McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 214

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
The VSCLOG.TXT file can serve as an important management tool for you to
track virus activity on your system and to note which settings you used to
detect and respond to the infections the VirusScan application found. You can
also use the incident reports recorded in the file to determine which files you
need to replace from backup copies, examine in quarantine, or delete from
your computer. Use the Reports property page to determine which
information VirusScan software will include in its log file.
To decide what data the application will record and how large the log file can
get, follow these steps:
1. To start from the Console window, select the task you created in the task
2. The VirusScan Properties dialog box appears (see
3. Select the Log to file checkbox.
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list, then click in the Console toolbar.
204). Click the Report tab to display the correct property page
6-14).
Figure 6-14. VirusScan Properties - Report page
By default, the VirusScan application writes log information to the file
VSCLOG.TXT in the VirusScan program directory. You can enter a
different name in the text box provided, or click Browse to locate a
suitable file elsewhere on your hard disk or on your network. You may
use a different file, but the text file must already exist. The application
will not create a new file.
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