What does the profile cleanup option do?

The correct answer is B. Removes all Administrator overrides . Profile Cleanup is a Threat Prevention profile hygiene tool used mainly in IPS protection management. When administrators manually override protections during tuning, exception handling, false-positive analysis, emergency hardening, or staged deployment, those manual changes can accumulate and cause the profile to deviate from its intended design. Check Point’s IPS Protections documentation states that the Profile Cleanup window lets the administrator select actions such as Remove all user modified and Clear all staging , then install the Threat Prevention Policy.

This directly maps to removing administrator overrides. The option does not automatically set all protections to Detect only; Detect is an action used in specific protection or staging contexts, not the purpose of Profile Cleanup. It also does not delete exemptions, because exception rules are separate policy constructs. It does not repair or remove corrupt updates; IPS update package handling is managed through the update and revert workflow. Profile Cleanup is best understood as a reset mechanism: it clears manual activation or staging deviations so the profile can return to its baseline activation policy and blade settings. Reference topics: IPS Protections, Profile Cleanup, Remove all user modified, Clear all staging, Threat Prevention Policy installation.