McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 111

3. Click a different tab to change any of your System Scan settings, or click
Configuring the E-mail Scan module
special scan mode that looks for viruses in earlier cc:Mail versions.
This module can work with the Download Scan module to examine messages
that arrive via POP-3 or SMTP e-mail client programs such as Eudora,
Netscape Mail, or Outlook Express. The module pays particular attention to
attachments that come with your e-mail, which are the biggest potential
source of viruses. Because it can scan e-mail as soon as it appears on your
desktop, the module can intercept viruses before they have a chance to spread.
When it finds a virus, the module can ask you what you want it to do, or it can
take a variety of automatic actions in response. You can have it report what it
has done either with an alert message when it takes the action, or in a log file
you can examine at your leisure. It can even send a message to the person who
sent an infected e-mail message, which makes tracking the source of virus
infections relatively simple.
Š NOTE: The E-Mail Scan module will not appear in the VShield
• Remove an item from the list. To delete an exclusion item, select it
in the list, then click Remove. This means that the System Scan
module will scan this file or folder during this scan session.
one of the icons along the side of the System Scan Properties dialog box
to choose options for a different module.
To save your changes in the System Scan module without closing its
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.
The VShield E-mail Scan module looks for viruses in files
attached to e-mail messages that you receive via corporate e-mail
systems that adhere to the Messaging Application Programming
Interface (MAPI) standard, such as Microsoft Exchange and
Outlook, or later versions of Lotus cc:Mail. It also includes a
Properties dialog box unless you used the Custom Setup option when
you installed VirusScan software and specified that you wanted to install
the E-Mail Scan module.
By default, the VShield scanner does not enable the E-Mail Scan module
when it first starts—you must tell the module which e-mail systems you
use before it can activate.
Using the VShield Scanner
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