Product guide

Perform a system scan
Perform an on-demand scan on specific files, folders, and local or network-mounted volumes
immediately.
Task
1
Click the McAfee menulet on the status bar, then select McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac Console.
2
On the console dashboard, click Scan Now.
3
From the What to scan drop-down list, select Start Scan.
Configure custom scan tasks
Schedule and customize scan tasks based on your requirements, to scan specific files, folders, and
volumes periodically. You can also modify or remove the existing schedule.
For example, to scan your download folder and music library folder more frequently, you can define a
scan schedule for only these two folders.
Tasks
• Create a scan task on page 32
Create scan tasks that automatically run at scheduled periods with the defined parameters.
• Modify an existing scan task on page 33
Modify an existing scan schedule to add or remove locations or change the date and time.
• Remove an existing scan schedule on page 33
Remove the scheduled scan schedule when you no longer need it.
Create a scan task
Create scan tasks that automatically run at scheduled periods with the defined parameters.
Task
1
Click the McAfee menulet
on the status bar, then select McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac Console.
2
On the console dashboard, click Scan Now.
3
Click in the bottom left corner.
4
In the Scan Name field, type a name, then click Create.
5
From the What to scan drop-down list, select the items you want scan. Click
or - to remove the
location.
• Documents — Scans the user documents folder.
• Desktop — Scans files and folders in desktop.
• Users — Scans the user directory.
• Applications — Scans the applications folders.
• Localhost — Scans the local host.
• Choose — Allows you to select folder or file location to scan.
3
Using the software on a standalone Mac
Perform a system scan
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McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1.0 Product Guide