Product guide

Test the installation
When you have completed the installation, we recommend that you test it to make sure that the
software is installed properly and can protect the Mac.
Tasks
• Test the anti-malware protection feature on page 24
You can test the anti-malware protection feature by accessing the European Institute of
Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) standard anti-virus test file.
• Test the application protection feature on page 24
You can test the application protection feature by creating a rule to deny application
execution.
• Test the desktop firewall feature on page 25
Test the desktop firewall feature by creating a rule. Consider a scenario where you want to
create an allow rule for www.abcwebsite.com.
Test the anti-malware protection feature
You can test the anti-malware protection feature by accessing the European Institute of Computer
Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) standard anti-virus test file.
This file is the combined effort by anti-virus vendors to implement one standard that customers can
use to validate the anti-virus software.
Task
1
Go to the EICAR website http://www.eicar.org.
2
Click DOWNLOAD ANTI MALWARE TESTFILE, then click DOWNLOAD.
3
Click an anti-malware test file. For example, eicar.com.txt.
For the test to be successful, McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac displays a message Notification 1
detection(s) found on your system with the relevant details.
Test the application protection feature
You can test the application protection feature by creating a rule to deny application execution.
Consider a scenario where you want to block iTunes on your Mac.
Task
1
Click the McAfee menulet on the status bar, then select McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac Preferences.
2
Click Application Protection.
3
Click
, type the administrator password, then click OK.
a
In Rules, click in the bottom left corner of the console.
b
In Application Name, browse and add iTunes.
c
In Action, select Deny Execution, then click OK.
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Installation and deployment
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