
Getting Started
Understanding the components of McAfee
®
VirusScan
®
Enterprise 8.8 software, and the order
you should use to configure the software helps you protect your system from threats.
Contents
Introducing VirusScan Enterprise
Components and how they interact
The importance of creating a security strategy
VirusScan Console and ways to access it
What to do first
Introducing VirusScan Enterprise
As soon as the VirusScan Enterprise software is installed, it begins protecting your system from
threats. You can increase your protection if you understand what the software does, what is
new in this release, and its major components.
What it is and does
VirusScan Enterprise offers easily scalable protection, fast performance, and a mobile design
to protect your environment from the following:
• Viruses, worms and Trojan horses
• Access point violations and exploited buffer overflows
• Potentially unwanted code and programs
It detects threats, then takes the actions you configured to protect your environment.
You can configure the software as a standalone product or you can use McAfee
®
ePolicy
Orchestrator
®
software version 4.0 and later, to manage and enforce VirusScan Enterprise
policies, then use queries and dashboards to track activity and detections.
NOTE: This document addresses using ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0, 4.5, and 4.6. For information
about using these versions of ePolicy Orchestrator, see that version's product documentation.
What is new
This release includes the following new features:
• Enhanced performance.
• Allows ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 and 4.6 to manage your VirusScan Enterprise systems.
• A new ScriptScan URL exclusion feature allows you to configure exclusions instead of manually
editing the registry.
9McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Product Guide
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