McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite User Manual page 124

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 E-Mail 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, configure it to send an alert message to you or to
others.
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Alert tab in the E-mail Scan module to display the correct
2. Select the Notify Alert Manager checkbox to have the module send alert
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property page (Figure
Figure 4-23. E-mail Scan Properties dialog box - Alert page
messages to Alert Manager for distribution.
Alert Manager is a separate McAfee software component that collects
alert messages and uses a variety of methods to send them to recipients
that you specify. To have the E-Mail Scan module send these alert
messages successfully, you must also set up the Alert Manager Client
Configuration utility.
Configuration utility" on page 281
4-23).
See "Using the Alert Manager Client
for details.