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Viewing unrecognized programs detected on the account, Reports for virus and spyware protection

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Using Virus and Spyware Protection Reports for virus and spyware protection 4 Viewing unrecognized programs detected on the account Use this SecurityCenter task to view the Unrecognized Programs report, which lists potentially unwanted programs detected on all the client computers on your account. Task For option definitions, click ? in the interface. 1 Click the Reports tab, then click Unrecognized Programs. 2 In the Unrecognized Programs report, view detailed information about unrecognized programs and the computers where they were detected by using one of these methods. When you want to... Do this... Display computers or Click the triangle icon next to a name. detections • Under a computer name, show which programs were detected. • Under a program name, show the computers where it was detected. Click a group name to display computers in that group. View details about detections Click the name of a potentially unwanted program to display detailed information from the McAfee Labs Threat Library. View details about a computer where a detection occurred Approve a program Click a computer name to display the Computer Details page, which displays information about the computer, its service components, and its detections. Click Allow, select one or more programs, select one or more policies where the programs will be approved, then click Save. The selected programs will no longer be detected as threats on computers using the selected policies. Reports for virus and spyware protection View information about virus and spyware detections in administrative reports available from the SecurityCenter. Reports provide details about the specific threats detected and the history of detections over the past year. • Detections report - Lists the malware threats, potentially unwanted programs, buffer overflow processes, and cookies that virus and spyware protection detected on client computers. • Unrecognized Programs report - Lists programs detected on client computers that are not recognized by spyware protection and firewall protection. Allows you to approve programs from within the report. • Detection History report - Graphs detections on client computers over the past year. Detections report Use the Detections report to view and manage the types of potentially malicious code or unwanted programs that have been found on the network. Select the information that appears in this report McAfee Total Protection Service 5.1.5 Product Guide 83

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Viewing unrecognized programs detected on the account
Use this SecurityCenter task to view the Unrecognized Programs report, which lists potentially
unwanted programs detected on all the client computers on your account.
Task
For option definitions, click
?
in the interface.
1
Click the
Reports
tab, then click
Unrecognized Programs
.
2
In the Unrecognized Programs report, view detailed information about unrecognized programs and
the computers where they were detected by using one of these methods.
When you want to...
Do this...
Display computers or
detections
Click the triangle icon next to a name.
Under a computer name, show which programs were detected.
Under a program name, show the computers where it was detected.
Click a group name to display computers in that group.
View details about
detections
Click the name of a potentially unwanted program to display detailed
information from the McAfee Labs Threat Library.
View details about a
computer where a
detection occurred
Click a computer name to display the Computer Details page, which
displays information about the computer, its service components, and its
detections.
Approve a program
Click
Allow
, select one or more programs, select one or more policies
where the programs will be approved, then click
Save
. The selected
programs will no longer be detected as threats on computers using the
selected policies.
Reports for virus and spyware protection
View information about virus and spyware detections in administrative reports available from the
SecurityCenter. Reports provide details about the specific threats detected and the history of
detections over the past year.
Detections report — Lists the malware threats, potentially unwanted programs, buffer overflow
processes, and cookies that virus and spyware protection detected on client computers.
Unrecognized Programs report — Lists programs detected on client computers that are not
recognized by spyware protection and firewall protection. Allows you to approve programs from
within the report.
Detection History report — Graphs detections on client computers over the past year.
Detections report
Use the Detections report to view and manage the types of potentially malicious code or unwanted
programs that have been found on the network.
Select the information that appears in this report
Using Virus and Spyware Protection
Reports for virus and spyware protection
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