McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 198

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
4. Specify how you want the task interface to appear and the degree of
5. Specify what you want the task to do when it finishes. Your choices are:
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Doing so locks all of the property pages for this task at once in the
Security page in the VirusScan Properties dialog box. Clearing this
checkbox allows you to choose different security settings for each
page in the Security property page.
e. Click OK to close the Specify Password dialog box.
The Console will ask for the password you entered whenever
anybody tries to open the Task Properties dialog box for this task.
control over the task you want to have as it runs. Your choices are:
• Normal Scan Mode. This displays the VirusScan application main
window during scan operations. This allows you or the user on
whose computer the task runs to see—but not change—the
configuration options the task uses as it runs, to see the results of the
scan operation, or to stop the operation at any time. You can also
choose any of the commands from the main window's menus.
Select the Run Minimized checkbox to start the window out as a
minimized button in the Windows taskbar.
• Scan only mode. This displays a minimal window that indicates
that the task is running. You can stop, pause, or resume the task at
any point.
Select the Run Minimized checkbox to start the window out as a
minimized button in the Windows taskbar.
• Hidden mode. This displays no interface as the scan task runs. You
cannot pause or stop the task unless you have the VirusScan
Console or the Task Properties dialog box active. The VirusScan
application will still notify you when it finds a virus, if you have
configured any local alerting options for the task. This task always
quits the application when the task finishes.
• Always Exit. Click this button to tell the VirusScan application to
always quit immediately after it completes this scan task. If you
choose Hidden Mode in the Interface Type list, this is your only
option.
• Auto Exit. Click this button to tell the VirusScan application to quit
automatically if it has not detected any viruses during this scan task.
If the application does find a virus, it will remain open to display its
scan results.