McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 232

Using Specialized Scanning Tools
3. Click the Alert tab to choose additional E-Mail Scan extension options. To
Choosing Alert options
Once you configure it with the response options you want, you can let the
E-Mail Scan extension look for and remove viruses from your Exchange
mailbox automatically, as it finds them, with almost no further intervention.
To have the extension tell you immediately when it finds a virus so that you
can take appropriate action, however, configure it to send an alert message to
you.
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• Clean infected files automatically. Choose this response to tell the
extension to remove the virus code from the infected attachment as
soon as it finds it. If the extension cannot remove the virus, it will
note the incident in its log file.
• Delete infected files automatically. Choose this option to have the
extension delete every infected e-mail attachment it finds
immediately. Be sure to enable the reporting feature so that you
have a record of which files the extension deleted. If the extension
cannot delete an infected file, it will note the incident in its log file.
• Continue scanning. Use this option only if you plan to leave your
computer unattended while the application checks for viruses. If
you also activate the reporting feature, the application will record
the names of any viruses it finds and the names of infected files so
that you can delete them at your next opportunity.
+ WARNING: The E-mail Scan extension will not try to break
any encrypted messages to scan them. If an infected
attachment includes a digital signature, the extension will
remove the digital signature in order to clean or delete the
infected file.
save your changes without closing the E-Mail Scan Properties 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.