Logging levels and events

You can select a different logging level for each logging and alert notification destination.
Events by logging level lists the events for which messages are generated at each logging level.
Events by logging level
Logging level
Events logged
None
None
Error
The following events are logged:
  • All of the events that are logged at the Audit logging level
  • Definitions corrupted
  • Definitions update failure
  • Licensing error
  • Scan error
  • Critical error
  • Crash error
  • Logging error (SMTP/SNMP user notification)
    Entries for this event are only logged to the local logs.
  • File name exceeded
Outbreak
The following events are logged:
  • All of the events that are logged at the Error logging level
  • File attribute outbreak alert
  • URL block outbreak alert
  • Nonviral outbreak alert
  • Viral outbreak alert
  • Container limit outbreak alert
Warning
The following events are logged:
  • All of the events that are logged at the Outbreak logging level
  • Definitions rollback failed
  • Infection found
  • Spyware Risk
  • Adware Risk
  • Other Security Risk
  • Container violation found
  • File attribute violation found
  • Definitions rollback
  • Licensing warning
  • URL block
  • File Access Allowed
  • Symantec Protection Engine has not received configured number of requests
  • Scanning feature hung or protection engine is overloaded
  • Scan request rejected
  • Failed to create self scan test file
  • User login failed
  • Bad ICAP request
  • AV Connector has been disabled
  • A VServer has been disconnected from AV Connector
  • Symantec Protection Engine has failed to extract the file
Information
The following events are logged:
  • All of the events that are logged at the Warning logging level
  • Version information
  • URL audit detection
  • Definitions update
  • LiveUpdate up-to-date
  • LiveUpdate succeeded
  • User logged in
  • Symantec Protection Engine has not scanned the file
  • The AV Connector version and status information is provided
Verbose
The following events are logged:
  • All of the events that are logged at the Information logging level
  • Outbreak alerts for the configured events
  • All of the events that are logged at the Warning logging level
  • All of the events that are logged at the Information logging level
  • Files scanned
  • URLs scanned
The Verbose logging level should only be selected for debugging purposes. Performance is significantly degraded if you activate this logging level for general logging.