, while at over 80% the task pauses until the processor usage drops below this threshold.
  - Shut down computer when scan is finished. Select this check box to turn off your machine if you do not intend to use it for a while.
  For custom scans, configure the following settings:
  - Go to the Options tab to set the scan options.
    Click the security level that best suits your needs (Aggressive, Normal or Permissive).
    Use the description on the right-side of the scale to guide your choice.
    Based on the selected profile, the scan options in the Settings section are automatically configured. However, if you want to, you can configure them in detail. To do that, select the Custom check box and then expand the Settings section.
    The following options are available:
    File types
    Use these options to specify which types of files you want to be scanned.
    You can set the security agent to scan all files (regardless of their file extension), application files only or specific file extensions you consider to be dangerous.
    Scanning all files provides best protection, while scanning applications only can be used to perform a quicker scan.
    Note
    Application files are far more vulnerable to malware attacks than other types of files.
    For more information, refer to Application file types.
    If you want only specific extensions to be scanned, choose Custom extensions from the menu and then enter the extensions in the edit field, pressing Enter after each extension.
    Important
    Bitdefender security agents installed on Windows and Linux operating systems scan most of the .ISO formats, but does not take any action on them.
    Archives
    Archives containing infected files are not an immediate threat to system security.
    The malware can affect the system only if the infected file is extracted from the archive and executed without having real-time protection enabled.
    However, it is recommended to scan archives in order to detect and remove any potential threat, even if it is not an immediate threat.
    Important
    Scanning archived files increases the overall scanning time and requires more system resources.
    Scan inside archives
    Select this option if you want to check archived files for malware.
    If you decide on using this option, you can configure the following optimization options:
    Limit archive size to (MB)
    You can set a maximum accepted size limit of archives to be scanned.
    Select the corresponding check box and type the maximum archive size (in MB).
    Maximum archive depth (levels)
    Select the corresponding check box and choose the maximum archive depth from the menu.
    For best performance choose the lowest value, for maximum protection choose the highest value.
    Scan email archives
    Select this option if you want to enable scanning of email message files and email databases, including file formats such as .eml, .msg, .pst, .dbx, .mbx, .tbb and others.
    Important
    Email archive scanning is resource intensive and can impact system performance.
    Miscellaneous
    Select the corresponding check boxes to enable the desired scan options.
    Scan boot sectors
    Scans the system’s boot sector.
    This sector of the hard disk contains the necessary computer code to start the boot process.
    When a virus infects the boot sector, the drive may become inaccessible and you may not be able to start your system and access your data.
    Scan registry
    Select this option to scan registry keys.
    Windows Registry is a database that stores configuration settings and options for the Windows operating system components, as well as for installed applications.
    Scan for rootkits
    Select this option to scan for glossary.rootkit rootkits and objects hidden using such software.
    Scan for keyloggers
    Select this option to scan for glossary.keylogger keylogger software.
    Scan network shares
    This option scans mounted network drives.
    For quick scans, this option is deactivated by default. For full scans, it is activated by default. For custom scans, if you set the security level to Aggressive/Normal, the Scan network shares option is automatically enabled. If you set the security level to Permissive, the Scan network shares option is automatically disabled.
    Scan memory
    Select this option to scan programs running in the system's memory.
    Scan cookies
    Select this option to scan the cookies stored by browsers on the computer.
    Scan only new and changed files
    By scanning only new and changed files, you may greatly improve overall system responsiveness with a minimum trade-off in security.
    Scan for Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA)
    A Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) is a program that may be unwanted on the PC and sometimes comes bundled with freeware software. Such programs can be installed without the user's consent (also called adware) or will be included by default in the express installation kit (ad-supported). Potential effects of these programs include the display of pop-ups, installing unwanted toolbars in the default browser or running several processes in the background and slowing down the PC performance.
    Scan detachable volumes
    Actions
    Depending on the type of detected file, the following actions are taken automatically:
    When an infected file is found
    Bitdefender detects files as infected through various advanced mechanisms, which include malware signatures, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) based technologies.
    The Bitdefender security agent can normally remove the malware code from an infected file and reconstruct the original file. This operation is known as disinfection.
    By default, if an infected file is detected, the Bitdefender security agent will automatically attempt to disinfect it.
    If disinfection fails, the file is moved to quarantine in order to contain the infection.
    Important
    For particular types of malware, disinfection is not possible because the detected file is entirely malicious. In such cases, the infected file is deleted from the disk.
    When a suspect file is found
    Files are detected as suspicious by the heuristic analysis and other Bitdefender technologies.
    These provide a high detection rate, but the users must be aware of certain false positives (clean files detected as suspicious) in some cases.
    Suspect files cannot be disinfected, because no disinfection routine is available.
    Scan tasks are configured by default to ignore suspect files.
    You may want to change the default action in order to move suspect files to quarantine.
    Quarantined files are sent for analysis to Bitdefender Labs on a regular basis.
    If malware presence is confirmed, a signature is released to allow removing the malware.
    When a rootkit is found
    Rootkits represent specialized software used to hide files from the operating system.
    Though not malicious in nature, rootkits are often used to hide malware or to conceal the presence of an intruder into the system.
    Detected rootkits and hidden files are ignored by default.
    Though not recommended, you can change the default actions.
    You can specify a second action to be taken if the first one fails and different actions for each category.
    Choose from the corresponding menus the first and the second action to be taken on each type of detected file.
    The following actions are available:
    Disinfect
    Remove the malware code from infected files.
    It is recommended to always keep this as the first action to be taken on infected files.
    Move files to quarantine
    Move detected files from their current location to the quarantine folder.
    Quarantined files cannot be executed or opened; therefore, the risk of getting infected disappears.
    You can manage quarantine files from the quarantine Quarantine page of the console.
    Delete
    Delete detected files from the disk, without any warning.
    It is advisable to avoid using this action.
    Ignore
    No action will be taken on detected files. These files will only appear in the scan log.
  - Go to Target tab to configure the locations you want to be scanned on the target computers.
    In the Scan target section you can add a new file or folder to be scanned:
    Choose a predefined location from the drop-down menu or enter the Specific paths you want to scan.
    Specify the path to the object to be scanned in the edit field.
    If you have chosen a predefined location, complete the path as needed.
    For example, to scan the entire Program Files folder, it suffices to select the corresponding predefined location from the drop-down menu.
    To scan a specific folder from Program Files, you must complete the path by adding a backslash (\) and the folder name.
    If you have chosen Specific paths, enter the full path to the object to be scanned.
    It is advisable to use system variables (where appropriate) to make sure the path is valid on all target computers. For more information regarding system variables, refer to appendices.variables.
    Click the corresponding add_inline.png Add button.
    To edit an existing location, click it.
    To remove a location from the list, click the corresponding elete_inline.png Delete button.
    For network scan tasks, you need to enter the credentials of a user account with read/write permissions on the target network drives, for the security agent to be able to access and take actions on these network drives.
    Click the Exclusions section if you want to define target exclusions.
    You can either use the exclusions defined by policy or define explicit exclusions for the current scan task.
    For more details regarding exclusions, refer to Settings.
Click Save to create the scan task. A confirmation message will appear.

You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Note

To schedule a scan task, go to the Policies page, select the policy assigned to the computers you are interested in, and add a scan task in the Antimalware > On-demand section. For more information, refer to On-demand.

IOC scan

At any time, you can choose to run on-demand scanning for known Indicators of Compromise (IOC) on selected endpoints.

Important

This task is only available for plans that include the EDR / XDR feature.

Go to the Network page.
Browse the containers and select the endpoints you want to scan.
Click the Tasks button and choose IOC scan.
A configuration page will appear, where you need to select the type of indicators taken into account for IOC scanning.
Important
You must select at least one type of Indicator of Compromise to create a valid task.
Select one or more IOC types you want to take into account for scanning and write the known IOC name in the newly added field.
You can select from the following types:
- MD5
- SHA1
- SHA256
- SHA512
- File names
- Process names
- Registry values
- Registry keys
Note
Content added inside each field must be valid. You will be prompted a warning sign and message if otherwise.
Click Save to create and run the IOC scan task.
A confirmation message will appear.
You can check the task's progress in the Network > Tasks page.
Once the task has finished successfully you can click the Reports button to read the generated report and assess the impact of the scanned-for IOC.

Valid file extensions for IOCs added to the task include: exe, dll, com, scr, jar, msi, msc, bat, ps1, vbs, vbe, js, jse, wsf, wsh, psc1, lnk, doc, docx, docm, xls, xlsx, xlsm, ppt, pptx, pptm, eml, rtf, pdf, html, ppsx, pps, ppsm, pot, potx, potm, ocx, sys, fnr, fne, and pif.

The Scan for IOC task will scan the following locations.

%Windows%\System32\Drivers
%Windows%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
%Windows%\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData
%Windows%\System32\Tasks
%Windows%\System32\wbem
%Windows%\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
%Windows%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData
%Windows%\SysWOW64\sysprep
%Windows%\Scripts
%Windows%\System
%Windows%\Web
%Users%

Important

The IOC scan tasks will not run / will fail on endpoints in the following situations:

The endpoint does not have a Windows operating system.
The endpoint's Bitdefender agent license is invalid.
The EDR module is not installed in the security agent installed on the target endpoints.
More than 100 Scan for IOC tasks are currently in queue.
Invalid data is entered by user in the IOC scan task configuration page.

Exchange scan

You can remotely scan the database of an Exchange Server by running an Exchange scan task.

To be able to scan the Exchange database, you must enable on-demand scanning by providing the credentials of an Exchange administrator. For more information, refer to Exchange Store Scanning.

To scan an Exchange Server database:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
From the left-side pane, select the group containing the target Exchange Server. You can find the server displayed in the right-side pane.
Note
Optionally, you can apply filters to quickly find the target server:
- Click the Filters menu and select the following options: Managed (Exchange Servers) from the Security tab and All items recursively from the Depth tab.
- Enter the server's hostname or IP in the fields from the corresponding column headers.
Select the check box of the Exchange Server whose database you want to scan.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Exchange scan. A configuration window will appear.
Configure the scan options:
- General. Enter a suggestive name for the task.
  For large databases, the scan task may take a long time and may impact the server performance. In such cases, select the check box Stop scan if it takes longer than and choose a convenient time interval from the corresponding menus.
- policies.computers.exchange.antimalware.store.settings.target
- policies.computers.exchange.antimalware.transport.rules.settings
- policies.computers.exchange.antimalware.transport.rules.actions
Click Save to create the scan task. A confirmation message will appear.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Install agent

To protect your computers with the Bitdefender security agent, you must install it on each of them.

Important

In isolated networks that do not have direct connectivity with the GravityZone appliance, you can install the security agent with Relay role. In this case, the communication between the GravityZone appliance and the other security agents will be done through the Relay agent, which will also act as a local update server for security agents protecting the isolated network.

Once you have installed a Relay agent, it will automatically detect unprotected computers in the same network.

Note

It is recommended that the computer on which you install the Relay agent to be always on.
If no Relay agent is installed in the network, the detection of unprotected computers can be done manually by sending a Run network discovery task to a protected endpoint.

The Bitdefender protection can then be installed on computers remotely from Control Center.

Remote installation is performed in the background, without the user knowing about it.

Warning

Before installation, be sure to uninstall existing antimalware and firewall software from computers.

Installing the Bitdefender protection over existing security software may affect their operation and cause major problems with the system.

Windows Defender and Windows Firewall will be turned off automatically when installation starts.

If you want to deploy the security agent on a computer with Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 5.X, you first must remove the latter manually. For the guiding steps, refer to Deploying Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools on a machine with Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac.

When deploying the agent through a Linux Relay, the following conditions must be met:

The Relay endpoint must have installed the Samba package (smbclient) version 4.1.0 or above and the net binary/command to deploy Windows agents.
The net binary/command is usually delivered with the samba-client and / or samba-common packages. On some Linux distributions (such as CentOS 7.4), the net command is only being installed when installing the full Samba suite (Common + Client + Server). Make sure that your Relay endpoint has the net command available.
Target Windows endpoints must have Administrative Share and Network Share enabled.
Target Linux and macOS endpoints must have SSH enabled and firewall disabled.

To run a remote installation task:

Connect and log in to Control Center.
Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the desired group from the left-side pane.
The entities contained in the selected group are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Optionally, you can apply filters to display unmanaged endpoints only. Click the Filters menu and select the following options: Unmanaged from the Security tab and All items recursively from the Depth tab.
Select the entities (endpoints or groups of endpoints) on which you want to install protection.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Install agent.
The Install agent task wizard is displayed.
Under Options section, configure the installation time:
- Now, to launch the deployment immediately.
- Scheduled, to set up the deployment recurrence interval. In this case, select the time interval that you want (hourly, daily or weekly) and configure it according to your needs.
  For example, when certain operations are required on the target machine before installing the client (such as uninstalling other software and restarting the OS), you can schedule the deployment task to run every 2 hours. The task will start on each target machine every 2 hours until the deployment is successful.
If you want target endpoints to automatically restart for completing the installation, select Automatically reboot (if needed).
Under the Credentials Manager section, specify the administrative credentials required for remote authentication on target endpoints. You can add the credentials by entering the user and password for each target operating system.
Important
For Windows 8.1 stations, you need to provide the credentials of the built-in administrator account or a domain administrator account. To learn more, refer to Client software deployment on Windows 8.1/10/2012 and above.
To add the required OS credentials:
1. Enter the user name and password of an administrator account in the corresponding fields from the table header.
  If computers are in a domain, it suffices to enter the credentials of the domain administrator.
  Use Windows conventions when entering the name of a user account:
  - For Active Directory machines use these syntaxes: username@domain.com and domain\username. To make sure that entered credentials will work, add them in both forms (username@domain.com and domain\username).
  - For Workgroup machines, it suffices to enter only the user name, without the workgroup name.
  Optionally, you can add a description that will help you identify each account more easily.
2. Click the Add button. The account is added to the list of credentials.
  Specified credentials are automatically saved to your Credentials Manager so that you do not have to enter them the next time. To access the Credentials Manager, just point to your username in the upper-right corner of the console.
  Important
  If the provided credentials are invalid, the client deployment will fail on the corresponding endpoints. Make sure to update the entered OS credentials in the Credentials Manager when these are changed on the target endpoints.
Select the check boxes corresponding to the accounts you want to use.
A warning message is displayed as long as you have not selected any credentials. This step is mandatory to remotely install the security agent on endpoints.
Under Deployer section, choose the entity to which the target endpoints will connect for installing and updating the client:
- GravityZone Appliance, when endpoints connect directly to GravityZone Appliance.
  In this case, you can also define:
  - A custom Communication Server by entering its IP or Hostname, if required.
  - Proxy settings, if target endpoints communicate with GravityZone Appliance via proxy. In this case, select Use proxy for communication and enter the required proxy settings in the fields below.
- Endpoint Security Relay, if you want to connect the endpoints to a Relay client installed in your network. All machines with Relay role detected in your network will show-up in the table displayed below. Select the Relay machine that you want. Connected endpoints will communicate with Control Center only via the specified Relay.
  Important
  Port 7074 must be open, for the deployment through the Relay agent to work.
Use the Additional targets section if you want to deploy the client to specific machines from your network that are not shown in the network inventory. Expand the section and enter the IP addresses or hostnames of those machines in the dedicated field, separated by a comma. You can add as many IPs as you need.
You need to select one installation package for the current deployment. Click the Use package list and select the installation package that you want. You can find here all the installation packages previously created for your account and also the default installation package available with Control Center.
If needed, you can modify some of the selected installation package's settings by clicking the button Customize next to the Use package field.
The installation package's settings will appear below and you can make the changes that you need. To find out more about editing installation packages, refer to Create installation packages.
If you want to save the modifications as a new package, select the Save as package option placed at the bottom of the package settings list, and enter a name for the new installation package.
Click Save.
A confirmation message will appear.

You can view and manage the task in the Network > Tasks page.

If using VMware Horizon View Persona Management, it is recommended to configure Active Directory Group Policy to exclude the following Bitdefender processes (without the full path):

bdredline.exe
epconsole.exe
epintegrationservice.exe
epprotectedservice.exe
epsecurityservice.exe
epupdateservice.exe
epupdateserver.exe

These exclusions must apply as long as the security agent runs on endpoint. For details, refer to this VMware Horizon documentation page.

Uninstall agent

To remotely uninstall the Bitdefender protection:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers from which you want uninstall the Bitdefender security agent.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Uninstall agent.
A configuration window is displayed, allowing you to opt for keeping the quarantined items on the client machine.
Click Save to create the task. A confirmation message will appear.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Note

If you want to reinstall protection, be sure to restart the computer first.

Update agent

Check the status of managed computers periodically. If you notice a computer with security issues, click its name to display the Information page. For more information, refer to Checking the computers status .

Outdated clients or outdated security content represent security issues. In these cases, you should run an update on the corresponding computer. This task can be done locally from the computer, or remotely from Control Center.

To remotely update the client and the security content on managed computers:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers where you want to run a client update.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Update agent. A configuration window will appear.
You can choose to update only the product, only the security content or both.
Click Update to run the task. A confirmation message will appear.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Reconfigure agent

The security agent's protection modules, roles and scanning modes are initially configured within the installation package. After you have installed the security agent in your network, you can anytime change the initial settings by sending a Reconfigure agent remote task to the managed endpoints you are interested in.

Warning

The Reconfigure agent task overwrites all installation settings and none of the initial settings is kept. While using this task, make sure to reconfigure all the installation settings for the target endpoints.

You can change the installation settings from the Network area or from the Endpoint Modules Status report.

To change the installation settings for one or several computers:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the group that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers for which you want to change the installation settings.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Reconfigure agent.
Note
The Reconfigure agent page will not show which modules are currently installed on the endpoint.
Select one of the actions below:
- Add - Add new modules besides the existing ones.
- Remove - Remove specific modules from the existing ones.
- Match list - Match the modules installed with your selection.
Under Scan mode select the scan mode to be used on the endpoint:
Note
Only available when selecting the Match List option.
- Automatic. In this case, the security agent will automatically detect the endpoint's configuration and will adapt the scanning technology accordingly:
  - Central Scan in Public or Private Cloud (with Security Server) with fallback on Hybrid Scan (Light Engines), for physical computers with low hardware performance and for virtual machines. This case requires at least one Security Server deployed in the network.
  - Local Scan (with Full Engines) for physical computers with high hardware performance.
  - Local scan for EC2 instances and Microsoft Azure virtual machines.
  Note
  Low performance computers are considered to have the CPU frequency less than 1.5 GHz, or RAM memory less than 1 GB.
- Custom. In this case, you can configure the scan mode by choosing between several scanning technologies for physical and virtual machines:
  - Central Scan in Public or Private Cloud (with Security Server), which can fallback* on Local Scan (with Full Engines) or on Hybrid Scan (with Light Engines)
  - Hybrid Scan (with Light Engines)
  - Local Scan (with Full Engines)
  Default scan modes:
  - The default scan mode for EC2 instances is Local Scan (security content is stored on the installed security agent, and the scan is run locally on the machine). If you want to scan your EC2 instances with a Security Server, you need to configure the security agent’s installation package and the applied policy accordingly.
    Note
    In this case, the BitdefenderSecurity Server hosted in the AWS region corresponding to the target EC2 instances is automatically assigned.
  - The default scan mode for Microsoft Azure virtual machines is Local Scan (security content is stored on the installed security agent, and the scan is run locally on the machine). If you want to scan your Microsoft Azure virtual machines with a Security Server, you need to configure the security agent’s installation package and the applied policy accordingly.
  - The default scan mode for BEST for Linux v7 when using the Bitdefender for Security Containers add-on is:
    Hybrid Scan, for physical endpoints (including container hosts) and nodes (in case of Kubernetes).
    Central Scan with the fallback on Hybrid Scan for endpoints (including container hosts) and nodes (in case of Kubernetes) that are either virtual machines or on a cloud infrastructure (whether IaaS or PaaS) supported by GravityZone integrations.
    Note
    A Security Server needs to be available for this scan to apply. If none is available the scan mode will be set to Hybrid.
  For more information regarding available scanning technologies, refer to Antimalware.
  Security Server Assignment.
  1. Click the Security Server list in the table header. The list of detected Security Servers is displayed.
  2. Select an entity.
  3. Click the Add button from the Actions column header.
    The Security Server is added to the list.
  4. Follow the same steps to add several security servers, if available. In this case, you can configure their priority using the up and down arrows available at the right side of each entity. When the first Security Server is unavailable, the next one will be used and so on.
  5. To delete one entity from the list, click the corresponding Delete button at the upper side of the table.
  You can choose to encrypt the connection to Security Server by selecting the Use SSL option.
Under the Scheduler section, configure the time when the task will run:
- Now, to launch the task immediately.
- Scheduled, to set up the task recurrence interval. In this case, select the time interval that you want (hourly, daily or weekly) and configure it according to your needs.
  For example, when other important processes are also required to run on the target machine, you can schedule the task to run every 2 hours. The task will start on each target machine every 2 hours until it is successfully done.
Configure the modules, roles and scan modes for the target endpoint as you want. For more information, refer to Install security agents - standard procedure
Note
You can only modify scan modes by using the Match list action.
Warning
- Only the supported modules for each operating system will be installed.
- The Firewall module is available only for supported Windows workstations.
Click Save. A confirmation message will appear.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Repair agent

Use the Repair agent task as an initial troubleshooting task for any number of endpoint issues. The task downloads the latest install package on the target endpoint and then performs a reinstall of the agent.

Note

The modules currently configured on the agent will not be changed.
The repair task will reset the security agent to the version published in the Configuration > Update > Components page.

To send a Repair agent task to the client:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Virtual machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane.
All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers where you want to run a client repair.
Click the Tasks button and choose Repair agent.
A confirmation window will appear.
Select the I understand and agree check box and click the Save button to run the task.
Note
To finish the repair task, a client restart might be required.

You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more, information refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Restart endpoint

You can choose to remotely restart managed computers.

Note

Check the Network > Tasks page before restarting certain computers. Previously created tasks may still be processing on target computers.

This task is available only for distributed environments.

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check boxes of computers you want to restart.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Restart endpoint.
Choose the restart schedule option:
- Select Restart now to restart computers immediately.
- Select Restart on and use the fields below to schedule the restart at the desired date and time.
Click Save. A confirmation message will appear.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Isolate endpoint

Isolate an endpoint in order to contain the spreading of potentially malicious activities, such as Lateral movement, to other endpoints in your network. When an endpoint is isolated, it can only communicate with GravityZone.

To isolate an endpoint:

Go to the Network page.
Select the container that you want from the left side pane. All endpoints from the selected container are displayed in the right side grid.
Select the checkbox of the endpoint you want to isolate.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Isolate endpoint.
Confirm your choice.

You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Isolated endpoints will also display a warning message in the General tab of the endpoint's Information window.

Note

For the Isolate endpoint option to be available, Customer companies require at least one of the products below:

GravityZone Business Security Premium
GravityZone Business Security Enterprise
GravityZone Security for Workstations
GravityZone Security for Servers
GravityZone EDR Cloud
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Physical Workstations
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Physical Servers
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Virtualized Environments VDI
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Virtualized Environments VS
GravityZone Security for Virtual Env per CPU
Security for AWS

If Customer companies have a Monthly subscription plan, they need to have Advanced Threat Security enabled.

Remove from isolation

To remove an endpoint from isolation and bring it back on the network:

Go to the Network page.
Select the container that you want from the left side pane. All endpoints from the selected container are displayed in the right side grid.
Select the checkbox of the endpoint you want to remove from isolation.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Remove from isolation.
Confirm your choice.

Note

For the Isolate option to be available, Customer companies require at least one of the products below:

GravityZone Business Security Premium
GravityZone Business Security Enterprise
GravityZone Security for Workstations
GravityZone Security for Servers
GravityZone EDR Cloud
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Physical Workstations (version released in April 2022)
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Physical Servers (version released in April 2022)
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Virtualized Environments VDI (version released in April 2022)
GravityZone Security for Endpoints Virtualized Environments VS (version released in April 2022)
GravityZone Security for Virtual Env per CPU (version released in April 2022)
Security for AWS

If Customer companies have a Monthly subscription plan, they need to have Advanced Threat Security enabled.

Run network discovery

Network discovery is done automatically by security agents with Relay role. If you do not have a Relay agent installed in your network, you have to manually send a network discovery task from a protected endpoint.

To run a network discovery task in your network:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the container that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the check box of the computer you want to perform network discovery with.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Run network discovery.
A confirmation message will appear. Click Yes.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Run applications discovery

When the Application Control module is activated for the first time on an endpoint, the application discovery process will start in the background. Any future changes made in the policy for this module will not trigger the discovery process again.

To discover applications in your network:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the group that you want from the left-side pane. All computers from the selected container are displayed in the right-side pane table.
Select the computers on which you want to perform applications discovery.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Run applications discovery.
Note
Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools with Application Control must be installed and activated on the selected computers. Otherwise, the task will be grayed out. When a selected group contains both valid and invalid targets, the task will be sent out only to valid endpoints.
Click Yes in the confirmation window to proceed.

The discovered applications and processes are displayed on the Network > Application Inventory page. For more information, refer to Application inventory.

Note

The Run applications discovery task may take a while, depending on the number of applications installed. You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.

Update Security Server

Installed Security Server can be viewed and managed also from Computers and Virtual Machines, under the Custom Groups folder.

If a Security Server is outdated, you can send it an update task:

Go to the Network page.
Choose Computers and Virtual Machines from the views selector.
Select the group where the Security Server is installed.
To easily locate the Security Server, you can use the Filters menu as follows:
- Go to Security tab and select Security Servers only.
- Go to Depth tab and select All items recursively.
Click the Tasks button at the upper side of the table and choose Update Security Server.
Choose the type of update to perform:
- Security features, for installing the Bitdefender new features, improvements and fixes, and security fixes
- Operating system, for upgrading the operating system of the Security Server appliance
Note
Check the release notes to find out what type of update you are going to deploy.
Additionally, for the operating system update, select the time and date when the update should run. You can run it immediately or schedule it at a convenient time, such as a maintenance window.
Click OK to create the task.
You can view and manage the task on the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and Managing Tasks.

Important

It is recommended to use this method to update the Security Server for NSX, otherwise you will lose the quarantine saved on the appliance.

Running tasks on virtual machines

From the Network page, you can remotely run a number of administrative tasks on virtual machines.

This is the list of tasks you can run:

You can choose to create tasks individually for each virtual machine or for groups of virtual machines. For example, you can remotely install Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools on a group of unmanaged virtual machines. At a later time, you can create a scan task for a certain virtual machine from the same group.

For each virtual machine, you can only run compatible tasks. For example, if you select an unmanaged virtual machine, you can only choose to install the security agent, all the other tasks being disabled.

For a group, the selected task will be created only for compatible virtual machines. If none of the virtual machines in the group is compatible with the selected task, you will be notified that the task could not be created.

Once created, the task will start running immediately on online virtual machines. If a virtual machine is offline, the task will run as soon as it gets back online.

You can view and manage the task in the Network > Tasks page. For more information, refer to Viewing and managing tasks.