McAfee AVDCDE-BA-CA User Guide - Page 115

Using the VShield Scanner • Remove an item from the list. To delete an exclusion item, select it in the list, then click Remove. This means that the System Scan module will scan this file or folder during this scan session. 3. Click a different tab to change any of your System Scan settings, or click one of the icons along the side of the System Scan Properties dialog box to choose options for a different module. To save your changes in the System Scan module without closing its dialog box, click Apply. To save your changes and close the dialog box, click OK. To close the dialog box without saving your changes, click Cancel. Š NOTE: Clicking Cancel will not undo any changes you already saved by clicking Apply. Configuring the E-mail Scan module The VShield E-mail Scan module looks for viruses in files attached to e-mail messages that you receive via corporate e-mail systems that adhere to the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) standard, such as Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, or later versions of Lotus cc:Mail. It also includes a special scan mode that looks for viruses in earlier cc:Mail versions. This module can work with the Download Scan module to examine messages that arrive via POP-3 or SMTP e-mail client programs such as Eudora, Netscape Mail, or Outlook Express. The module pays particular attention to attachments that come with your e-mail, which are the biggest potential source of viruses. Because it can scan e-mail as soon as it appears on your desktop, the module can intercept viruses before they have a chance to spread. 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 E-Mail 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 E-Mail Scan module. By default, the VShield scanner does not enable the E-Mail Scan module when it first starts-you must tell the module which e-mail systems you use before it can activate. User's Guide 115