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McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide
Detections report
Use the Detections report to view and manage the types of potentially malicious code or
unwanted programs that have been found on the network.
Select the information that appears in this report How to use this report
How to use this report
Do this...
When you want to...
Click a computer name to display the Computer Details page, which displays
information about the computer, its service components, and its detections.
View details about a computer
where a detection occurred
Click Allow, select one or more programs, select one or more policies
where the programs will be approved, then click Save. The selected
Approve a program
programs will no longer be detected as threats on computers using the
selected policies.
To do this...
Select this option...
Specify the period of time for which to display information. Select from the last week
or one of the last 12 months.
Report period
Show all threat detections or a particular type.
Detection type
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Malware Infections — Known threats that would infect the computer if they
were not caught.
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Potentially Unwanted Programs — Programs that you have not approved
to run on client computers.
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Buffer Overflow Processes — Unwanted code that attempted to run in
reserved memory but was stopped.
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Cookies — Data files containing personal information that are created by a
web server and stored on your computer. Cookies allow web servers to
recognize you and track your preferences when you visit Internet sites.
List the computers where detections occurred, the names of detections, or the groups
containing computers where detections occurred.
View
Display all the computers on your account or only those in a single group.
Groups
Do this...
When you want to...
Click the triangle icon next to a name.
Display computers or detections
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Under a computer name, show which detections were found.
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Under a detection name, show the computers where it was found.
Click a group name to display computers in that group.
If detections are listed for a computer, click a quantity to display details.
View details about detections
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Click a quantity for Detected Objects to display a list of detected threats and
their status.
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From the Detections List, click the name of a detection to display detailed
information from the McAfee Avert Labs Threat Library.
Click a computer name to display the Computer Details page, which displays
information about the computer, its service components, and its detections.
View details about a computer
where a detection occurred
To do this...
Select this option...
Specify the period of time for which to display information. Select from the last week
or one of the last 12 months.
Report period
Show all unrecognized programs, only programs blocked by firewall protection, only
potentially unwanted programs, or only cookies.
Detection type
List the computers where unrecognized programs were detected, the name of the
programs, or the groups containing computers where unrecognized programs were
detected.
View
Display all the computers on your account or only those in a single group.
Groups
Do this...
When you want to...
Click the triangle icon next to a name.
Display computers or detections
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Under a computer name, show which programs were detected.
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Under a program name, show the computers where it was detected.
Click a group name to display computers in that group.
Click the name of a potentially unwanted program to display detailed information
from the McAfee Avert Labs Threat Library.
View details about detections
Click a computer name to display the Computer Details page, which displays
information about the computer, its service components, and its detections.
View details about a computer
where a detection occurred
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