Network Engine Status (Windows OS)

Network Engine Status warnings

Network Engine Status warnings are a collection of warnings and errors that might appear in the Status area of a computer when the agent raises an event about the Trend Micro LightWeight Filter Driver and the Network Engine Status Check is enabled.

If you receive one of the following warnings, the network functionality might be disabled or impaired on the agent:

  • Web Reputation Engine Disabled
  • Firewall Engine Disabled
  • Intrusion Prevention Engine Disabled
  • Web Reputation Engine Working With Limited Functionality
  • Firewall Engine Working With Limited Functionality
  • Intrusion Prevention Engine Working With Limited Functionality

Agents display more security events for each affected network interface. See Driver-Related Events for more information.

Verify the driver status

You can verify the driver status as follows:

  1. Open Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center.
  2. Select Change adapter settings on the left to open Network Connections.
  3. Right-click each active network adapter and select Properties.
  4. Verify that Trend Micro LightWeight Filter Driver is selected.

Disable Network Engine Status warnings

You can disable Network Engine Status warnings as follows:

  1. On Deep Security Manager, navigate to Computers.
  2. Select the computer for which you want to disable the warning, and then click Details.
    Alternatively, you can disable Network Engine Status warnings in the policy.
  3. In the computer details, navigate to Settings > Advanced > Network Engine Settings.
  4. For Network Engine Status Check, select Disabled.