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Administrator’s Guide 5
1Introduction
Features
McAfee VirusScan TC (Thin Client) is an anti-virus software application that
includes:
This chapter provides an overview of the configuration, deployment and
installation of the elements that are required to place the VirusScan TC
software on your network’s servers and workstations. These elements are
separate, but intimately interconnected. See Appendix A for a discussion of
the way the following terms are used in this Administrator’s Guide:
configuration, deployment, installation, task, and policy.
On-Access Scanner Checks for viruses each time you open or copy a
file from, save a file to, or otherwise use any file
stored on your server or client disk or hard drive.
Scanning engine The tool that recognizes viruses and malicious
code.
Virus definitionfiles *.DAT files include information that the scanning
engine uses to recognize and act upon viruses.
AutoUpdate Keeps the virus definition files and the scanning
engine up-to-date.
Site replication
(mirroring) feature
Used in conjunction with AutoUpdate, creates a
copy of the updating folder on the Network
Associates FTP site for distribution of virus
definition files on the network.
Installer Installs the VirusScan TC program and the
AutoUpdate function onthe target computers.
Automatic uninstaller Removes previously installed anti-virus software,
including McAfee VirusScan v4.5, and other
anti-virus software products produced by McAfee
and most other major manufacturers.