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Configuring protection preferences on a
standalone Mac
Use McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac preferences to enable or disable anti-malware, application
protection, desktop firewall, and to configure the protection parameters.
Contents
General preferences
Anti-malware
Application protection
Desktop firewall
Configure an update schedule
General preferences
Enable or disable the protection features that you want to run on your Mac.
Configure general preferences
Enable or disable the security features you want to configure for your Mac.
Before you begin
You must have administrator rights to configure these protection preferences.
Task
1
Click the McAfee menulet
on the status bar, then select McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac Preferences.
2
On the General tab, click
, type the administrator password, then click OK.
3
Click ON or OFF to enable or disable these features:
• On-access Scan — Detects malware, whenever a file is read from or written to the hard disk.
• Spyware Scan — Detects spyware and takes preventive actions.
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