McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1, User Manual

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Using the VShield Scanner
112 McAfee VirusScan
Choosing Detection options
The VShield scanner does not start with the E-mail Scan module enabled by
default because it needs to know which e-mail system you use. Once you
configure it for use with your regular e-mail client, the module will use your
MAPI profile, or your cc:Mail user name and password, to log on to your mail
account whenever it starts a scan session.
If you have already started and logged into your e-mail system, the module
will simply work within the session you’ve created. If, however, you have not
yet logged into your e-mail system, the module will prompt you to choose a
profile or enter account information as soon as a scan session starts, even
before you’ve logged into your e-mail account. This also can occur when you
start your computer, if you do not have your e-mail client program set to load
at startup.
If you switch profiles or log into a different account—perhaps in another
domain—the module will ask you to choose the profile you want to use or to
supply a new user name and password to log on to the mail system.
To choose configuration options for this page, follow these steps
1. Select the
Enable Scanning of e-mail attachments
checkbox.
The options in the rest of the property page activate ( Figure 4-18 ).
Figure 4-18. E-mail Scan Properties dialog box - Detection page