Configure the sensitivity level you wish to use when
determining if a detected sample is malware. For all levels other than
Disabled, fingerprints of samples,
or
hashes, are submitted to
McAfee Labs to determine if they are malware. The benefit to you
is that detection may be made available as soon as
McAfee Labs publishes the update, and you would not have to wait
for the next DAT release. The higher the sensitivity level you choose, the
higher the number of malware detections. However, by allowing more detections,
you may also get more false positive results. Choose from these sensitivity
levels:
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Disabled — No fingerprints or
any data are submitted to
McAfee Labs to determine if they malware.
-
Very Low —The detections and
risk of false positives are the same as with regular DATs. A detection is made
available to
VirusScan Enterprise when
McAfee Labs publishes it instead of waiting for the next DAT
update.
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Low — This level is defined as
between
Very Low and
Medium.
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Medium — Use this level when
the regular risk of exposure to malware is greater than the risk of a false
positive.
McAfee Labs proprietary, heuristic checks results in detections
that are likely to be malware. However, there is some risk that a detection on
a file that isn’t common may result in a false positive.
McAfee Labs checks that detections with this setting will not
create a false positive on popular applications and operating system files.
-
High — This level is defined as
between
Medium and
Very High.
-
Very High —We recommend using
this level only for email and for scanning volumes and directories that support
neither executing programs nor operating systems. Detections found with this
level are presumed to be malicious, but they haven’t been fully tested to
confirm that they are not false positives.