McAfee MTP08EMB3RUA - Total Protection - PC Product Manual page 86

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Using Virus and Spyware Protection
Best practices (virus and spyware protection)
4 To centralize management and more easily monitor the types of programs allowed on client
computers, define client security settings in a policy.
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If particular types of detections are occurring frequently or certain computers appear vulnerable,
update the policy to resolve these issues.
• Schedule scans or add exclusions.
• Enable advanced scanning options.
• Ensure that spyware protection is enabled.
• For maximum protection, set your spyware protection mode to Protect to automatically clean
potentially unwanted programs.
• Enable all advanced spyware options.
6 Use "learn" mode to identify which programs to add to the Approved Programs list. This ensures
that no required programs are deleted before you have the opportunity to authorize their use. Then
change your spyware protection mode to Protect.
7 View the Detection History report periodically to discover trends specific to your network, and
verify your strategy's success in reducing detections.
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Protect mode is not the default setting. For maximum protection, create
a policy that includes Protect mode.