Excluding Files And Folders From Virus Scans - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Virus and Spyware Protection
Configuring scanning policy options
3 Under Virus Protection Settings, select each scan you want to enable.
Select this option...
Enable outbreak response
Enable buffer overflow protection
Enable script scanning
Scan email (before delivering to the
Outlook Inbox)
Scan all file types during on-access
scans
Scan within archives during
on-access scans (e.g., .zip, .rar, .tat,
.tgz )
Scan within archives during
on-demand scans (e.g., .zip, .rar, .tat,
.tgz )
Enable Artemis hueristic network
check for suspicious files
Scan mapped network drives during
Select this option...
on-access scans
Enable on-access scanning (if
disabled) the next time client
computers check for an update
Maximum percentage of CPU time
allocated for on-demand and
scheduled scans
4 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then
click Save.)

Excluding files and folders from virus scans

Use this SecurityCenter task to define and manage items that are not scanned for viruses. You
can add files, folders, or file extensions to the list of exclusions or remove them from the list.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 On the Policies page, click Add Policy (or click Edit to modify an existing policy).
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To do this...
Check for an outbreak detection definition (DAT) file every hour.
Detect code starting to run from data in reserved memory and
prevent that code from running. Virus and spyware protection
protects against buffer overflow in more than 30 most commonly
used Windows-based programs. McAfee updates this list as it adds
buffer overflow protection for additional programs.
CAUTION: Buffer overflow protection does not stop data from being
written. Do not rely on the exploited application remaining stable
after being compromised, even if buffer overflow protection stops
the corrupted code from running.
Detect harmful code embedded in web pages that would cause
unauthorized programs to run on client computers.
NOTE: Script scanning is always enabled for on-access and
on-demand scans.
Look for threats in email before it is placed into the user's Inbox.
(Email is always scanned when it is accessed.)
Inspect all types of files, instead of only default types, when they
are downloaded, opened, or run. (Default file types are defined in
the DAT files.)
Look for threats in compressed archive files when the files are
accessed.
Look for threats in compressed archive files during manual or
scheduled scans.
Send unrecognized threats to McAfee Avert Labs for investigation.
(This occurs in the background with no user notification.)
Look for threats in files located on mapped network drives when the
To do this...
files are accessed.
If on-access scanning has been disabled on a client computer,
re-enable it the next time that computer checks for updates.
Use up to the selected percentage of CPU resources when performing
on-demand scans. When set to High, we recommend scheduling
scans to occur during off-peak hours.
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