General tab
Configure general on-access scanning options.
Option definitions
DefinitionOption
Select Workstation or Server from the drop-down list.
NOTE: This option is only available via ePolicy Orchestrator.
Settings for
Specify general scan items:Scan
• Boot sectors — Scan boot sectors.
Default = Enabled.
• Floppy during shutdown — Scan floppy drives when the computer is
shut down.
Default = Enabled.
• Processes on enable — The McAfee On-access McShield service scans
all processes which are already running.
Default = Disabled.
NOTE: Enabling this feature improves security, but impacts boot-time
performance.
• Trusted installers — Specify if MSI files, installed by msiexec.exe and
signed by McAfee or Microsoft, or if Windows Trusted Installer service files,
are scanned on-access:
• Disabled (default), do not scan files installed by MSI or Windows
Trusted Installer service.
NOTE: Disabled improves the performance of large Microsoft application
installers.
• Enabled, scan files installed by MSI or Windows Trusted Installer
service.
Specify when to enable scanning:Enable on-access scanning
• Enable on-access scanning at system startup — Enable the on-access
scanner each time you start your computer.
• Enable on-access scanning when the policy is enforced — Enable
the on-access scanner each time the policy is enforced.
NOTE: This option is only available via ePolicy Orchestrator.
Specify the maximum scanning time:Maximum scan time
• Enforce a maximum scanning time for all files — Define a maximum
scanning time and enforce it for all files.
• Maximum scan time — Specify the maximum scan time for all files in
seconds.
Default = 45 seconds.
NOTE: If a scan exceeds the time limit, the scan stops cleanly and logs a
message. If the scan cannot be stopped cleanly, it terminates and starts again
on the next scan.
Scan cookie files — Enable scanning of cookie files.Cookies
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