Reports tab

Option definitions

Enable logging to track activity on your network and record which settings you used to detect and respond to any potential threat that the scanner found.

Option Definition
Log to file Enable activity logging.
Log file location Accept the default location for the log file or specify a new location.

The default log name is OnDemandScanLog.txt.

The default location is: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\DesktopProtection\ .

The default location may vary depending on which operating system you are using.

Log file size Limit the size of the log file. Accept the default size (1 MB) or set a size from 1 MB to 999 MB. If the data in the log file exceeds the file size you set, the oldest 20 percent of the entries are deleted and new data is appended to the file.
Log file format Select the format of the log file. Default = Unicode (UTF8).
  • Unicode (UTF8) — Recommended if you are storing eastern text (every character is one or two bytes), or sharing information within a multi-national organization.
  • Unicode (UTF16) — Recommended if you are storing eastern text (every character is one or two bytes), or sharing information within a multi-national organization.
  • ANSI — Recommended if you are storing western text (every character is one byte), we recommend using ANSI format.
What to log in addition to scanning activity
  • Session settings — Record the properties for each scanning session in the log file.
  • Session summary — Record a summary of the scanner’s actions during each scanning session in the log file. Summary information includes the number of files scanned, the number and type of detections, the number of files cleaned or deleted, and other information.
  • Failure to scan encrypted files — Record the name of encrypted files that the scanner failed to scan.
Alert when a cookie detection occurs
Note:

This option is only available if you installed AntiSpyware Enterprise Module 8.7.

Alert when a cookie detection occurs — Send alerts when cookies are detected. This includes generating ePolicy Orchestrator alerts, detection notifications, recording detections in the activity log if you enabled activity logging on the Reports tab, and counting detections in the scan statistics. If you deselect this option, ePolicy Orchestrator does not generate alerts, but detections will still be recorded in the activity log if you enabled activity logging on the Reports tab, and counted in the scan statistics