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• The AntiSpyware Enterprise Module has been fully integrated into the VirusScan Enterprise

8.8 software.

• Support for Outlook 2010 email scanning.

• Support for Lotus Notes 8.0x through 8.5.1 email scanning.

Components and how they interact

As an administrator and user of VirusScan Enterprise, you should be familiar with its components

and connections. The following figure shows these components for a basic environment.

Figure 1: VirusScan Enterprise components

Client system

This is where VirusScan Enterprise and optional McAfee Agent are installed and configured.

• DAT files — Detection definition files, also called malware signatures, work with the scanning

engine to identify and take action on threats.

• Scan engine — Used to scan the files, folders, and disks on the client computer and

compares them to the information in the DAT files for known viruses.

NOTE: DAT files and scan engine are updated as needed using the Internet connection to

McAfee Headquarters, or using the optional connections over the Enterprise Intranet to a

designated server.

• Artemis (Heuristic network check for suspicious files) — Looks for suspicious programs

and DLLs running on client systems that are protected by VirusScan Enterprise. When the

real-time malware defense detects a suspicious program, it sends a DNS request containing

a fingerprint of the suspicious file to a central database server hosted by McAfee Labs.

• McAfee Agent (optional) — Provides secure communication between McAfee managed

products and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator server. The agent also provides local services like

updating, logging, reporting events and properties, task scheduling, communication, and

policy storage.

Getting Started

Components and how they interact

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