McAfee MIS80E001RAI - Internet Security Suite 2006 User Manual page 28

McAfee VirusScan
Scanning inbound instant message attachments
By default, scanning of instant message attachments is enabled via the
inbound instant message attachments
When this option is enabled, VirusScan automatically scans and attempts to clean
inbound detected instant message attachments for most popular instant
messaging programs, including the following:
If an inbound instant message attachment is detected, VirusScan performs the
following steps:
Scanning all files
If you set ActiveShield to use the default
every file type that your computer uses, as your computer attempts to use it. Use
this option to get the most thorough scan possible.
To set ActiveShield to scan all file types:
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MSN Messenger 6.0 or later
Yahoo Messenger 4.1 or later
AOL Instant Messenger 2.1 or later
NOTE
For your protection, you cannot disable auto-cleaning of
instant message attachments.
Tries to clean the detected message
Prompts you to quarantine or delete an uncleanable message
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
Click , then click the
Advanced
Click
All files (recommended)
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software
option (Figure 2-1 on page
All files (recommended)
, and then click
VirusScan
tab (Figure 2-3 on page
Scanning
, then click .
OK
Scan
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option, it scans
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Options
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