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To block Ransomware, configure the URL filtering policy on IWSVA 6.5 SP2:

  1. Go to Web Console > HTTP > URL Filtering > Policies and make sure that URL filtering is enabled.
  2. Go to Web Console > HTTP > URL Filtering > Policies | Policy | Rule. Click the plus sign next to Internet Security to expand the list of categories. Navigate to Ransomware and set the Action to "Block".

    on internet security dropdown menu, choose block

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  3. Verify the solution by accessing the sample site:

    http://ca95-1.winshipway.com/

    A notification page will be displayed for blocking Ransomware.

    Blocked notification for Ransomware

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  4. On the top right side of IWSVA dashboard, customers could check the total ransomware detections:

    Total Ransomware Detections

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    Click Total Ransomware Detections to check the details of the detected ransomware:

    detected ransomware details

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