Additional Scan Steps Settings

You will find the Similarity Search Settings in the Additional Scan Steps tab among Configurations Admin Panel > Settings > Configuration > Additional Scan Steps tab

Customers are not recommended to interact the following fields as these are mainly for the Admin

The Similarity Search is disabled by default.

If it is enabled, you may find the same values set by default for each field.

FieldDescriptionValues
REPORT_SIMILARITY_VERDICT_OVERWRITE

After the report is completed, it tries to search for similar reports that has been already processed. It will look at the verdict and can modify it.

(e.g. If previous similar reports show maliciousit will change the verdict to malicious)

ON/OFF
REPORT_SIMILARITY_VERDICT_THRESHOLDSpecifies a threshold value (ranging from 0 to 1) for similarity checks. If the similarity ratio exceeds this threshold, it triggers a specific action or verdict overwritePercentage converted to decimal
REPORT_SIMILARITY_VERDICT_FILTERDetermines the minimal level of similarity verdict that needs to be checked against other samples (e.g., only consider similarities categorized as suspicious or higher)
  • no threat
  • informational
  • suspicious
  • likely malicious
  • malicious
REPORT_SIMILARITY_MALICIOUS_MATCHIf the ratio of identified malicious similarities exceeds this threshold (0 to 1), the overall verdict for the analyzed sample is changed to "malicious."Percentage converted to decimal
REPORT_SIMILARITY_LIKELY_MALICIOUS_MATCHSimilarly, if the ratio of likely malicious similarities surpasses this threshold (0 to 1), the verdict is adjusted to "likely malicious."Percentage converted to decimal
REPORT_SIMILARITY_SUSPICIOUS_MATCHIf the ratio of suspicious similarities meets or exceeds this threshold (0 to 1), the verdict is altered to "suspicious."Percentage converted to decimal
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard