As an administrator and user of
VirusScan Enterprise,
you should be familiar with its components and connections. The following
figure shows these components for a basic environment.
Figure 1. VirusScan Enterprise
components
Client system
This is where
VirusScan Enterprise
and optional
McAfee Agent
are installed and configured.
McAfee
Headquarters
McAfee
Headquarters, home to
McAfee
Labs and
McAfee
Technical Support, provides the following
VirusScan Enterprise
services:
- DAT updates —
Stored on a
McAfee
central database server, and using AutoUpdate, these DAT update files are
copied to the
VirusScan Enterprise
clients or optional DAT repositories to provide information to fight known
threats and new lists of known viruses as they are found in real time.
- Scan engine updates
— Stored on a central database server, scan engine updates are downloaded as
needed to keep the
VirusScan Enterprise
scan engine up-to-date.
- McAfee Labs — This threat library has detailed information on
virus, Trojan, hoax, and potentially unwanted program (PUP) threats — where
they come from, how they infect your system, and how to handle them. The
Artemis feature sends the fingerprint of the suspicious file to
McAfee Labs, where they analyze the file and determine what
action to take.
Server
The optional server uses the following components to manage and update
many client systems remotely: