McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 130

Using the VShield Scanner Configuring the Download Scan module The Download Scan module can check files you download from the Internet as you visit websites, FTP sites, and other Internet sites. This module is also where you set the options you want to use to respond to infected e-mail attachments you receive via POP-3 or SMTP e-mail client programs such as Eudora, Netscape Mail, or Microsoft Outlook Express. To activate this function, you must also choose an appropriate mail system in the E-mail Scan module's Detection page. See "Choosing Detection options" on page 116 for details. When it finds a virus, the module can ask you what you want it to do, or it can take a variety of automatic actions in response. You can have it report what it has done either with an alert message when it takes the action or in a log file you can examine at your leisure. It can even send a message to the person who sent an infected e-mail message, which makes tracking the source of virus infections relatively simple. Š NOTE: The Download Scan module will not appear in the VShield Properties dialog box unless you used the Custom Setup option when you installed VirusScan software and specified that you wanted to install the Internet Scan component. Choosing Detection options The Download Scan module initially assumes that you want it to scan for viruses each time you download any file susceptible to virus infection from the Internet (Figure 4-25). These default options provide excellent security, but your environment might require different settings. Figure 4-25. Download Scan Properties dialog box - Detection page 130 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software