Auxiliary Storage For Virus Scanning - McAfee SG310 Administration Manual

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Auxiliary storage for virus scanning

You can allocate extra local USB (SG565 only) or network storage for antivirus scanning. You can either
designate a network share or local storage for antivirus purposes. Network and Local Shares for antivirus
are mutually exclusive in that enabling one disables the other. Using a network or local share to provide
storage for the virus database and temporary space for the scanning process greatly increases the
effectiveness of the antivirus scanner for the SG720 and is required for its operation in the SG565 and
SG580.
Prerequisites:
• Create a network share if you have not already done so. See
• Create a dedicated user account (optional). See
Designating a network share for antivirus
From the Firewall menu, click Antivirus > Storage tab. The Network Storage page appears
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(Figure 228).
Figure 228 Antivirus Network Storage
Select the Use share checkbox.
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Enter the path of the network share in the Share field. You can use the following formats:
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\\HOSTNAME\sharename OR \\a.b.c.d\sharename
Note: McAfee recommends using a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) if specifying the hostname.
If you allowed full control to everyone on the network share drive, leave the Username and Password
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fields blank and click Submit. If the dedicated user account must authenticate to the network share,
continue with
Enter the username of the user in the Username field. The user must be able to read to and write from
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the network share.
Enter the password for authentication with the network share in the Password field.
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Enter the password again in the Confirm Password field. The password field entries must match.
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Click Submit.
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Designating local storage for antivirus
Use this procedure to select a local USB storage device for scanning memory. Attach a USB storage device
to a UTM Firewall appliance USB port.
Note: Local storage is applicable to the SG565 model only. You must use either network or local storage for the
SG565 model.
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Step 5.
Creating a Windows XP network
Creating a Windows user
share.
account.