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Configure the on-access general settings using the following user interface consoles.
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 or 4.6
Configure the general settings that apply to scanning of all processes with this user interface
console.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog, then from the Product list select VirusScan
Enterprise 8.8.0. The Category list displays the policy categories for VirusScan Enterprise
8.8.0.
2 Edit an existing policy or create a new policy:
Edit an existing policy
a From the Category list, select the policy category.
b From the Actions column, click Edit Setting to open the policy configuration page.
Create a new policy
a Click Actions | New Policy to open New Policy dialog box.
b From the Category list, select an existing policy.
c From the Create a new policy based on this existing policy list, select one of the
settings.
d Type a new policy name.
e Type any notes, if required.
f Click OK. The new policy appears in the list of existing policies.
g From the Actions column of the new policy, click Edit Setting to open the policy
configuration page.
3 From the Settings for list, select Workstation or Server.
4 From the On-Access General Policies page, click the General tab to configure the
general policy that applies to all on-access scanning. For example, which on-access items
to scan, when to scan, the maximum scan time, and if cookies should be scanned.
You can configure scanning of all processes currently running on your system whenever
on-access scanning is enabled. This improves your system security, but it can impact your
system boot-time performance.
To configure the scan processes on enable feature, in the Scan group, click Processes on
enable to scan all processes currently running on your system whenever on-access scanning
is enabled.
NOTE: Enabling this feature can impact the time it takes for your system to boot up.
5 On the ScriptScan tab, enable ScriptScan and configure any processes or URLs to exclude
from scanning.
NOTE: With previous versions of VirusScan Enterprise disabling on-access scanning disabled
ScriptScan. With VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 disabling on-access scanning does not disable
ScriptScan. To disable ScriptScan deselect the Enable scanning of scripts checkbox.
Part II - Detection: Finding Threats
Scanning items on-access
55McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Product Guide