McAfee DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5 User Manual page 136

Using the WinGuard Scanner
Choosing Alert options
Once you configure it with the response options you want in the Action page,
you can let the E-Mail Scan module look for and remove viruses from your
system automatically, as it finds them, with almost no further intervention.
But if you want the module to tell you as soon as it finds a virus so you can
take appropriate action, configure it to send an alert message to you or to
others.
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Alert tab in the E-mail Scan module to display the correct
2. Select the Notify Alert Manager checkbox to have the module send alert
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property page (Figure
Figure 4-23. E-mail Scan Properties dialog box - Alert page
messages to Alert Manager for distribution.
Alert Manager is a separate Dr Solomon's software component that
collects alert messages and uses a variety of methods to send them to
recipients that you specify. To have the E-Mail Scan module send these
alert messages successfully, you must also set up the Alert Manager
Client Configuration utility.
Configuration utility" on page 306
4-23).
See "Using the Alert Manager Client
for details.