On-Demand Scanner Tab - McAfee AVM85M - VirusScan For Mac User Manual

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VirusScan 8.6 for Mac User Guide

On-Demand scanner tab

The On-Demand scanner tab allows you to initiate a scan at any time by dragging and
dropping selected files into the console or through a
On-Demand scanner, you can select multiple files, directories, or volumes. Scan results
are summarized in a report that can be saved or printed. You can configure what the
scanner looks for and how it responds to infected files. The scanner notifies you when
it finds a virus and generates a log that appends its actions.
You can enforce the following On-Demand scanner policies:
Scan contents of archives and
compressed files
Find Unknown Macro Viruses
Scan Apple Mail messages
Check files for virus-like
characteristics
Find potentially unwanted
application and joke programs
When a virus is found:
Clean
Delete
Notify
Delete when Clean fails or is
not available
File Open
Sets the scanner to scan into archives and other
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compressed files. by default for the On-Demand
scanner.
If a file contains potentially infected macro (unknown
infection), it will be scanned and cleaned/deleted, as part of
the clean.
Sets the scanner to scan Apple Mail messages.
Enables/disables heuristics, which scan for files that show
characteristics of viruses, or worms, and may contain
unknown infections.
Enables/disables the scanner to check for unwanted
programs or joke programs.
Selects the primary action of the scanner when a virus is
found.
Selects the secondary action for the selected scanner when
a virus is found. This is only available when the primary
Clean
action is .
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Integrating with ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6
On-Demand scanner tab
dialog box. With the
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