User Guide

Setting Policy for On-Access Scanning
30 McAfee VirusScan TC
Configuring on-access scanning options
If you have the ePolicy Orchestrator software running on your network, you
can change or modify the default policy for the on-access scanner’s detection,
action, reporting, and exclusion features. You cannot change the scanner’s
default settings without the ePolicy Orchestrator software.
To configure the on-access scanner, follow these steps:
1. MakesurethatyouhaveplacedtheVirusScanTCsoftwareintheePolicy
Orchestratorsoftwarerepository.Forinstructions,see“3.Copyprogram
configuration files to the software repository” on page 15.
After you have placed the software in the repository, it appears on the
Policies tab in the upper portion of the details pane of the ePolicy
Orchestrator Console (Figure 3-1).
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Figure 3-1. Upper Details pane—Policies tab
2. In the console tree, select a target Directory for which you want to set
policy. The target could be a group or a single computer.
3. Intheupper portion ofthedetailspane, clickthe nexttotheVirusScan
TC v6.0.0 for Windows icon. The expanded list, (Figure 3-2)showsthe
on-access scanner.
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Figure 3-2. Upper Details pane—with expanded software branch
4. Select On-Access Scan Options.TheOn-Access Scan Options page
appears in the lower details pane (Figure 3-3 on page 31).