Product guide

• Regular mode — When the network packet adheres to a rule’s condition, the associated action
defined in the rule is executed. If no matching rule is found, the network packet is blocked.
• Adaptive mode — When the network packet matches a rule’s conditions, the associated action
defined in the rule is executed. If no matching rule is found, the packet is allowed and a rule is
created to allow similar packets later.
Controlled network access protection permits the Mac to access only authorized networks, minimizing
the risk from network threats.
For more information, see Configuring protection preferences.
Application protection
Configure rules to prevent execution of applications or to run applications with restricted or without
network access.
You can set rules for the applications installed on a Mac to:
• Execute with full network access
• Execute without network access
• Execute with restricted network access
• Block the application execution
For example, you can configure iTunes to use for recreational purposes only, so that it can't access the
Internet for downloading music. You do this by selecting allow execution without network access.
For more information, see Configure preferences for application protection.
Product features
The main features of McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac are described in this section.
Anti-malware
• Anti-spyware protection — Protects the Mac from spyware threats.
• On-access Scan — Scan files and folders whenever users access them.
• Performance improvements for On-demand-Scan (ODS) — Completes scan files and folders
faster with less resource.
•
Quarantine — Quarantine malware items (or suspected malware-like behavior) so that they can't
be opened or executed.
• Schedule Scan — Define schedules to scan files and folders on local and mounted volumes.
• Separate regular expression based exclusion for on-access scan and on-demand scan.
• Scan network volume, compressed files, and emails.
Introduction
Product features
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