On-Demand Scans - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Virus and Spyware Protection
Types of scans
Virus and spyware protection policy options let you configure these on-access scanning
features:
• The types of files scanned and whether files on network drives are scanned.
• Whether email and attachments are scanned.
• Whether files in archives (compressed files, such as .zip files) are scanned.
• Whether files are scanned for spyware.
• The types of virus and spyware threats to detect.
• Whether unrecognized detections are sent to McAfee Avert Labs for investigation.
• Whether to enable on-access scanning (if it is disabled) whenever computers check for
updates.
• Files and folders excluded from scans.
• Approved programs that should not be detected as threats.
The default settings for on-access scanning are:
• Scan all types of local files when opened, and again when closed (if they were modified).
Do not scan files on network drives.
• Scan all email attachments when accessed and when saved to the hard drive, protecting
the computer from email infections.
• Do not scan files in archives.
• Scan programs for spyware identifiers, to detect if a spyware program attempts to run or a
program attempts to install spyware.
• Scan for all types of virus and spyware threats.
• Send unrecognized detections to McAfee Avert Labs.
• Enable on-access scanning when computers check for updates.

On-demand scans

On-demand scans are those that occur whenever administrators or users request them. Users
can request on-demand scans to occur immediately, and administrators can schedule them to
occur at regular intervals.
On-demand scans use many of the same policy options as on-access scans. In addition, virus
and spyware protection policy options let you configure these on-demand scanning features:
• Whether files in archives (compressed files, such as .zip files) are scanned.
• A schedule for performing an on-demand scan at regular intervals.
The default settings for on-demand scans are:
• Scan all local files, including those in archives.
• Scan all critical registry keys.
• Scan all processes running in memory.
• Do not perform a scheduled scan.
In addition, during an on-demand scan of the My Computer folder, the drive where Windows is
installed, or the Windows folder:
• Scan all cookies.
• Scan all registry keys.
NOTE: At the start of an on-demand scan, all previous detections of potentially unwanted
programs are cleared from the Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer.
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