McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 132

Using the VShield Scanner
Choosing Alert options
Once you configure it with the response options you want in the Action page,
you can let the Download Scan module look for and remove viruses from your
system automatically, as it finds them, with almost no further intervention.
But if you want the module to tell you as soon as it finds a virus so you can
take appropriate action, have it send an alert message to you or to others.
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Alert tab in the Download Scan module to display the correct
2. Select the Notify Alert Manager checkbox to have the module send alert
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Š NOTE: Clicking Cancel will not undo any changes you already
saved by clicking Apply.
property page.
Figure 4-29. Download Scan Properties dialog box - Alert page
messages to Alert Manager for distribution.
Alert Manager is a separate McAfee VirusScan software component that
collects alert messages and uses a variety of methods to send them to
recipients that you specify. To have the Download Scan module send
these alert messages successfully, you must also set up the Alert Manager
Client Configuration utility.