Issue
This article describes how to centrally enable or disable Sophos web content scanning.
What to do
1. To set a policy for a group
- From Windows Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools, and open the Group Policy Management Console.
- Select the required policy and click 'Edit'. The Group Policy Editor window opens.
- Under Local Computer Policy, select:
Computer Configuration|Administrative Templates|Windows Components|Internet Explorer|Security Features. - Open Add-on Management and double-click Add-on List.
- On the Setting tab, select 'Enabled' then click 'Show...'
- The 'Show Contents' window opens to display the list of managed add-ons.
- Click 'Add...'. In the Add Item dialog box, you are prompted for information:
- In the 'Enter the name of the item to be added:' field, type in the name of the item. This is the CLSID (class identifier) of the Sophos BHO (Browser Help Object), type in:
{39EA7695-B3F2-4C44-A4BC-297ADA8FD235} - In the 'Enter the value of the item to be added:' field, enter one of the following values, either 0, 1, or 2, as appropriate:
- 0 The add-on is disabled for all users of this computer
- 1 The add-on is enabled for all users of this computer
- 2 The add-on is allowed and the state can be controlled via the Add-on Manager in Internet Explorer.
- Click OK|OK|Apply.
- Additional options may be then selected, for example, from
Computer Configuration|Administrative Templates|Windows Components|Internet Explorer, a number of options are displayed, including: - Do not allow users to enable or disable add-ons
- Disable changing Advanced page settings
2. To set an Add-on policy for an individual user
- From Windows Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools, and open the Group Policy Management Console.
- Select the group the user belongs to and click 'Edit'. The Group Policy Editor window opens.
- In the tree on the left, Under User Configuration, go to:
Administrative Templates|Windows Components|Internet Explorer|Security Features|Add-on Management - From here, configure policy for the selected individual(s).