Tools for Access Gateway 4.0

The Access Gateway Advanced Edition features a command-line executable called CtxEpaParamUpdate.exe that can be used to update existing scan rule values. A practical application of this tool is the update of existing Endpoint Analysis scan rules defined for antivirus engine and/or virus signature (DAT) file versions.

A collection of Visual Basic scripts is provided in this article as an example of how to retrieve antivirus engine and DAT values from local installations or publicly accessible vendor Web sites, and then automate the value retrieval as well as the Endpoint Analysis scan rule values using the aforementioned application and the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler.