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Threat Signature Categories

Custom Signatures

Create Threat Exceptions

Palo Alto Networks defines a recommended default action (such as block or alert) for threat signatures. You can use a threat ID to exclude a threat signature from enforcement or modify the action the firewall enforces for that threat signature. For example, you can modify the action for threat signatures that are triggering false positives on your network.

Configure threat exceptions for antivirus, vulnerability, spyware, and DNS signatures to change firewall enforcement for a threat. However, before you begin, make sure the firewall is detecting and enforcing threats based on the default signature settings:

Get the latest Antivirus, Threats and Applications, and WildFire signature updates.
Set Up Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, and Vulnerability Protection and apply these security profiles to your security policy.

Exclude antivirus signatures from enforcement.

While you can use an Antivirus profile to exclude antivirus signatures from enforcement, you cannot change the action the firewall enforces for a specific antivirus signature. However, you can define the action for the firewall to enforce for viruses found in different types of traffic by editing the Decoders (ObjectsSecurity ProfilesAntivirus > <antivirus-profile> > Antivirus).
1. Select ObjectsSecurity ProfilesAntivirus.
2. Add or modify an existing Antivirus profile from which you want to exclude a threat signature and select Virus Exception.
3. Add the Threat ID for the threat signature you want to exclude from enforcement.
4. Click OK to save the Antivirus profile.
Modify enforcement for vulnerability and spyware signatures (except DNS signatures; skip to the next option to modify enforcement for DNS signatures, which are a type of spyware signature).
1. Select ObjectsSecurity ProfilesAnti-Spyware or ObjectsSecurity ProfilesVulnerability Protection.
2. Add or modify an existing Anti-Spyware or Vulnerability Protection profile from which you want to exclude the threat signature and then select Exceptions.
3. Show all signatures and then filter to select the signature for which you want to modify enforcement rules.
4. Check the box under the Enable column for the signature whose enforcement you want to modify.
5. Select the Action you want the firewall to enforce for this threat signature.
  
  For signatures that you want to exclude from enforcement because they trigger false positives, set the Action to Allow.
6. Click OK to save your new or modified Anti-Spyware or Vulnerability Protection profile.
Modify enforcement for DNS signatures.
By default, the DNS lookups to malicious hostnames that DNS signatures are detect are sinkholed.
1. Select ObjectsSecurity ProfilesAnti-Spyware.
2. Add or modify the Anti-Spyware profile from which you want to exclude the threat signature, and select DNS Signatures.
3. Add the DNS Threat ID for the DNS signature that you want to exclude from enforcement:
4. Click OK to save your new or modified Anti-Spyware profile.