Automated Software Distribution; Real-Time Virus Detection And Notification - McAfee MANAGEMENT EDITION 2.5 Getting Started Manual

Introducing the Management Edition Program

Automated software distribution

• The Management Console enables enhanced distribution speeds to a large
number of machines and efficiently stores domain and machine
information as registry entries (not .INI files).
• An enhanced Batch Install method lets desktop and laptop users initiate an
update upon login for fast installation of anti-virus software and updates.
• Linked repositories reduce WAN traffic by allowing you to distribute
software between repositories without having to install software from
separate CD-ROM discs.
• Different language versions of the same anti-virus software can co-exist in
a single repository. You specify the language version to be distributed for
each machine, group, or domain.
• Software installation reports show which anti-virus software is installed on
which machines, which machines are in which anti-virus domain, and
which machines have a non-standard configuration.

Real-time virus detection and notification

• On-access (inbound and outbound) anti-virus scanning provides real-time
identification of both known and unknown viruses upon file access, create,
copy, rename, and run; disk access; system startup; and system shutdown.
• On-demand anti-virus scanning offers user-initiated detection of known
boot, file, macro, multi-partite, stealth, encrypted, and polymorphic
viruses located within files, drives (local and network), and diskettes.
• The Alert Manager offers centralized virus notification via alphanumeric
pager, SMTP e-mail, SNMP messaging, DMI alerting, audible alerting,
network broadcast, program execution, and Windows NT event logging.
(For details, see Chapter 6, "Using the Alert Manager," in your online
Administrator's Guide.)
• At-a-glance scan status via the anti-virus domain view reveals whether a
machine is all clear, infected, or overdue for a scan.
• Scans can be scheduled for entire member groups, as well as individual
machines or the whole domain.
• Virus-scan reports display how many virus alerts have occurred over a
specified period of time on specified machines.
8 Management Edition