McAfee HISCDE-AB-IA Product Guide - Page 81
Working with Host Intrusion Prevention Clients, Overview of the Windows client, System tray icon menu
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Working with Host Intrusion Prevention Clients The Host Intrusion Prevention client can be installed on Windows, Solaris, and Linux platforms. Only the Windows client has an interface, but all versions have troubleshooting functionality. The basic features of each client version are described here. Contents Overview of the Windows client Overview of the Solaris client Overview of the Linux client Overview of the Windows client Direct client-side management of the Host Intrusion Prevention Windows client is available through a client console. To display it, use the McAfee tray icon menu, or run McAfeeFire.exe in C:\Program Files\McAfee\Host Intrusion Prevention. When the client console first appears, options are locked and you can only view current settings. For complete control of all settings in the console, unlock the interface with a password. For details on creating and using passwords, see Setting Client UI advanced options and passwords under Configuring General Policies. System tray icon menu When the McAfee icon appears in the system tray, it provides access to the Host IPS client console. Functionality differs depending on the version of the McAfee Agent that is installed on the client. With McAfee Agent 4.0 Right-click the McAfee Agent icon, then select Host Intrusion Prevention to display a shortcut menu, from which you can open the console. Table 9: McAfee Agent 4.0 menu Click... To do this... Configure Open the Host Intrusion Prevention client console. About... Open the About Host Intrusion Prevention dialog box, which displays the version number and other product information. McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0 Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 81