Copyright: © 1997 McAfee Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Citation: © 1997 McAfee Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


What is a Computer Virus?

A computer virus is a program that replicates itself, attaches to other programs, and performs unsolicited or unwanted, if not malicious, actions when it executes. The two fundamental virus categories are “boot” and “file” viruses.

Boot viruses dwell in the boot sector of the hard or floppy disk that carries them. These execute as your computer starts. Once they copy themselves into your computer’s memory, they can then spread to other disks or other computers on a network, each time leaving copies of themselves that can repeat the cycle.

File viruses become active only when you execute the program that carries them. Typically, such viruses infect files with the extensions .EXE, .COM, or .DLL, and such other executable files as Microsoft Word or Excel data and template files. Once executed, the file virus also loads itself into your computer’s memory, then replicates and attaches itself to other executable programs.

The following list describes some of the characteristics of common viruses. Click an item to learn more.

  Boot virus

  File virus

  Stealth virus

  Multi-partite virus

  Mutating virus

  Encrypted virus

  Polymorphic virus

  Macro virus

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Boot Virus

A boot virus copies itself from the boot sector of one drive to that of another (e.g., from a floppy disk to a hard disk).


File Virus

A file virus attaches itself to an executable program. Whenever the program runs, the virus attaches itself to other executable programs.


Stealth Virus

A stealth virus hides itself to evade detection. A stealth virus may be either a boot virus or a file virus.


Multi-partite Virus

A multi-partite virus acts like both a boot virus and a file virus by spreading through disk boot sectors and executable files.


Mutating Virus

Mutating viruses change their code signature to avoid detection. Many mutating viruses are also encrypted viruses.


Encrypted Virus

Encrypted viruses encrypt part of their code signature to avoid detection. Many encrypted viruses are also mutating viruses.


Polymorphic Virus

Polymorphic viruses act somewhat like mutating viruses, but each time a polymorphic virus copies itself, it changes its code signature slightly to avoid detection.


What Is a Java Class or an ActiveX Control?

As the popularity of the Internet has grown in the last few years, website design has become much more sophisticated. Many sites now include interactive elements, such as forms, search engines, animations, and a host of other multimedia features that make web browsing more useful and more exciting. Much of the technology that makes these features possible comes from small, easily downloaded programs that interact with your browser software to exchange information, to display multimedia files, to formulate database queries, and to perform other tasks. Java and ActiveX are tools programmers use to write these types of programs.

Programmers use Sun Microsystems’ Java programming language to write small, special-purpose applications, or “applets,” that run on a Java “virtual machine” incorporated into your browser software, either directly or as a plug-in module. A Java “class” is a prewritten software module that programmers can modify for their own use.

Programmers use Microsoft’s ActiveX technology for similar purposes. ActiveX differs from Java primarily in how it runs—where Java runs in a virtual machine built specifically to interpret Java applets, ActiveX serves as a sophisticated software bridge between existing programs, or between other programs and Windows itself. An ActiveX “control” is a software module that links programs and allows them to share data without either having to know anything about how the other operates.

Java classes and ActiveX controls are called, collectively, “objects.”

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Why Scan for Java Classes and ActiveX Controls?

Although both Java and ActiveX include safeguards designed to prevent harm to your computer system, determined programmers have developed objects that exploit arcane Java or ActiveX features to read data stored on your hard disk and pass it back to websites you visit, to forge offensive e-mail in your name and send it out to others, to corrupt or destroy your data, or to cause other damage to your system.

Dangerous objects such as these can often lurk on websites until you visit and download them to your system, usually without realizing that they exist. Most browser software includes a feature that allows you to block Java applets or ActiveX controls altogether, or to turn on security features that authenticate objects before downloading them to your system. But these approaches can deprive you of the interactive benefits of websites you visit by indiscriminately blocking all objects, dangerous or not.

WebScanX allows a more judicious approach. It uses an up-to-date database of objects known to cause harm to screen Java classes and ActiveX controls you encounter as you browse. Potentially harmful objects stay where they are, away from your system, while other objects continue to function.

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Why Scan for Viruses?

Not so long ago, individual computer users could avoid virus infections without much thought or planning, simply because they rarely came in contact with likely virus sources. Today, however, most computer users send messages to each other, share data and transfer files constantly—whether through a modem, via diskettes, or over networks and the Internet. In this same span of time, viruses have come to number in the thousands and can spread more quickly and easily than ever.

In this environment, taking steps to protect yourself from a computer virus infection is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Consider the value of the data on your computer. It would probably require a significant investment of time and money to replace if it became corrupted or unusable because of a viral infection—it may even be irreplaceable. But whether your own data is important to you or not, neglecting to guard against viruses may mean that your computer could play unwitting host to a virus that can spread and attack the data on computers your co-workers and colleagues use.

Scheduling periodic virus scans with WebScanX and other McAfee virus scanning solutions significantly reduces your vulnerability to infection and prevents unnecessary loss of time, money and data.

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WebScanX Features

WebScanX protects your computer from viruses by checking these possible sources for infection: message attachments you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant client software; websites you visit with Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, SPRY Mosaic or America Online Web Browser; files you download; and Java classes or ActiveX controls you encounter. WebScanX also makes it easy to keep your system safe by

•	Allowing you to decide whether it should look at all message attachments or only at designated files

•	Scanning compressed files, at your option

•	Notifying co-workers, your network administrator, and the person who sent you an infected e-mail attachment automatically whenever it detects infected files

•	Deleting or moving infected files to a “quarantine” directory

•	Logging actions it takes to identify and respond to viruses

•	Blocking Java classes and ActiveX controls known to cause harm from reaching your computer system

•	Preventing access to a specified list of dangerous websites or IP addresses

•	Protecting your settings from alteration with a password you supply

•	Allowing easy access to configuration options via a simple and intuitive dialog box

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About McAfee

Founded in 1989, McAfee Associates, Inc. is the leading provider of productive computing tools for the DOS, OS/2, UNIX and Windows environments. More than 16,000 corporations worldwide use our anti-virus products. Our utility products provide data security, automated version updating, and system inspection and editing. McAfee also pioneered and has become the leading provider of electronically distributed software. All McAfee products may be purchased through dealers or downloaded from bulletin-board systems and online services around the world.

McAfee does not stop at developing the world’s best anti-virus and utility products. We back them with a full-time staff of virus researchers, programmers and support professionals, who together provide the industry's best service and technical assistance. Contact McAfee directly, or contact McAfee through our worldwide network of authorized agents in more than 50 countries.

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Contacting McAfee

McAfee maintains a support staff with expertise in the each of the areas listed below. Click any of these topics for more information:

  Customer Care

  Technical Support

  Training

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Customer Care

To order McAfee products or obtain product information, we invite you to contact our Customer Care department at (408) 988-3832 or at the following address:

McAfee, Inc.
2805 Bowers Avenue
Santa Clara, CA  95051-0963
U.S.A.

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McAfee Training

To learn about scheduling on-site training for any McAfee product, call (800) 338-8754.

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Technical Support

McAfee is famous for its dedication to customer satisfaction. We have continued this tradition by making our site on the World Wide Web a valuable resource for answers to technical support issues. We encourage you to make this your first stop for answers to frequently asked questions, for updates to McAfee software, and for the latest news and information. Click the website address shown below to link directly to McAfee’s site. To specify the web browser you want to use or to learn how to obtain web browsing software, click here [image].

World Wide Web	http://www.mcafee.com  Click here to link to the McAfee Web Site.
If you do not find what you need or do not have Web access, try one of McAfee’s automated services:

Automated Voice and Fax Response System	(408) 988-3034
E-mail	support@mcafee.com
McAfee dial-up Bulletin Board System	(408) 988-4004 1200 bps to 28,800 bps 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit 24 hours, 365 days a year
CompuServe	GO MCAFEE
America Online	Keyword MCAFEE
Microsoft Network (MSN)	MCAFEE
If the automated services do not have the answer you need, contact McAfee at one of the following numbers Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time.

For corporate-licensed customers:

Phone	(408) 988-3832
Fax	(408) 970-9727
For retail-licensed customers:

Phone	(972) 278-6100
Fax	(408) 970-9727
To provide the answers you need quickly and efficiently, the McAfee technical support staff needs some information about your computer and software. Please have this information ready before you call:

•	Product name and version number

•	Computer brand and model

•	Any additional hardware or peripherals connected to your computer

•	Operating system type and version numbers

•	Network type and software version numbers

•	Contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, your CONFIG.SYS file, and your system LOGIN script

•	Specific steps to reproduce the problem, if applicable

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Updating WebScanX Data Files

New viruses, along with harmful Java classes and ActiveX controls, appear at a rate of more than 200 per month. Often, WebScanX cannot use the information included in older data files to detect these new variations. To offer the best virus protection possible, McAfee continually updates the files WebScanX uses to detect viruses and harmful objects. After a certain time period, WebScanX will notify you that you should update its virus definition, or .DAT, file. For maximum protection, you should update these files on a regular basis—McAfee releases new data files monthly.

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Your purchase of WebScanX entitles you to free updates to your data files for as long as you use this version of WebScanX. You may not, however, update WebScanX evaluation copies. Please note also that McAfee cannot guarantee that future data file releases will remain compatible with earlier versions of its products.

To update your files regularly and conveniently, use any of these methods:

•	SecureCast. Install and use McAfee’s automatic update service to take advantage of the latest “push” technology to update your data files automatically and invisibly. To learn more, click here [image].

•	WebScanX One-button Electronic Updating. Click Update in the WebScanX Old Virus Definitions dialog box, when it appears, in order to connect directly with one of McAfee’s FTP sites. To learn more, click here [image].

•	McAfee Electronic Services. Connect to any of McAfee’s electronic services, including the McAfee Web Site and the McAfee BBS to update your definition files. To learn more, click here [image].

•	Major electronic services. Connect to one of the major electronic services, including America Online, CompuServe or the Microsoft Network, to update your definition files. To learn more, click here [image].

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Updating Your Data Files Using SecureCast

McAfee’s SecureCast gives you several options for keeping your WebScanX installation up-to-date, with varying levels of user interaction. One option, which uses BackWeb’s Internet “push” technology, automatically updates your data files on a regular basis whenever you are connected to the Internet. If you do not connect long enough for a full download, the software will automatically piece out the work and notify you when a complete update package has arrived.

To use SecureCast, either install the client software from the CD-ROM that contains WebScanX, or download it from the McAfee Web Site http://www.mcafee.com. See the WHATSNEW.TXT file included with the WebScanX CD-ROM for installation instructions.

The McAfee Web Site contains its own instructions for downloading and installing SecureCast software. Please refer to the site for details.

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Updating Your Data Files with One-button Electronic Updating

WebScanX periodically reminds you as you start your computer to update your virus definition files. You can download new definition files automatically by following these steps:

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1	Click Update in the Old Virus Definitions dialog box to connect automatically with the directory that contains current data files.

2	In the Update Files dialog that appears, choose the site from which you want to download your new definition files from the list shown. Choose the site closest to your location to shorten your download time.

3	Click OK.

WebScanX downloads the new files.

To prepare the new files for use with WebScanX, follow these steps:

1	Download the file to a new directory on your computer.

2	The file is compressed. Decompress it with any PKUNZIP-compatible decompression software. If you don’t have decompression software, you can download PKUNZIP (shareware) from any of McAfee’s electronic sites.

3	Locate the directories on your hard disk that contain WebScanX files. If you followed the recommended installation procedure, WebScanX installs itself here: C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebScanX.

4	Copy the new files into the directory or directories that contain your current WebScanX files. When Windows asks you whether you want to replace your old files with the new data files, click Yes.

5	Reboot your computer so that changes take place immediately.

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Updating Your Data Files Using McAfee's Electronic Services

To update your WebScanX data files by downloading new files from the McAfee Web Site or the McAfee BBS, follow these steps:

1	Download the correct data file (for example, DAT-3007.ZIP) from one of McAfee’s electronic services.

On most services, you’ll find update files in a separate anti-virus section. Instructions for choosing correct data files appear on the McAfee Web Site. Click here http://www.mcafee.com to connect.

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2	Download the file to a new directory.

The file is compressed. Decompress it with any PKUNZIP-compatible decompression software. If you don’t have decompression software, you can also download PKUNZIP (shareware) from any of McAfee’s electronic sites.

6	Locate the directories on your hard disk that contain WebScanX files. If you followed the recommended installation procedure, WebScanX installs itself here: C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebScanX.

7	Copy the new files into the directory or directories that contain your current WebScanX files. When Windows asks you whether you want to replace your old files with the new data files, click Yes.

8	Reboot your computer so that changes take place immediately.

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Updating Your Data Files Using Other Electronic Services

McAfee maintains a presence on most of the major online services, including America Online, CompuServe and the Microsoft Network (MSN). Each service includes a software download area where you can find up-to-date .DAT files and other McAfee software. Keywords to locate McAfee on each service appear below:

CompuServe	GO MCAFEE
America Online	Keyword MCAFEE
Microsoft Network (MSN)	MCAFEE
When you have located the McAfee software download area, follow these steps to update your WebScanX files:

1	Download the correct data file (for example, DAT-3007.ZIP).

On most services, you’ll find update files in a separate anti-virus section. Instructions for choosing correct data files appear in the same area.

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2	Download the file to a new directory.

The file is compressed. Decompress the file using any PKUNZIP-compatible decompression software. If you don’t have decompression software, you can also download PKUNZIP (shareware) from the same electronic site.

3	Locate the directories on your hard disk that contain WebScanX files. If you followed the recommended installation procedure, WebScanX installs itself here: C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebScanX.

4	Copy the new files into the directory or directories that contain your current WebScanX files. When Windows asks you whether you want to replace your old files with the new data files, click Yes.

5	Reboot your computer so that changes take place immediately.

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Reporting New Viruses or Objects

McAfee is committed to providing you with effective and up-to-date tools you can use to protect your system. To that end, we invite you to report any new Java classes, ActiveX controls, dangerous websites, or viruses that WebScanX does not now detect. Please note that McAfee reserves the right to use any information you supply as it deems appropriate without incurring any obligations whatsoever. Send your suggestions to:

ResearchX@McAfee.com	Use this address to report harmful ActiveX controls and Java classes, or dangerous Internet sites.
AVResearch@McAfee.com	Use this address to report new virus strains.
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Specifying or Obtaining Browser Software
for Use with the McAfee Web Site

To choose a web browser to use when linking to McAfee’s Web Site from the WebScanX help system, click here

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If you have Internet access, but do not have one of the supported browsers, you may download software from one of these sites:

Netscape website:	http://www.netscape.com

Microsoft website:	http://www.microsoft.com

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Preventing WebScanX from Starting Automatically

During installation, WebScanX sets itself to start automatically each time you start your computer. Once started, WebScanX remains active in your computer’s memory, automatically checking for viruses and harmful objects using the configuration options you choose. To disable this “autoload” feature

1	Click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image].

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2	Choose Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box opens.

3	Click the switch [image] beside Load at startup to turn it off [image]. This tells WebScanX not to start automatically. Clicking the switch again reactivates the autoload feature.

4	Click OK to close the WebScanX Properties dialog box.

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Starting WebScanX Without Restarting Your Computer

If you disable WebScanX’s autoload feature, then quit WebScanX, restart the program using one of the methods below. Please note that Windows NT 3.51 does not support the first method listed. Click an item to learn more:

  Choose WebScanX from the Start menu

  Double-click the WebScanX program icon

  Run webscanx.exe

If you have disabled all of the WebScanX activity icons and want to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, use one of the methods below. Please note that Windows NT 3.51 does not support the first method listed. Click an item to learn more:

  Choose Configure WebScanX from the Start menu

  Double-click the Configure WebScanX program icon

  Run webcfg32.exe

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Starting WebScanX from its Program Icon

Follow these steps:

1	Locate the folder named McAfee on your hard disk, then double-click it. If you followed the recommended installation instructions, you should find the folder in this path—c:\Program Files\McAfee—on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 systems. On Windows NT 3.51 systems, the default path is c:\mcafee.

2	Double-click the WebScanX folder.

3	Double-click the WebScanX.exe icon.

4	Choose your user profile from the list beside Profile Name in the Choose Profile dialog box that appears.

5	Click OK.

WebScanX starts and begins scanning with the most recent configuration options you have chosen. If you have disabled all of the WebScanX program icons, WebScanX runs without any visual interface.

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Starting WebScanX from the Start Menu

Follow these steps:

1	Click Start in the Windows taskbar.

2	Point to Programs.

3	Point to the McAfee WebScanX folder.

4	Choose WebScanX.

5	Choose your user profile from the Profile Name list in the Choose Profile dialog box that appears.

6	Click OK.

WebScanX starts and begins scanning with the most recent configuration options you have chosen. If you have disabled all of the WebScanX program icons, WebScanX runs without any visual interface.

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Running WebScanX.exe

Follow these steps:

1	Choose Run… from the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Start menu. If you use Windows NT 3.51, choose Run… from the File menu in the Program Manager.

2	Type the path for webscan.exe in the text box provided, or click Browse  to locate the file on your hard disk.

The default path on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 systems is c:\Program files\McAfee\WebScanX\webscanx.exe

The default path on Windows NT 3.51 systems is c:\mcafee\webscanx\webscanx.exe.

3	Click OK.

4	Choose your user profile from the list beside Profile Name in the Choose Profile dialog box that appears.

5	Click OK.

WebScanX starts and begins scanning with the most recent configuration options you have chosen. If you have disabled all of the WebScanX program icons, WebScanX runs without any visual interface.

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Opening the WebScanX Properties Dialog Box
from the Start Menu

Follow these steps:

1	Click Start in the Windows taskbar.

2	Point to Programs.

3	Point to the McAfee WebScanX folder.

4	Choose Configure WebScanX.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box appears. To open this dialog box from the taskbar in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or from the desktop in Windows NT 3.51, click the Show Icon checkbox in any property page to display the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image], or [image]. Choose Properties from the shortcut menus associated with these icons to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.

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Opening the WebScanX Properties Dialog Box
Using the Program Icon

Follow these steps:

1	Locate the folder named McAfee on your hard disk, then double-click it. If you followed the recommended installation instructions, you should find the folder in this path—c:\Program Files\McAfee—on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 systems. On Windows NT 3.51 systems, the default path is c:\mcafee.

2	Double-click the WebScanX folder.

3	Double-click the WebCfg32.exe icon.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box appears. To open this dialog box from the taskbar in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or from the desktop in Windows NT 3.51, click the Show Icon checkbox in any property page to display the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image], or [image]. Choose Properties from the shortcut menus associated with these icons to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.

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Running Webcfg32.exe

Follow these steps:

1	Choose Run… from the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Start menu. If you use Windows NT 3.51, choose Run… from the File menu in the Program Manager.

2	Type the path for webcfg32.exe in the text box provided, or click Browse to locate the file on your hard disk.

The default path on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 systems is c:\Program files\McAfee\WebScanX\webcfg32.exe

The default path on Windows NT 3.51 systems is c:\mcafee\webscanx\webcfg32.exe.

3	Click OK.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box appears. To open this dialog box from the taskbar in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or from the desktop in Windows NT 3.51, click the Show Icon checkbox in any property page to display the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image], or [image]. Choose Properties from the shortcut menus associated with these icons to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.

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Quitting WebScanX

To quit WebScanX

1	Press and hold Shift on your keyboard, then click a WebScanX activity icon— [image], [image] or [image].

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2	Choose Exit All.

WebScanX immediately stops all virus scanning and quits.

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Using WebScanX Menus

WebScanX groups several of its common commands in shortcut menus associated with these activity icons: , [image] or [image]. Each icon corresponds to one of WebScanX’s program components—E-mail Scan, Download Scan and Internet Filter, respectively—and each has its own menu. Click any of these icons to display these commands:

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•	Status. Choose this to open the WebScanX Status dialog box.

•	Enable/Disable. Choose this to activate or deactivate a WebScanX program component.

•	Properties. Choose this to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.

•	About. Choose this to display your WebScanX version number, a serial number and a McAfee Associates copyright notice.

•	Help. Choose this to display this help file.

Press Shift on your keyboard as you click an icon to display this additional command:

•	Exit All. Choose this to stop all scanning activity and quit WebScanX.

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Configuring E-mail Scan Properties

To configure WebScanX to look for viruses attached to e-mail messages you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client

1	Click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image].

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3	Choose Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box opens.

3	Click the E-mail Scan tab to display the correct property page.

4	Select the Enable Scanning of e-mail attachments checkbox. The options in the rest of the property page activate.

5	Select the Show Icon checkbox to display the activity icon for this program component [image].

The icon is animated and runs whenever WebScanX scans e-mail attachments. Depending on the options you choose in other property pages, it may appear along with other WebScanX icons.

6	Click the button that corresponds to the e-mail software—Lotus cc:Mail or Microsoft Mail—that you use. Clicking Microsoft Mail (MAPI) also tells WebScanX to scan e-mail you receive through any MAPI-compliant client software.

WebScanX can protect your computer from viruses that accompany e-mail messages with a combination of actions. Click any of the topics below to learn how to tell WebScanX to

  Detect Viruses Carried in E-mail Attachments

  Respond to viruses it detects

  Alert you or others when it detects a virus

  Save a log showing the actions it took

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Detecting Viruses Carried in E-mail Attachments

The virus “signatures,” or characteristic code sequences, that WebScanX searches for generally appear only in files attached to e-mail messages, rather than in the messages themselves. Although code for a virus could appear in the text of an e-mail message, perhaps because of a mail transmission error, such a virus could not infect your computer system because e-mail software transmits messages as text. To function as a virus, the code sequence must be a able to run as a program or as part of another program.

To detect viruses attached to your e-mail, locate the area labeled Detection in the E-mail Scan property page, then

1	Tell WebScanX where to look. If you use Microsoft Mail or any MAPI-compliant client software you have these options:

•	All new mail. Click this button to have WebScanX search for viruses in all e-mail message attachments as they reach your mailbox; or

•	Select Folder. Click this button to tell WebScanX to look for all message attachments in a specific location. Next, click [image] to choose the folder WebScanX should search.

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If you use Lotus cc:Mail, simply tell WebScanX how often it should scan incoming e-mail attachments for viruses. In the text box provided, enter the number of seconds WebScanX should wait before performing a scan.

2	Tell WebScanX what to look for.

•	Choose All attachments from the Attachments list to have WebScanX search for viruses in all files attached to e-mail messages. Although searching all incoming message attachments serves as your best protection against infection, doing so may have an impact on your computer’s performance if WebScanX must scan and process a large volume of e-mail.

•	Choose Program files only from the Attachments list to have WebScanX search only for those attachments most susceptible to virus infection. By default, WebScanX uses these common extensions to identify susceptible files: .COM, .EXE, .SYS, .RTF, .DO?, and .XL?. It uses .RTF, .DO?, and .XL? to identify Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel data files, whose macros can contain viruses. The ? character is a wildcard.

•	To change the list of file extensions WebScanX uses, click [image]. Click here [image] to learn more.

3	Tell WebScanX whether to examine compressed files.

Select the Compressed files checkbox to have WebScanX search compressed files created with LHA, LZEXE, PkLite, PkZip, or WinZip. Because WebScanX decompresses each such file in memory, then checks for virus signatures, selecting this option can lengthen the time it takes to scan your e-mail.

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4	Click Apply to save the detection options you chose without leaving the E-mail Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Responding to Viruses Detected in E-mail Attachments

To tell WebScanX what to do about viruses it finds attached to your e-mail, choose a response from the Action list in the E-mail Scan property page.

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You can

•	Tell WebScanX to ask you what to do when it finds a virus.

•	Choose Prompt for user action. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box, then select possible responses from the checkboxes shown. When WebScanX finds an infected file during a scan, it displays an alert dialog box that offers you each of the response options you choose here.

•	The options are:

•	Delete file. This tells WebScanX to immediately delete the infected file from your system and move the e-mail message to your e-mail client application’s trash folder.

•	Move file. This tells WebScanX to move the infected file to a particular “quarantine” directory (see below to learn how to choose a directory).

•	Continue scan. This tells WebScanX to ignore the infected file completely and continue searching.

•	Stop scan. This tells WebScanX to stop scanning for any other infected files.

•	Select the Sound audible alert checkbox to tell WebScanX to beep when it finds infected files. Select the Display custom message checkbox to tell WebScanX to alert you with your own custom message when it finds infected files. Next, enter the message you want to see in the text box below.

•	Tell WebScanX to move infected files to a particular directory.

•	Choose Move infected files to a folder, then click [image] to open a dialog box where you can choose a quarantine folder to store infected files. By default, WebScanX creates a folder called Infected in its program directory and stores infected files there. Click [image] to choose or create a different folder.

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•	Click [image] to open a folder or other icon shown in the Choose Folder dialog box. Click [image] to choose the folder you want to use; the icon for the folder you select changes to [image]. Click OK to return to the Action dialog box—the pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].

•	Delete the infected file immediately.

•	Choose Delete infected files. WebScanX deletes infected files from your system automatically, as it finds them, and moves the messages that carry them to your e-mail client program’s trash folder.

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•	Tell WebScanX to keep scanning.

•	Choose Continue scanning. WebScanX ignores any infected files it finds and completes its scan.

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Click Apply to save the response options you chose without leaving the E-mail Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Displaying and Sending Alert Messages

WebScanX offers you three ways to alert others about infected files you have found in your e-mail. Click any of the topics below to learn how to

  Reply to the person who sent you a message with an infected attachment

  Send e-mail to warn others about an infected attachment

  Alert your network administrator about an infected attachment

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Alerting an E-mail Correspondent About Infected Files

To compose a standard reply to the person who sent you a message with an infected attachment, locate the area labeled Alert in the E-mail Scan property page, then

1	Select the Return reply mail to sender checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open a standard mail message form.

3	Fill in the subject line, then add any comments you want to make in the body of the message below the infection notice. You may add up to 1024 characters of text.

To send a copy of this message to someone else, enter an e-mail address in the text box labeled Cc:, or click Cc: to choose a recipient from your mail system’s user directory or address book.

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4	Click OK to save the message.

Whenever it detects a virus, WebScanX sends a copy of this message to each person who sends you e-mail with an infected attachment. It fills in the recipient’s address with information found in the original message header, and identifies the virus and the affected file in the area immediately below the subject line. If you have activated its logging feature, WebScanX also logs each instance when it sends an alert message.

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Warning Others About Infected Files via E-mail

To send an e-mail message to warn others about an infected attachment, locate the area labeled Alert in the E-mail Scan property page, then

1	Select the Send mail to user checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open a standard mail message form.

3	Enter an e-mail address in the text box labeled To:, or click To: to choose a recipient from your mail system’s user directory or address book. Repeat the process in the text box labeled Cc: to send a copy of the message to someone else.

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4	Fill in the subject line, then add any comments you want to make in the body of the message below the infection notice. You may add up to 1024 characters of text.

5	Click OK to save the message.

Whenever it detects a virus, WebScanX sends a copy of this message to each of the addresses that you entered in Step 3. It adds information to identify the virus and the affected file in the area immediately below the subject line. If you have activated its logging feature, WebScanX also logs each instance when it sends an alert message.

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Notifying Your Network Administrator About Infected Files

WebScanX works in conjunction with a network server running McAfee’s NetShield to notify your network system administrator whenever it detects a virus. The notification consists of a report form, or “network alert,” that WebScanX generates automatically and sends to a specific location for NetShield to read.

To tell WebScanX to generate and send a network alert, locate the area labeled Alert in the E-mail Scan property page, then

1	Select the Send network alert to checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open a dialog box where you can choose the folder that receives WebScanX’s report.

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3	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box. Next, click [image] to choose the folder you want to use; the icon for the folder you select changes to [image].

4	Click OK to close the Browse for Folder dialog box. The pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].

5	Click Apply to save the alert options you chose without leaving the E-mail Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Logging WebScanX Responses to E-mail Viruses

WebScanX can record the actions it takes when it scans for infected attachments, along with other information useful for tracking infections, and save the information to a text file that you can open in any standard word processing software. Tracking information in a log file enables you to see the number of files WebScanX examined, determine which files carried viruses, and note the WebScanX settings you used to detect and respond to them. You should, therefore, activate this function.

To log WebScanX actions, locate the area labeled Reports in the E-mail Scan property page, then

1	Select the Log to file checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open the Activity Logging dialog box.

3	Type the filename and path you want to use to save your log file, or click [image] to open the Activity Log Filename dialog box.

•	Type the filename you want to use in the text box provided, then click Open.

•	WebScanX asks you if you want to create a log file in this location with the name you've chosen. Click Yes.

•	WebScanX creates a log file with your filename. When WebScanX stores data from a scanning operation in the log file, the file appears in the location to which you saved it. To view the log file, open it in any standard text editor, such as Notepad or WordPad.

4	To minimize the log file size, select the Limit size of log file to checkbox, then enter a value for the file size, in kilobytes, in the text box provided.

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5	Select the checkboxes beside each set of data you want WebScanX to collect and log. Click here [image] to learn more about what each data set includes.

6	Click OK to close the Activity Logging dialog box. The pathname for your log file appears in the text box beside [image].

7	Click Apply to save the log options you chose without leaving the E-mail Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Configuring Download Scan Properties

To configure WebScanX to look for viruses attached to files, including e-mail attachments, that you download or receive from the Internet via one of the supported web browsers or with another e-mail client

1	Click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image].

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4	Choose Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box opens.

3	Click the Download Scan tab to display the correct property page.

4	Select the Enable Internet download scanning checkbox. The options in the rest of the property page activate.

5	Select the Show Icon checkbox to display the activity icon for this program component [image].

The icon is animated and runs whenever WebScanX scans files that you download. Depending on the options you choose in other property pages, it may appear along with other WebScanX icons.

WebScanX can protect your computer from viruses that accompany downloaded files or e-mail attachments with a combination of actions. Click any of the topics below to learn how to tell WebScanX to

  Detect viruses carried in Internet downloads or e-mail attachments

  Respond to viruses it detects

  Alert your network administrator when it detects a virus

  Save a log showing the actions it took

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Detecting Viruses Carried in Internet Downloads or E-mail Attachments

The virus “signatures,” or characteristic code sequences, that WebScanX searches for generally appear only in executable files, whether stand-alone or attached to e-mail messages. Although code for a virus could appear in the text of an e-mail message, perhaps because of a mail transmission error, such a virus could not infect your computer system because Internet mail systems transmit messages as plain text. To function as a virus, the code sequence must be able to run as a program or as part of another program.

To detect viruses attached to files or to e-mail attachments downloaded from the Internet, locate the area labeled Detection in the Download Scan property page, then

1	Tell WebScanX which files to scan. You have these options:

•	All files. Click this button to have WebScanX search for viruses in all files and e-mail message attachments as you receive them; or

•	Program files only. Click this button to have WebScanX search only for those attachments most susceptible to virus infection. By default, WebScanX uses these common extensions to identify susceptible files: .COM, .EXE, .SYS, .RTF, .DO?, and .XL?. It uses .RTF, .DO?, and .XL? to identify Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel data files, whose macros can contain viruses. The ? character is a wildcard.

•	To change the list of file extensions WebScanX uses, click [image]. Click here [image] to learn more.

2	Tell WebScanX whether to examine compressed files.

Select the Compressed files checkbox to have WebScanX search compressed files created with LHA, LZEXE, PKLite, PKZip or WinZip. Because WebScanX decompresses each such file in memory, then checks for virus signatures, selecting this option can lengthen the time it takes to scan your e-mail.

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3	Click Apply to save the detection options you chose without leaving the Download Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Responding to Viruses Detected in Internet File Downloads

To tell WebScanX what to do about viruses it finds incorporated in files or e-mail attachments you download from the Internet, choose a response from the Action list in the Download Scan property page.

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You can

•	Tell WebScanX to ask you what to do when it finds a virus.

•	Choose Prompt for user action. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box, then select possible responses from the checkboxes shown. When WebScanX finds an infected file during a scan, it displays an alert dialog box that offers you each of the response options you choose here.

•	The options are:

•	Delete file. This tells WebScanX to immediately delete the infected file from your system and move any associated e-mail message to your e-mail client application’s trash folder.

•	Move file. This tells WebScanX to move the infected file to a particular “quarantine” directory (see below to learn how to choose a directory).

•	Continue scan. This tells WebScanX to ignore the infected file completely and continue searching.

•	Stop scan. This tells WebScanX to stop scanning for any other infected files.

•	Select the Sound audible alert checkbox to tell WebScanX to beep when it finds infected files. Select the Display custom message checkbox to tell WebScanX to alert you with your own custom message when it finds infected files. Next, enter the message you want to see in the text box below.

•	Tell WebScanX to move infected files to a particular folder.

•	Choose Move infected files to a directory then click [image] to open a dialog box where you can choose a quarantine folder to store infected files. Click [image] to locate the folder you want to use.

•	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box. Click [image] to choose the folder you want to use; the icon for the folder you select changes to [image]. Click OK to return to the Action dialog box—the pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].

•	Delete the infected file immediately.

•	Choose Delete infected file. WebScanX deletes infected files from your system automatically, as it finds them, and moves the messages that carry them to your e-mail client program’s trash folder.

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•	Tell WebScanX to keep scanning.

•	Choose Continue scanning. WebScanX ignores any infected files it finds and completes its scan.

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Click Apply to save the response options you chose without leaving the Download Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Notifying Your Network Administrator About Infected Downloads

WebScanX works in conjunction with a network server running McAfee’s NetShield to notify your network system administrator whenever it detects a virus. The notification consists of a report form, or “network alert,” that WebScanX generates automatically and sends to a specific location for NetShield to read.

To tell WebScanX to generate and send a network alert, locate the area labeled Alert in the Download Scan property page, then

1	Select the Send network alert to checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open a dialog box where you can choose the folder that receives WebScanX’s report.

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3	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box. Next, click [image] to choose the folder you want to use; the icon for the folder you select changes to [image].

4	Click OK to close the Browse for Folder dialog box. The pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].

5	Click Apply to save the alert options you chose without leaving the Download Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Logging WebScanX Responses to Infected Internet Downloads

WebScanX can record the actions it takes when it scans for infected attachments, along with other information useful for tracking infections, and save the information to a text file that you can open in any standard word processing software. Tracking information in a log file enables you to see the number of files WebScanX examined, determine which files carried viruses, and note the WebScanX settings you used to detect and respond to them. You should, therefore, activate this function.

To log WebScanX actions, locate the area labeled Report in the Download Scan property page, then

1	Select the Log to file checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open the Activity Logging dialog box.

3	Type the filename and path you want to use to save your log file, or click [image] to open the Activity Log Filename dialog box.

•	Type the filename you want to use in the text box provided, then click Open.

•	WebScanX asks you if you want to create a log file in this location with the name you've chosen. Click Yes.

•	WebScanX creates a log file with your filename. When WebScanX stores data from a scanning operation in the log file, the file appears in the location to which you saved it. To view the log file, open it in any standard text editor, such as Notepad or WordPad.

4	To minimize the log file size, select the Limit size of log file to checkbox, then enter a value for the file size, in kilobytes, in the text box provided.

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5	Select the checkboxes beside each set of data you want WebScanX to collect and log. Click here [image] to learn more about what each data set includes.

6	Click OK to close the Activity Logging dialog box.

7	Click Apply to save the log options you chose without leaving the Download Scan property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Configuring Internet Filter Properties

To configure WebScanX to scan for harmful Java or ActiveX objects you encounter on websites you visit

1	Click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image].

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2	Choose Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box opens.

3	Click the Internet Filter tab to display the correct property page.

4	Select the Enable Java & ActiveX filter checkbox. The options in the rest of the dialog box activate.

5	Select the Show Icon checkbox to display the icon for this program component [image].

The icon is animated and runs whenever WebScanX scans Java classes or ActiveX controls. Depending on the options you choose in other property pages, it may appear along with other WebScanX icons.

WebScanX can protect your computer from potential harm with a combination of actions. Click any of the topics below to learn how to tell WebScanX to

  Scan Java and ActiveX Applets

  Prevent Access to Internet Addresses You Specify

  Respond to Harmful Java or ActiveX Applets

  Notify Your Network Administrator About Harmful Applets

  Log WebScanX Responses to Harmful Applets

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Scanning Java Classes and ActiveX Controls

To scan Java or ActiveX objects you encounter when visiting a website, locate the area labeled Applets in the Internet Filters property page, then

1	Tell WebScanX which objects to scan.

•	Select the ActiveX Controls checkbox to have it scan for harmful ActiveX or .OCX controls.

•	Select the Java Classes checkbox to have it scan Java classes, or applets written in Java.

•	WebScanX compares the objects you encounter with an internal database that lists the characteristics of objects known to cause harm. When it finds a match, it can alert you and let you decide what to do, or it can block access to the object automatically. See Responding to Harmful Java or ActiveX Objects for more details.

2	Click Apply to save the scanning options you chose without leaving the Internet Filters property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Preventing Access to Specific Internet Addresses

To block all access to websites or to other Internet addresses that you know contain harmful objects, locate the area labeled Sites in the Internet Filters property page. You can enter a list of “forbidden” websites in either of two ways:

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•	Select the IP Addresses checkbox to block dangerous sites using numeric IP addresses. To learn how to add IP addresses to the list WebScanX uses, click here [image].

•	Select the Host Names checkbox to block dangerous sites using Uniform Resource Locator (URL) designations. To learn how to add URLs to the list WebScanX uses, click here [image].

Click Apply to save the blocking options you chose without leaving the Internet Filters property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Entering Internet Sites Using IP Addresses

1	Click [image] to open the Banned IP Addresses dialog box.

2	Click Add to add an IP address to the list.

3	Enter an IP address in the Add IP Address dialog box. Be sure to use the correct format and check the numbers you enter carefully. If you know the subnet mask value for the site you want to avoid, enter it in the text box below. Otherwise, leave the default value shown.

4	Click OK to close the Add IP Address dialog box.

To add another IP address to the list, repeat steps 2 through 4. To delete an existing IP address, select it in the list, then click Delete.

When you have finished entering your list of IP addresses, click OK to close the Banned IP Addresses dialog box and return to the Internet Filter property page.

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Entering Internet Sites Using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)

1	Click [image] to open the Banned Domain Addresses dialog box.

2	Click Add.

3	Enter a URL in the Add Domain Address dialog box. Be sure to use the correct format and check the name you enter carefully.

4	Click OK to close the Add Domain Address dialog box.

To add another IP address to the list, repeat steps 2 through 4. To delete an existing domain address, select it in the list, then click Delete.

When you have finished entering your list of domain addresses, click OK to close the Banned Domain Addresses dialog box and return to the Internet Filter property page.

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Responding to Harmful Java or ActiveX Objects

WebScanX gives you the choice to respond to potentially harmful objects either by

•	Asking you whether it should block or allow you access to such applets; or

•	Automatically denying access to them.

Choose which action you want WebScanX to take when it finds a suspicious object from the Action list in the Internet Filters property page.

Click Apply to save your settings without leaving the Internet Filters property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Notifying Your Network Administrator About Harmful Objects

WebScanX works in conjunction with a network server running McAfee’s NetShield to notify your network system administrator whenever it encounters a potentially harmful Java class or ActiveX control. The notification consists of a report form, or “network alert,” that WebScanX generates automatically and sends to a specific location for NetShield to read.

To tell WebScanX to generate and send a network alert, locate the area labeled Alert in the Internet Filters property page, then

1	Select the Send network alert to checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open a dialog box where you can choose the folder that receives WebScanX’s report.

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3	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box. Click [image] to choose the folder you want to use; the icon for the folder you select changes to [image].

4	Click OK to close the Browse for Folder dialog box. The pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].

5	Click Apply to save the alert options you chose without leaving the Internet Filters property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Logging WebScanX Responses to Harmful Objects

WebScanX can record whether it blocks or allows potentially harmful Java and ActiveX applets onto your hard disk, along with other useful information, and save the information to a text file that you can open in any standard word processing software. Tracking information in a log file enables you to locate the source of the Java or ActiveX objects, note their names and remember the WebScanX settings you used to respond to them. You should, therefore, activate this function.

To log WebScanX Internet Filter actions, locate the area labeled Report in the Internet Filter property page, then

1	Select the Log to file checkbox.

2	Click [image] to open the Activity Logging dialog box.

3	Type the filename and path you want to use to save your log file, or click [image] to open the Activity Log Filename dialog box.

•	Type the filename you want to use in the text box provided, then click Open.

•	WebScanX asks you if you want to create a log file in this location with the name you've chosen. Click Yes.

•	WebScanX creates a log file with your filename. When WebScanX stores data from a scanning operation in the log file, the file appears in the location to which you saved it. To view the log file, open it in any standard text editor, such as Notepad or WordPad.

4	To minimize the log file size, select the Limit size of log file to checkbox, then enter a value for the file size, in kilobytes, in the text box provided.

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5	Click OK to close the Activity Logging dialog box.

6	Click Apply to save the log options you chose without leaving the Internet Filtering property page. Click OK to save any changes you made in this or any other property page and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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Java Classes and ActiveX Controls

Java classes and ActiveX controls are small, special-purpose programs written in the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems or developed using Microsoft ActiveX technology. These programs, or "objects," often work as building blocks for constructing larger programs, or serve to add capabilities to existing programs. Many websites use Java classes or ActiveX controls to display animations or forms, run queries, and manipulate data.

Although both technologies include safeguards designed to protect you from data loss or other types of harm, determined programmers can create objects that exploit some Java or ActiveX features to learn about the contents of your hard disk or corrupt your data. WebScanX includes a database of classes and controls known to cause harm and can block their actions.


Configuring Security Properties

To keep the settings you choose for WebScanX safe from unauthorized changes, you can protect any or all of the WebScanX property pages with a password. To choose which pages to protect and to assign a password

1	Click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image].

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2	Choose Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.

The WebScanX Properties dialog box opens.

3	Click the Security tab to display the correct property page.

5	Click [image] beside each setting you want to protect from tampering. Protected settings display this icon [image] to their left. To remove password protection from settings, click [image].

6	Click Password to open the Specify Password dialog box.

7	Enter a password in the first text box shown, then enter the same password to confirm your choice in the text box below.

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7	Click OK to close the Specify Password dialog box.

WebScanX asks for a password whenever anybody tries to change the settings you chose or disable the WebScanX autoload feature. To disable password protection, return to the Security property page, enter your password, then unlock each of the settings you no longer want to protect.

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Checking Scan Activity

Once activated and configured, WebScanX operates continuously in the background, watching for and then scanning e-mail you receive, files you download or Java and ActiveX objects you encounter. To enable or disable its scanning activity, or to see a summary of its progress

1	Double-click any of the WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image] to open the WebScanX Status dialog box.

2	Click the tab that corresponds to the program component you want to enable or disable, or whose progress you want to check.

WebScanX reports the number of files it has scanned, moved or deleted and the number of infected files it has found for the E-mail Scan and Download Scan program components. For Java and ActiveX applets or Internet sites, WebScanX reports the number of items it has scanned and the number it has “banned,” or kept you from encountering. If you have activated its logging feature, WebScanX also records the same information in the log file for each program component.

3	Click Enable to start the program component. To disable it, click Disable.

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4	Click Properties to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, where you can set options that tell WebScanX how to perform each type of scan.

5	Click Close to close the WebScanX Status dialog box.

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Macro Virus

A virus written in a macro language or attached to macros included in a program's data files. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel data files and template files, for example, can include such viruses.


Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)

A Microsoft standard that governs how communications applications pass data back and forth between themselves. To install and work with MAPI-compliant applications, you must first set up Microsoft Messaging, a standard Windows component. To learn more, consult the documentation for Microsoft Exchange.


Changing File Extensions

To add a new extension

1	Click Add… in the Program Extensions dialog box, then enter any extension between one and three characters long in the dialog box that appears next.

WebScanX does not accept reserved characters—usually punctuation and certain symbols—but you may use * and ? as wildcards. Do not include the period that separates the extension from the filename.

2	Click OK to add this new extension to the list that WebScanX uses to look for infected files.

To delete an extension

1	Select one of the extensions shown in the Program Extensions dialog box.

2	Click Delete to remove it from the list that WebScanX uses to look for infected files.

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When you have changed the list to suit your needs, click OK to save your changes and close the Program Extensions dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without changing the extension list.


Choosing Log Data for E-mail Scanning

•	Virus detection. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it found during this scanning session.

•	Infected file deletion. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it deleted from your system.

•	Infected file move. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it moved to your quarantine directory.

•	Session settings. Click this checkbox to tell WebScanX to list the options you choose in the WebScanX Properties dialog box for each scanning session.

•	Session summary. Click this checkbox to tell WebScanX to summarize its actions during each scanning session. Summary information includes the number of files scanned, the number and type of viruses detected, the number of files moved or deleted, and other information. A scanning session is the period of time WebScanX remained active in your computer's memory. It ends when you either quit WebScanX or restart your computer.


Choosing Log Data for Download Scanning

•	Virus detection. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it found during this scanning session.

•	Infected file deletion. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it deleted from your system.

•	Infected file move. Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to note the number of infected files it moved to your quarantine directory.

•	Session settings. Click this checkbox to tell WebScanX to list the options you choose in the WebScanX Properties dialog box for each scanning session.

•	Session summary. Click this checkbox to tell WebScanX to summarize its actions during each scanning session. Summary information includes the number of files scanned, the number and type of viruses detected, the number of files moved or deleted, and other information. A scanning session is the period of time WebScanX remained active in your computer's memory. It ends when you either quit WebScanX or restart your computer.


Boot sector

The first logical division of a hard or floppy disk. Your computer's BIOS looks here soon after you turn it on to find the files and programs it needs to start operations.


IP Addresses

Internet Protocol addresses use a cluster of up to 12 numbers formatted in this manner:

123.456.789.101

to locate a specific computer or network of computers on the Internet. The status bar in your browser should tell you the IP address for sites you visit when you first connect.

A “subnet mask” is a way to “remap” a range of computer addresses within an internal network. WebScanX uses a default subnet mask of 255.255.255.255. In most circumstances, you will not need to change this number, but if you know that a particular network node at the site you visit is the source of danger, you might need to enter a subnet mask to preserve your access to other machines at this site.


URL Designations

Do not include the transport protocol when entering URLs for use with WebScanX—identify a site you want to avoid with the domain name only. For example, WebScanX reads a domain name like this:

www.mydomain.com

correctly, but does not read the name correctly if you precede it with “http://.”


Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Sometimes used interchangeably with “domain name” or “host name,” a URL specifies the name and location of a computer on the Internet, usually together with the “transport protocol” you want to use to request a resource from that computer. A complete URL for a website, for instance, would look like:

http://www.mydomain.com

The complete URL tells your browser to request the resource via the Hyper Text Transport Protocol (“http://”) from a computer named “www” on a network named “mydomain.com.” Other transport protocols include “ftp://” and “gopher://.” The Internet’s Domain Name Server system translates URLs into correct IP addresses using an up-to-date, centralized, and cross-referenced database.

To enter URLs for WebScanX, use only the domain name—leave the transport protocol off.


Note

WebScanX does not have the ability to "clean," or remove virus code, from infected files. To clean infected files, move them to a quarantine directory, then run McAfee VirusScan.


Note

You must have a dial-up or direct-access Internet account with a service provider in order to link to the McAfee Web Site. Contact an Internet service provider to obtain account information.


Note

Contact each vendor directly to learn more about access options using file transfer protocol (FTP) client software or other ways to obtain browser software.


Note

Disabling all virus scanning—by clearing all checkboxes in either the WebScanX Status dialog box or in all of the property pages—also causes WebScanX to quit. For WebScanX to remain active, you must enable at least one type of virus scanning.


Note

If a compressed file includes a validation code, WebScanX routinely checks for modifications to that code whether you choose this option or not. Changes in the validation code, however, do not necessarily mean that the compressed file contains a virus.


Note

Clicking Cancel does not undo any changes you save when you click Apply.

To choose options for other types of scans, click a different tab in the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


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Setting WebScanX’s log feature ensures that you can identify deleted files so that you can find or request uninfected copies.


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If you have activated its logging feature, the name and location of each infected file appears in the report WebScanX generates and saves. That way, you can later move, delete or otherwise dispose of the infected files that WebScanX finds.


Note

To find an e-mail address in this way, you must store address information in a MAPI-compliant user directory, database or address book or in an equivalent Lotus cc:Mail directory. If you have not yet logged onto your e-mail system, WebScanX asks you either to choose a user profile it can use to log onto MAPI-compliant mail systems, or to supply a user name, password and path to your Lotus cc:Mail mailbox. Enter the requested information, then click OK to continue.


Note

If necessary, check with your network administrator to determine which folder to use. The folder you choose should contain the file CENTALRT.TXT.


Note

Enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX limits the file size to 100KB. If the data in the log exceeds this file size, WebScanX deletes the existing log and begins again from the point at which it left off.

WebScanX logs all information about e-mail scanning activity in one file—log files for other program components record data for those types of scans.


Note

If a compressed file includes a validation code, WebScanX routinely checks for modifications to that code whether you choose this option or not. Changes in the validation code, however, do not necessarily mean that the compressed file contains a virus.


Note

Enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX limits the file size to 100KB. If the data in the log exceeds this file size, WebScanX deletes the existing log and begins again from the point at which it left off.

WebScanX logs all information about download scanning activity in one file—log files for other program components record data for those types of scans.


Note

WebScanX does not distinguish between upper- and lower-case characters in passwords. You may enter the password “lockup,” for example, as “Lockup,” “lockup,” or “LOCKUP.”


Note

If the program component is active, the button reads Disable. If the program component is inactive, the same button reads Enable.

Using the button to enable or disable a program component is equivalent to selecting or clearing the Enable checkbox in the appropriate component’s property page.


Note

Closing the WebScanX Status dialog box does not quit WebScanX. To learn how to quit, click here [image].


Note

Click Default to return the list of extensions to its original configuration.


Note

Enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX limits the file size to 100KB. If the data in the log exceeds this file size, WebScanX deletes the existing log and begins again from the point at which it left off.

WebScanX logs all information about Internet filtering activity in one file—log files for other program components record data for those types of scans.


Note

WebScanX activity icons— [image], [image] or [image] —appear in these locations:

•	In the taskbar’s system tray, to the left of the clock, if you run WebScanX on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 systems. Right-click any of these icons to display its associated shortcut menu.

•	On the desktop, at the bottom left corner of your screen, if you run WebScanX on Windows NT 3.51 systems. Click any of these icons to display its associated shortcut menu.

Double-clicking any activity icon opens the WebScanX Status dialog box. Click Properties to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


Note

If you have not yet logged on to your e-mail system, WebScanX may ask you to choose or specify a user profile it can use to log on to your e-mail system. If you see your user profile listed, choose it, then click OK to close the Choose Profile dialog box. WebScanX then allows you to choose or create a new quarantine directory. Follow these steps:

3	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box.

4	Click [image] to choose the folder you want to use, or click New Folder to create a new quarantine folder.

The icon for the folder you select changes to [image].

5	Select the Include subfolders checkbox to tell WebScanX to look for new mail in all folders contained within the folder you choose.

6	Click OK to return to the Action dialog box.

The pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].


Note

McAfee suggests that you enter a site’s URL designation, rather than its IP address, to add it to WebScanX’s “banned” list. A URL address is generally a more reliable way to keep track of a site’s actual location on the Internet than a fixed IP address is, because the domain name server system gives you access to a site’s current IP address even when it has changed or moved.


Note

McAfee cannot guarantee that the WebScanX .DAT files included with this release will work with previous WebScan or WebScanX versions.


Note

Your access to these updates is legally restricted by the maintenance terms outlined in the README.1ST file accompanying the software and detailed in the software license agreement.


Note

If you have not yet logged on to your e-mail system, WebScanX may ask you to choose or specify a user profile it can use to log on to your e-mail system. If you see your user profile listed, choose it, then click OK to close the Choose Profile dialog box. WebScanX then allows you to choose or create a new quarantine directory. Follow these steps:

1	Click [image] to open a disk, folder, or other icon shown in the dialog box.

2	Click [image] to choose the folder you want to use.

The icon for the folder you select changes to [image].

3	Select the Include subfolders checkbox to tell WebScanX to look for new mail in all folders contained within the folder you choose.

4	Click OK to return to the Action dialog box.

The pathname for the folder you chose appears in the text box beside [image].


User Profile

A user profile is a group of settings that defines how you want WebScanX and other Windows software to interact with MAPI-compliant information services that you use. Examples of such information services include: Lotus cc:Mail version 7 or later; Microsoft Mail or other MAPI-compliant e-mail systems; and Internet mail or World Wide Web browsing with Microsoft Internet Explorer. The user profile specifies how you log on to these services, where you store incoming mail, which address books or directories you use, and other preferences. WebScanX needs to know this information so that it can perform its scanning operations properly.

Normally you have only one user profile to choose from, but if more than one person uses the computer you use, or if you need different settings for different tasks, you can create additional user profiles. Consult the documentation for Windows Messaging for more details.


McAfee NetShield

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution. It permits a network administrator to set up Centralized Alerting, a client-server arrangement for detecting and responding to virus infections on a consistent, regular, network-wide basis. NetShield collects alert messages from client programs such as WebScanX in a text file, CENTALRT.TXT, and makes them available to the network administrator. To tell WebScanX to route its network alert messages properly, specify the path to the folder than contains CENTALRT.TXT. For more information, see the NetShield User’s Guide.


WebScanX Supported Browsers

WebScanX scans e-mail messages and files you download or receive with these browsers:

•	Netscape Navigator

•	Microsoft Internet Explorer

•	SPRY Mosaic

•	America Online Web Browser

WebScanX also scans e-mail you receive via standard POP-3 or SMTP Internet Mail protocols using client software such as Qualcomm's Eudora.


.OCX file

An ActiveX control that incorporates a user interface.


This is the activity icon for WebScanX’s E-mail Scan program component.


This is the activity icon for WebScanX’s Download Scan program component.


This is the activity icon for WebScanX’s Internet Filter program component.


DEFAULT TOPIC TITLE
This is a context-sensitive Help file that is called from an application.


 Click this button to close this dialog box.


 Click this button to ignore infected files and continue scanning.


 Click this button to delete the infected file from your system.


 Click this button to move the infected file to a quarantine directory.

To create or designate a quarantine directory, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 This shows the name of the virus carried in the infected file.


 Click this button to stop scanning immediately.


 Click this button to deny the Java class or ActiveX control access to your system.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 Click any of the buttons shown in this dialog box to respond when WebScanX detects a virus or encounters a harmful Java or ActiveX object.

To determine which options appear here, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, click one of the tabs to display the property page for the scan type whose options you want to change, then choose Prompt for user action from the Action list. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box.


 This shows the last action you asked WebScanX to take to respond to an infected file.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail account and scan your e-mail for viruses.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without logging on to your cc:Mail account.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail system with this password.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the name of the last Java class or ActiveX control that WebScanX examined.


 This shows the IP address for the last web or Internet site that WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many Java classes or applets WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many ActiveX controls WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many Internet sites WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many harmful Java applets or classes WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many harmful ActiveX controls WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many harmful Internet sites WebScanX blocked your browser software from visiting.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Status dialog box.


 This area summarizes

    The number of Java classes or applets, ActiveX controls and Internet sites WebScanX examined

    The number of harmful sites or objects it blocked from your system


 This shows the name of the last Java class or ActiveX control that WebScanX examined.


 The numbers in this row show how many Java applets or classes WebScanX examined and how many it blocked from your system.


 The numbers in this row show how many ActiveX controls WebScanX examined and how many it blocked from your system.


 The numbers in this row show how many Internet sites WebScanX examined and how many it blocked your browser software from visiting.


 The numbers in this column show how many objects and Internet sites WebScanX blocked.


 The numbers in this column show how many objects and Internet sites WebScanX examined.


 This shows the IP address for the last web or Internet site that WebScanX examined.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined.


 This area summarizes

      The number of files that WebScanX examined for viruses

      The number of infected files it found

      The number of infected files it moved to a quarantine directory

      The number of infected files it deleted from your system


 This number shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Status dialog box.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined for viruses.


 This area summarizes

      The number of files that WebScanX examined for viruses

      The number of infected files it found

      The number of infected files it moved to a quarantine directory

      The number of infected files it deleted from your system


 This shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to ignore infected files and continue scanning.


 Click this button to delete the infected file from your system.


 Click this button to move the infected file to a quarantine directory.

To create or designate a quarantine directory, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 This shows the name of the virus carried in the infected file.


 Click this button to stop scanning immediately.


 Click this button to deny the Java class or ActiveX control access to your system.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 Click any of the buttons shown in this dialog box to respond when WebScanX detects a virus or encounters a harmful Java or ActiveX object.

To determine which options appear here, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, click one of the tabs to display the property page for the scan type whose options you want to change, then choose Prompt for user action from the Action list. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box.


 This message tells you that you might need to update your WebScanX virus definition (.DAT) files or upgrade your WebScanX software.

Because as many as 200 new viruses and harmful Java and ActiveX objects emerge each month, the definition files included with your copy of WebScanX can become out of date within a couple of months. Updates to your .DAT files are free from the McAfee Web Site for the life of your product. Please note that McAfee cannot guarantee that updated .DAT files will continue to work with older versions of the scanning software.


 Click this button to connect directly with the McAfee Web Site to upgrade your copy of WebScanX.

Upgrade means a new version of the entire product, or its executable files and definition files. Update means revisions only to the virus definition files.


 Click this button to connect directly with the McAfee Web Site to update your copy of WebScanX.

Upgrade means a new version of the entire product, or its executable files and definition files. Update means revisions only to the virus definition files.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without connecting to the McAfee Web Site.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to show this same message in 30 days.


 This message tells you that you might need to update your WebScanX virus definition (.DAT) files or upgrade your WebScanX software.

Because as many as 200 new viruses and harmful Java and ActiveX objects emerge each month, the definition files included with your copy of WebScanX can become out of date within a couple of months. Updates to your .DAT files are free from the McAfee Web Site for the life of your product. Please note that McAfee cannot guarantee that updated .DAT files will continue to work with older versions of the scanning software.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in e-mail files you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in e-mail you receive from the Internet via Microsoft Mail or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.

Next, in the Detection area, choose whether you want WebScanX to examine all e-mail you receive for viruses, or only those attachments most susceptible to virus infection.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in e-mail you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail.

Next, in the Detection area, specify how frequently WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived. You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Select this button to tell WebScanX to look for viruses in all new e-mail you receive from the Internet via Microsoft Mail or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.


 Select this button to tell WebScanX to look for new e-mail in a particular folder.

Next, click [image] to designate the folder WebScanX should watch.


 Click this button to designate the folder WebScanX should check for new e-mail.

If you have not yet logged on to your e-mail system, WebScanX asks you to choose or create a user profile for use with Microsoft Mail or a MAPI-compliant mail system. See the documentation for Microsoft Messaging for more details.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Choose which files you want to examine from among those you receive from the Internet via your e-mail client software.

Choose All attachments to examine every message you receive. Choose Program files only to examine only those files most susceptible to infection. To see the list WebScanX uses to identify susceptible files, click [image]. You can also tell WebScanX to examine compressed files.


 Choose which files you want to examine from among those you receive from the Internet via your e-mail client software.

Choose All attachments to examine every message you receive. Choose Program files only to examine only those files most susceptible to infection. To see the list WebScanX uses to identify susceptible files, click [image].


 Click this button to see the list WebScanX uses to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files compressed with LHA, LZEXE, PkLite, PkZip, or WinZip.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 Choose here how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 If you choose Prompt for user action from the list to the left, click this button to tell WebScanX which response options you want to see when it finds a virus.

 If you have chosen Move infected files to a folder from the list to the left, click this button to choose a quarantine folder into which WebScanX can move infected files.


 Select this checkbox to send an alert message to the person who sent you e-mail that carried a virus.

WebScanX sends a standard alert message each time it detects a virus. To see or compose the message WebScanX sends, click [image].


 Click this button to see or compose the alert message that WebScanX sends to the person who sent you an infected e-mail message.


 Select this checkbox to send a message to other people to alert them about infected e-mail.

WebScanX sends a standard alert message each time it detects a virus. To see or compose the message WebScanX sends, click [image].


 Click this button to see or compose the message that WebScanX sends to alert others about infected e-mail.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds an infected file.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the name and path of an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX how to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client software.


 Choose which files you want WebScanX to examine for viruses by clicking these buttons.

You may choose to scan all files you download or receive from the Internet via your client software, or only those files most susceptible to infection. You may also choose to scan compressed files.


 Select the checkboxes below to specify who WebScanX should alert when it detects a virus.


 Select the checkbox below to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 In the text box below, enter the password you want to use to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 In this text box, enter the password you want to use to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 In the text box below, reenter the password you want to use in order to confirm your choice.


 In this text box, reenter the password you want to use in order to confirm your choice.


 Click this button to use the password you entered and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without designating a password or changing an existing password.


 Type the numeric IP address you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

IP addresses consist of up to 12 numbers in groups of three separated by periods: 123.456.789.101, for example. To determine the IP address for a particular site, see the status bar in your browser software as you connect.

Because the IP address for a particular site can change without notice, McAfee recommends that you enter most addresses using their domain names instead.


 Click this button to add the IP address you entered to WebScanX's "banned" list and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding an IP address to WebScanX's "banned" list.


 Type the subnet mask for the site you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

A subnet mask is a value used to "remap" a range of addresses within a network on the Internet. If you know the subnet mask value for the machine you want to avoid, enter it here. Otherwise, leave the default value shown.

Because the IP address for a particular site can change frequently, McAfee recommends that you enter most addresses using their domain names instead.


 Click this button to stop WebScanX from trying to connect to the server.


 Click any tab to choose a WebScanX property page.


 Click this button to save your settings in this or any other property page, and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Properties dialog box without saving your settings.

Note: Clicking Cancel does not undo any settings you saved by clicking Apply.


 Click this button to save your settings in this or any other property page without closing the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX whether to start as soon as Windows finishes loading.

Turn the switch off [image] to keep WebScanX from loading at startup. Turn the switch on [image] to have WebScanX start whenever you start your computer.


 Click this button to choose recipients for this message from your Lotus cc:Mail directory or one of your MAPI address books.


 Enter the e-mail address for each person who should receive a standard alert message from WebScanX every time it detects a virus.


 Click this button to use your Lotus cc:Mail directory or one of your MAPI address books to designate recipients for copies of WebScanX's standard alert message.


 Enter the e-mail address for each person who should receive a copy of WebScanX's standard alert message each time it detects a virus.


 Enter a title for the standard alert message that WebScanX sends.


 Enter a message of up to 1024 characters that you want to send along with WebScanX's alert message.

This custom text appears in each message sent to the recipients you entered above.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to use this message, as you've edited it, as its standard alert message.

WebScanX sends this message to the recipients you entered above each time it finds a virus in e-mail you receive.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes to WebScanX's standard alert message.


 WebScanX fills this area with a description of the infection. The description includes the filename and the name of the infecting virus.

You may not edit this part of the message.


 Type the path and filename for your log file here.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear here.


 Click this button to create or locate the log file you want to use.

Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box to the left.


 Select this checkbox to limit the size of your log file so that it doesn't take up excessive hard disk space.

Clearing this checkbox sets no size limits on your log file, but the largest log file WebScanX can record is 999KB in size. When WebScanX reaches this limit, it clears the log file and begins recording over again.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select this checkbox to record the names of any virus strains WebScanX finds during a scanning session, and the number of times it finds them.


 Select this checkbox to record the settings you chose in the WebScanX Properties dialog box for this scanning session.


 Select this checkbox to record the number of infected files WebScanX deletes during a scanning session.


 Select this checkbox to summarize the number of files WebScanX examined during this scanning session, the number of infected files it found, and the number it moved or deleted.

The session summary also records other information about the options you chose for this session.


 Select this checkbox to record the number of infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory during a scanning session.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to save a log file with the options you chose.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes.


 Type the path and filename for your log file in the text box below.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box below.


 Select any of these checkboxes to record the corresponding information in your log file.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to delete infected files from your system as WebScanX detects them.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to ignore infected files and continue scanning.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to move infected files to a quarantine directory.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to stop scanning immediately.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to beep when it finds an infected file.


 Select this checkbox to display a custom message when WebScanX finds an infected file.

Next, enter the message you want to see in the text box below. When selected, this option displays your message as alert text in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select the Display Custom Message checkbox, then enter the message you want to see in this text box.

When selected, this option displays your message as alert text in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Click this button to save the options you selected and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing any options.


 Select the responses you want WebScanX to offer you when it detects a virus.

Possible actions include: Delete the infected file, move the infected file to a quarantine directory, ignore the infected file and continue scanning, or stop the scan altogether. The options you choose here appear as buttons in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select any of the checkboxes below to specify which responses you want WebScanX to offer you when it detects a virus.

Possible actions include: Delete the infected file, move the infected file to a quarantine directory, ignore the infected file and continue scanning, or stop the scan altogether. The options you choose here appear as buttons in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select the checkboxes to

       Tell WebScanX to beep when it finds an infected file

       Display a custom message in the WebScanX Alert dialog box

Enter your custom message in the text box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to deny harmful object access to your system as WebScanX detects them.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 In this text box, enter the password you set to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes, then click OK.


 Click this button to enter your password and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 In the text box below, enter the password you set to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes, then click OK.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail system with this password.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via one of the browsers WebScanX supports.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in all files that you download or receive from the Internet.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files compressed with LHA, LZEXE, PkLite, PkZip, or WinZip.


 Select this button to scan for viruses only in those files most susceptible to infection.

WebScanX identifies susceptible files by looking at their filename extensions. To see the extensions list WebScanX uses, click [image].


 Click this button to see the list WebScanX uses to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 If you choose Prompt for user action from the list to the left, click this button to tell WebScanX which response options you want to see when it finds a virus.

 If you have chosen Move infected files to a folder from the list to the left, click this button to choose a quarantine folder into which WebScanX can move infected files.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds an infected file.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the name and path of an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 Choose which files you want WebScanX to examine for viruses by clicking these buttons.

You may choose to scan all files you download or receive from the Internet, or only those files most susceptible to infection. You may also choose to scan compressed files.


 Click the checkbox to send an alert message to your network administrator whenever WebScanX detects a virus in an e-mail message you receive.

Next, click [image] to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select the checkbox below to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX how to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via one of the browsers it supports.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail account and scan your e-mail for viruses.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without logging on to your cc:Mail account.


 Click this button to save this list of IP addresses and close this dialog box.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of IP addresses.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to add an IP address to the list WebScanX uses to identify harmful Internet sites.


 Select an IP address from the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list in the text box.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list here.


 This list shows the names of each person you have chosen to receive your message.

To add recipients, enter a name in the text box above, then click Add.


 Choose the cc:Mail directory you want to search from this list.

Your cc:Mail server lists those directories available to you here.


 Choose the cc:Mail directory you want to search from this list.

Your cc:Mail server lists those directories available to you here.


 Click this button to add a name to your recipient list.


 Select a name in the recipient list, then click this button to delete it.


 Click this button to send your message to the names shown in the recipient list.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list in the text box below.

Your cc:Mail server searches for the name you want in one of the directories available to you. Choose the directory you want to search from the list at the bottom of this dialog box. When you find the correct name, click Add to add it to your recipient list. Each name you select appears in the list below the text box. Repeat these steps to continue adding names to the recipient list.


  Click this button to use the quarantine directory you specified and close this dialog box.


  Click this button to close this dialog box without specifying a quarantine directory.


  In the text box, type the path and folder name you want to use for your cc:Mail quarantine directory.

WebScanX moves infected cc:Mail files it finds to this folder if you choose Move infected files to a folder in the Action list.


  In the text box, type the path and folder name you want to use for your cc:Mail quarantine directory.

WebScanX moves infected cc:Mail files it finds to this folder if you choose Move infected files to a folder in the Action list.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Click this button to browse for the folder you want to use as your quarantine directory.


 Click this button to use the directory you have specified to store infected files.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without specifying a quarantine directory or changing the name of an existing directory.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files in the text box below.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful Java classes, ActiveX controls or Internet sites.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful ActiveX controls as you visit Internet sites.

WebScanX compares the ActiveX controls you encounter with a database of controls known to cause harm. It alerts you when it finds a potentially harmful control, then responds according to how you tell it to in the Action area below.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful Java classes as you visit Internet sites.

WebScanX compares the Java classes you encounter with a database of classes known to cause harm. It alerts you when it finds a potentially harmful class, then responds according to how you tell it to in the Action area below.


 Select this checkbox to block your browser software from visiting Internet sites you designate with a numeric IP address.

Next, click [image] to see or add to the list WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Click this button to see or add to the list of IP addresses that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to block your browser software from visiting Internet sites you designate with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or domain name.

Next, click [image] to see or add to the list WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Click this button to see or add to the list of URLs or domain names that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Choose here how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, or to block the harmful object from your system automatically.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, or to block the harmful object from your system automatically.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many Internet sites WebScanX examined for danger

     How many Java classes and ActiveX controls it examined

     How many harmful objects or dangerous sites it blocked

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the path to an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX to scan for harmful Java classes and ActiveX controls, or dangerous Internet sites.


 Select the checkboxes below to tell WebScanX which objects or sites to examine for potential harm.


 Select the checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many Internet sites WebScanX examined for danger

     How many Java classes and ActiveX controls it examined

     How many harmful objects or dangerous sites it blocked

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 Click the checkbox below to send an alert to your network administrator via NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution.

Next, enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT in the text box or click [image] to browse for it.


 Select the checkboxes to tell WebScanX which harmful objects to look for as you visit Internet sites.

You may choose to look for both ActiveX controls and Java classes, or either object separately.


 Select the checkboxes below to tell WebScanX to block your browser software from visiting dangerous Internet sites.

You may choose to identify dangerous sites either with numeric IP addresses, with URLs or domain names, or with both methods. Click the [image] buttons to the right of each checkbox to see or add to the list that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Select the property page settings you want to protect from unauthorized changes in this list.

You may select all property pages or any individual page. A [image] appears to the left of protected pages.


 Click this button to designate a password to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 Select the property page settings you want to protect from unauthorized changes in the list below.

You may select all property pages or any individual page. A [image] appears to the left of protected pages.


 Click this button to add the filename extension to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.

To add another extension, click Add in the Program File Extensions dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding a new filename extension.


 In the text box below, type the filename extension you want to add to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.


 In this text box, type the filename extension you want to add to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.


 WebScanX uses the list of filename extensions below to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.

Click Add to add another extension to the list. Select an extension from the list, then click Delete to remove it. Click Default to return the list to its original configuration.


 WebScanX uses this list of filename extensions to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.

Click Add to add another extension to the list. Select an extension from the list, then click Delete to remove it. Click Default to return the list to its original configuration.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to identify files with the extensions listed as those most susceptible to virus infection.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of filename extensions WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to virus infection.


 Click this button to add a filename extension to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to virus infection.


 Select one of the filename extensions in the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 Click this button to return the list of filename extensions to its original configuration.


 Type the path and filename for your log file here.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear here.


 Click this button to create or locate the log file you want to use.

Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box to the left.


 Select this checkbox to limit the size of your log file so that it doesn't take up excessive hard disk space.

Clearing this checkbox sets no size limits on your log file, but the largest log file WebScanX can record is 999KB in size. When WebScanX reaches this limit, it clears the log file and begins recording over again.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to save a log file with the options you chose.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes.


 Type the path and filename for your log file in the text box below.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box below.


 Type the domain name you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

Do not include a transport protocol--"http://," for example--in the address you enter.


 Click this button to add the domain name you entered to WebScanX's "banned" list and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding an address to WebScanX's "banned" list.


 Click this button to save this list of domain names and close this dialog box.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of domain names.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to add a domain name to the list WebScanX uses to identify harmful Internet sites.


 Select a domain name from the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 To download new definition files, choose a site near your location from the list, then click OK. Choosing a nearby site speeds your file transfer time.


 Click this button to download your new definition files from the location you specified.


 Click this button to cancel your update request.


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This is a context-sensitive Help file that is called from an application.


 Click this button to close this dialog box.


 Click this button to ignore infected files and continue scanning.


 Click this button to delete the infected file from your system.


 Click this button to move the infected file to a quarantine directory.

To create or designate a quarantine directory, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 This shows the name of the virus carried in the infected file.


 Click this button to stop scanning immediately.


 Click this button to deny the Java class or ActiveX control access to your system.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 Click any of the buttons shown in this dialog box to respond when WebScanX detects a virus or encounters a harmful Java or ActiveX object.

To determine which options appear here, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, click one of the tabs to display the property page for the scan type whose options you want to change, then choose Prompt for user action from the Action list. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box.


 This shows the last action you asked WebScanX to take to respond to an infected file.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail account and scan your e-mail for viruses.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without logging on to your cc:Mail account.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail system with this password.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the name of the last Java class or ActiveX control that WebScanX examined.


 This shows the IP address for the last web or Internet site that WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many Java classes or applets WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many ActiveX controls WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many Internet sites WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many harmful Java applets or classes WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many harmful ActiveX controls WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many harmful Internet sites WebScanX blocked your browser software from visiting.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Status dialog box.


 This area summarizes

    The number of Java classes or applets, ActiveX controls and Internet sites WebScanX examined

    The number of harmful sites or objects it blocked from your system


 This shows the name of the last Java class or ActiveX control that WebScanX examined.


 The numbers in this row show how many Java applets or classes WebScanX examined and how many it blocked from your system.


 The numbers in this row show how many ActiveX controls WebScanX examined and how many it blocked from your system.


 The numbers in this row show how many Internet sites WebScanX examined and how many it blocked your browser software from visiting.


 The numbers in this column show how many objects and Internet sites WebScanX blocked.


 The numbers in this column show how many objects and Internet sites WebScanX examined.


 This shows the IP address for the last web or Internet site that WebScanX examined.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined.


 This area summarizes

      The number of files that WebScanX examined for viruses

      The number of infected files it found

      The number of infected files it moved to a quarantine directory

      The number of infected files it deleted from your system


 This number shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This number shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Status dialog box.


 Click this button to enable or disable this program component.

If the component is running, the button reads Disable. If the component is idle, the button reads Enable.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 This shows the path and filename for the most recent item that WebScanX examined for viruses.


 This area summarizes

      The number of files that WebScanX examined for viruses

      The number of infected files it found

      The number of infected files it moved to a quarantine directory

      The number of infected files it deleted from your system


 This shows how many files WebScanX examined.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX found.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory.


 This shows how many infected files WebScanX deleted from your system.


 Click this button to ignore infected files and continue scanning.


 Click this button to delete the infected file from your system.


 Click this button to move the infected file to a quarantine directory.

To create or designate a quarantine directory, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 This shows the name of the virus carried in the infected file.


 Click this button to stop scanning immediately.


 Click this button to deny the Java class or ActiveX control access to your system.


 This shows the name of the file or object WebScanX scanned.


 Click any of the buttons shown in this dialog box to respond when WebScanX detects a virus or encounters a harmful Java or ActiveX object.

To determine which options appear here, open the WebScanX Properties dialog box, click one of the tabs to display the property page for the scan type whose options you want to change, then choose Prompt for user action from the Action list. Next, click [image] to open the Action dialog box.


 This message tells you that you might need to update your WebScanX virus definition (.DAT) files or upgrade your WebScanX software.

Because as many as 200 new viruses and harmful Java and ActiveX objects emerge each month, the definition files included with your copy of WebScanX can become out of date within a couple of months. Updates to your .DAT files are free from the McAfee Web Site for the life of your product. Please note that McAfee cannot guarantee that updated .DAT files will continue to work with older versions of the scanning software.


 Click this button to connect directly with the McAfee Web Site to upgrade your copy of WebScanX.

Upgrade means a new version of the entire product, or its executable files and definition files. Update means revisions only to the virus definition files.


 Click this button to connect directly with the McAfee Web Site to update your copy of WebScanX.

Upgrade means a new version of the entire product, or its executable files and definition files. Update means revisions only to the virus definition files.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without connecting to the McAfee Web Site.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to show this same message in 30 days.


 This message tells you that you might need to update your WebScanX virus definition (.DAT) files or upgrade your WebScanX software.

Because as many as 200 new viruses and harmful Java and ActiveX objects emerge each month, the definition files included with your copy of WebScanX can become out of date within a couple of months. Updates to your .DAT files are free from the McAfee Web Site for the life of your product. Please note that McAfee cannot guarantee that updated .DAT files will continue to work with older versions of the scanning software.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in e-mail files you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in e-mail you receive from the Internet via Microsoft Mail or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.

Next, in the Detection area, choose whether you want WebScanX to examine all e-mail you receive for viruses, or only those attachments most susceptible to virus infection.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in e-mail you receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail.

Next, in the Detection area, specify how frequently WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived. You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Select this button to tell WebScanX to look for viruses in all new e-mail you receive from the Internet via Microsoft Mail or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client.


 Select this button to tell WebScanX to look for new e-mail in a particular folder.

Next, click [image] to designate the folder WebScanX should watch.


 Click this button to designate the folder WebScanX should check for new e-mail.

If you have not yet logged on to your e-mail system, WebScanX asks you to choose or create a user profile for use with Microsoft Mail or a MAPI-compliant mail system. See the documentation for Microsoft Messaging for more details.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Choose which files you want to examine from among those you receive from the Internet via your e-mail client software.

Choose All attachments to examine every message you receive. Choose Program files only to examine only those files most susceptible to infection. To see the list WebScanX uses to identify susceptible files, click [image]. You can also tell WebScanX to examine compressed files.


 Choose which files you want to examine from among those you receive from the Internet via your e-mail client software.

Choose All attachments to examine every message you receive. Choose Program files only to examine only those files most susceptible to infection. To see the list WebScanX uses to identify susceptible files, click [image].


 Click this button to see the list WebScanX uses to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files compressed with LHA, LZEXE, PkLite, PkZip, or WinZip.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 Choose here how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 If you choose Prompt for user action from the list to the left, click this button to tell WebScanX which response options you want to see when it finds a virus.

 If you have chosen Move infected files to a folder from the list to the left, click this button to choose a quarantine folder into which WebScanX can move infected files.


 Select this checkbox to send an alert message to the person who sent you e-mail that carried a virus.

WebScanX sends a standard alert message each time it detects a virus. To see or compose the message WebScanX sends, click [image].


 Click this button to see or compose the alert message that WebScanX sends to the person who sent you an infected e-mail message.


 Select this checkbox to send a message to other people to alert them about infected e-mail.

WebScanX sends a standard alert message each time it detects a virus. To see or compose the message WebScanX sends, click [image].


 Click this button to see or compose the message that WebScanX sends to alert others about infected e-mail.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds an infected file.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the name and path of an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 In the text box, enter how often, in seconds, WebScanX should check your cc:Mail server to see if new e-mail has arrived.

You should tell WebScanX to check the server about twice as frequently as your cc:Mail client software does.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX how to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, or any MAPI-compliant e-mail client software.


 Choose which files you want WebScanX to examine for viruses by clicking these buttons.

You may choose to scan all files you download or receive from the Internet via your client software, or only those files most susceptible to infection. You may also choose to scan compressed files.


 Select the checkboxes below to specify who WebScanX should alert when it detects a virus.


 Select the checkbox below to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 In the text box below, enter the password you want to use to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 In this text box, enter the password you want to use to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 In the text box below, reenter the password you want to use in order to confirm your choice.


 In this text box, reenter the password you want to use in order to confirm your choice.


 Click this button to use the password you entered and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without designating a password or changing an existing password.


 Type the numeric IP address you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

IP addresses consist of up to 12 numbers in groups of three separated by periods: 123.456.789.101, for example. To determine the IP address for a particular site, see the status bar in your browser software as you connect.

Because the IP address for a particular site can change without notice, McAfee recommends that you enter most addresses using their domain names instead.


 Click this button to add the IP address you entered to WebScanX's "banned" list and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding an IP address to WebScanX's "banned" list.


 Type the subnet mask for the site you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

A subnet mask is a value used to "remap" a range of addresses within a network on the Internet. If you know the subnet mask value for the machine you want to avoid, enter it here. Otherwise, leave the default value shown.

Because the IP address for a particular site can change frequently, McAfee recommends that you enter most addresses using their domain names instead.


 Click this button to stop WebScanX from trying to connect to the server.


 Click any tab to choose a WebScanX property page.


 Click this button to save your settings in this or any other property page, and close the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to close the WebScanX Properties dialog box without saving your settings.

Note: Clicking Cancel does not undo any settings you saved by clicking Apply.


 Click this button to save your settings in this or any other property page without closing the WebScanX Properties dialog box.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX whether to start as soon as Windows finishes loading.

Turn the switch off [image] to keep WebScanX from loading at startup. Turn the switch on [image] to have WebScanX start whenever you start your computer.


 Click this button to choose recipients for this message from your Lotus cc:Mail directory or one of your MAPI address books.


 Enter the e-mail address for each person who should receive a standard alert message from WebScanX every time it detects a virus.


 Click this button to use your Lotus cc:Mail directory or one of your MAPI address books to designate recipients for copies of WebScanX's standard alert message.


 Enter the e-mail address for each person who should receive a copy of WebScanX's standard alert message each time it detects a virus.


 Enter a title for the standard alert message that WebScanX sends.


 Enter a message of up to 1024 characters that you want to send along with WebScanX's alert message.

This custom text appears in each message sent to the recipients you entered above.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to use this message, as you've edited it, as its standard alert message.

WebScanX sends this message to the recipients you entered above each time it finds a virus in e-mail you receive.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes to WebScanX's standard alert message.


 WebScanX fills this area with a description of the infection. The description includes the filename and the name of the infecting virus.

You may not edit this part of the message.


 Type the path and filename for your log file here.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear here.


 Click this button to create or locate the log file you want to use.

Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box to the left.


 Select this checkbox to limit the size of your log file so that it doesn't take up excessive hard disk space.

Clearing this checkbox sets no size limits on your log file, but the largest log file WebScanX can record is 999KB in size. When WebScanX reaches this limit, it clears the log file and begins recording over again.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select this checkbox to record the names of any virus strains WebScanX finds during a scanning session, and the number of times it finds them.


 Select this checkbox to record the settings you chose in the WebScanX Properties dialog box for this scanning session.


 Select this checkbox to record the number of infected files WebScanX deletes during a scanning session.


 Select this checkbox to summarize the number of files WebScanX examined during this scanning session, the number of infected files it found, and the number it moved or deleted.

The session summary also records other information about the options you chose for this session.


 Select this checkbox to record the number of infected files WebScanX moved to a quarantine directory during a scanning session.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to save a log file with the options you chose.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes.


 Type the path and filename for your log file in the text box below.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box below.


 Select any of these checkboxes to record the corresponding information in your log file.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to delete infected files from your system as WebScanX detects them.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to ignore infected files and continue scanning.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to move infected files to a quarantine directory.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to stop scanning immediately.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to beep when it finds an infected file.


 Select this checkbox to display a custom message when WebScanX finds an infected file.

Next, enter the message you want to see in the text box below. When selected, this option displays your message as alert text in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select the Display Custom Message checkbox, then enter the message you want to see in this text box.

When selected, this option displays your message as alert text in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Click this button to save the options you selected and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing any options.


 Select the responses you want WebScanX to offer you when it detects a virus.

Possible actions include: Delete the infected file, move the infected file to a quarantine directory, ignore the infected file and continue scanning, or stop the scan altogether. The options you choose here appear as buttons in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select any of the checkboxes below to specify which responses you want WebScanX to offer you when it detects a virus.

Possible actions include: Delete the infected file, move the infected file to a quarantine directory, ignore the infected file and continue scanning, or stop the scan altogether. The options you choose here appear as buttons in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 Select the checkboxes to

       Tell WebScanX to beep when it finds an infected file

       Display a custom message in the WebScanX Alert dialog box

Enter your custom message in the text box.


 Select this checkbox to give yourself the option to deny harmful object access to your system as WebScanX detects them.

When selected, this option appears as a button in the WebScanX Alert dialog box.


 In this text box, enter the password you set to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes, then click OK.


 Click this button to enter your password and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 In the text box below, enter the password you set to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes, then click OK.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Enter the password you use to log on to your cc:Mail system here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail system with this password.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without entering a password.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via one of the browsers WebScanX supports.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this button to scan for viruses in all files that you download or receive from the Internet.


 Select this checkbox to scan for viruses in files compressed with LHA, LZEXE, PkLite, PkZip, or WinZip.


 Select this button to scan for viruses only in those files most susceptible to infection.

WebScanX identifies susceptible files by looking at their filename extensions. To see the extensions list WebScanX uses, click [image].


 Click this button to see the list WebScanX uses to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds an infected file.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, to move the infected file to a quarantine directory, to delete the infected file from your system immediately, or to ignore the infected file and continue scanning.


 If you choose Prompt for user action from the list to the left, click this button to tell WebScanX which response options you want to see when it finds a virus.

 If you have chosen Move infected files to a folder from the list to the left, click this button to choose a quarantine folder into which WebScanX can move infected files.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds an infected file.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the name and path of an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 Choose which files you want WebScanX to examine for viruses by clicking these buttons.

You may choose to scan all files you download or receive from the Internet, or only those files most susceptible to infection. You may also choose to scan compressed files.


 Click the checkbox to send an alert message to your network administrator whenever WebScanX detects a virus in an e-mail message you receive.

Next, click [image] to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select the checkbox below to save a log file that records

     How many files WebScanX examined for viruses

     How many infected files it found, and either moved to a folder or deleted

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX how to scan for viruses in files you download or receive from the Internet via one of the browsers it supports.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail user name here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your user name in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type your cc:Mail account password here.

WebScanX logs on to your cc:Mail account with your password in order to scan incoming mail for viruses.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Type the path to your cc:Mail post office or server in the text box.

WebScanX uses this path to locate your cc:Mail Inbox and check it periodically for new e-mail.


 Click this button to have WebScanX log on to your cc:Mail account and scan your e-mail for viruses.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without logging on to your cc:Mail account.


 Click this button to save this list of IP addresses and close this dialog box.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of IP addresses.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to add an IP address to the list WebScanX uses to identify harmful Internet sites.


 Select an IP address from the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list in the text box.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list here.


 This list shows the names of each person you have chosen to receive your message.

To add recipients, enter a name in the text box above, then click Add.


 Choose the cc:Mail directory you want to search from this list.

Your cc:Mail server lists those directories available to you here.


 Choose the cc:Mail directory you want to search from this list.

Your cc:Mail server lists those directories available to you here.


 Click this button to add a name to your recipient list.


 Select a name in the recipient list, then click this button to delete it.


 Click this button to send your message to the names shown in the recipient list.


 Enter all or part of the name of the person you want to add to your receipient list in the text box below.

Your cc:Mail server searches for the name you want in one of the directories available to you. Choose the directory you want to search from the list at the bottom of this dialog box. When you find the correct name, click Add to add it to your recipient list. Each name you select appears in the list below the text box. Repeat these steps to continue adding names to the recipient list.


  Click this button to use the quarantine directory you specified and close this dialog box.


  Click this button to close this dialog box without specifying a quarantine directory.


  In the text box, type the path and folder name you want to use for your cc:Mail quarantine directory.

WebScanX moves infected cc:Mail files it finds to this folder if you choose Move infected files to a folder in the Action list.


  In the text box, type the path and folder name you want to use for your cc:Mail quarantine directory.

WebScanX moves infected cc:Mail files it finds to this folder if you choose Move infected files to a folder in the Action list.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Click this button to browse for the folder you want to use as your quarantine directory.


 Click this button to use the directory you have specified to store infected files.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without specifying a quarantine directory or changing the name of an existing directory.


 Enter the path and name of the directory you want to use to store infected files in the text box below.

By default, WebScanX creates a directory called Infected in its program directory. You can also click [image] to browse for an existing directory.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful Java classes, ActiveX controls or Internet sites.

Clear this checkbox to disable this program component.


 Select this checkbox to display the icon [image] for this program component.

The icon appears in the toolbar's system tray, to the left of the clock, in systems running Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Right-click it to display a shortcut menu.

The icon appears on the desktop at the bottom left corner of the screen on systems running Windows NT 3.51. Click it to display a shortcut menu.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful ActiveX controls as you visit Internet sites.

WebScanX compares the ActiveX controls you encounter with a database of controls known to cause harm. It alerts you when it finds a potentially harmful control, then responds according to how you tell it to in the Action area below.


 Select this checkbox to scan for harmful Java classes as you visit Internet sites.

WebScanX compares the Java classes you encounter with a database of classes known to cause harm. It alerts you when it finds a potentially harmful class, then responds according to how you tell it to in the Action area below.


 Select this checkbox to block your browser software from visiting Internet sites you designate with a numeric IP address.

Next, click [image] to see or add to the list WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Click this button to see or add to the list of IP addresses that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Select this checkbox to tell WebScanX to block your browser software from visiting Internet sites you designate with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or domain name.

Next, click [image] to see or add to the list WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Click this button to see or add to the list of URLs or domain names that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Choose here how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, or to block the harmful object from your system automatically.


 Choose from this list how you want WebScanX to respond when it finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

You can tell WebScanX to ask you what you want to do when it detects a virus, or to block the harmful object from your system automatically.


 Select this checkbox to alert your network administrator via NetShield when WebScanX finds a harmful Java class or ActiveX control.

NetShield is McAfee's server anti-virus solution.


 Enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT here, or click [image] to browse for the correct directory.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Click this button to browse for the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT, or enter the path to the correct directory in the text box to the left.

WebScanX requires NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution, to provide centralized virus alerting to your network administrator.


 Select this checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many Internet sites WebScanX examined for danger

     How many Java classes and ActiveX controls it examined

     How many harmful objects or dangerous sites it blocked

     Other information about your WebScanX settings


 Enter the path to your log file here or click [image] to create or locate a log file.


 Click this button to create or locate a WebScanX log file, or enter the path to an existing log file in the text box to the left.


 Use this property page to tell WebScanX to scan for harmful Java classes and ActiveX controls, or dangerous Internet sites.


 Select the checkboxes below to tell WebScanX which objects or sites to examine for potential harm.


 Select the checkbox to save a log file that records

     How many Internet sites WebScanX examined for danger

     How many Java classes and ActiveX controls it examined

     How many harmful objects or dangerous sites it blocked

     Other information about your WebScanX settings

Next, enter the path to your log file in the text box below, or click [image] to create a new file or locate an existing file.


 Click the checkbox below to send an alert to your network administrator via NetShield, McAfee's server anti-virus solution.

Next, enter the path to the NetShield directory that contains the file CENTALRT.TXT in the text box or click [image] to browse for it.


 Select the checkboxes to tell WebScanX which harmful objects to look for as you visit Internet sites.

You may choose to look for both ActiveX controls and Java classes, or either object separately.


 Select the checkboxes below to tell WebScanX to block your browser software from visiting dangerous Internet sites.

You may choose to identify dangerous sites either with numeric IP addresses, with URLs or domain names, or with both methods. Click the [image] buttons to the right of each checkbox to see or add to the list that WebScanX uses to identify dangerous Internet sites.


 Select the property page settings you want to protect from unauthorized changes in this list.

You may select all property pages or any individual page. A [image] appears to the left of protected pages.


 Click this button to designate a password to protect your property page settings from unauthorized changes.


 Select the property page settings you want to protect from unauthorized changes in the list below.

You may select all property pages or any individual page. A [image] appears to the left of protected pages.


 Click this button to add the filename extension to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.

To add another extension, click Add in the Program File Extensions dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding a new filename extension.


 In the text box below, type the filename extension you want to add to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.


 In this text box, type the filename extension you want to add to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to infection.


 WebScanX uses the list of filename extensions below to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.

Click Add to add another extension to the list. Select an extension from the list, then click Delete to remove it. Click Default to return the list to its original configuration.


 WebScanX uses this list of filename extensions to identify those files most susceptible to virus infection.

Click Add to add another extension to the list. Select an extension from the list, then click Delete to remove it. Click Default to return the list to its original configuration.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to identify files with the extensions listed as those most susceptible to virus infection.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of filename extensions WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to virus infection.


 Click this button to add a filename extension to the list WebScanX uses to identify files susceptible to virus infection.


 Select one of the filename extensions in the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 Click this button to return the list of filename extensions to its original configuration.


 Type the path and filename for your log file here.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear here.


 Click this button to create or locate the log file you want to use.

Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box to the left.


 Select this checkbox to limit the size of your log file so that it doesn't take up excessive hard disk space.

Clearing this checkbox sets no size limits on your log file, but the largest log file WebScanX can record is 999KB in size. When WebScanX reaches this limit, it clears the log file and begins recording over again.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Select the checkbox to the left to limit the size of your log file. Next, enter in this text box the largest amount of data, in kilobytes, that you want WebScanX to record.

You may enter a value between 10KB and 999KB. By default, WebScanX sets the size limit at 100KB.


 Click this button to tell WebScanX to save a log file with the options you chose.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without saving any changes.


 Type the path and filename for your log file in the text box below.

Otherwise, click [image] to create or locate the log file you want to use. Once you choose a log file, the path and filename appear in the text box below.


 Type the domain name you want to add to WebScanX's "banned" list here.

Do not include a transport protocol--"http://," for example--in the address you enter.


 Click this button to add the domain name you entered to WebScanX's "banned" list and close this dialog box.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without adding an address to WebScanX's "banned" list.


 Click this button to save this list of domain names and close this dialog box.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to close this dialog box without changing the list of domain names.

WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 Click this button to add a domain name to the list WebScanX uses to identify harmful Internet sites.


 Select a domain name from the list to the left, then click this button to delete it.


 WebScanX uses this list to identify harmful Internet sites and keep your browser software from connecting to them.


 To download new definition files, choose a site near your location from the list, then click OK. Choosing a nearby site speeds your file transfer time.


 Click this button to download your new definition files from the location you specified.


 Click this button to cancel your update request.