McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.5.0

Update information

Provides information about anti-virus DAT, anti-virus engine, extra drivers, anti-spam engine version, their status and when they were last updated. MSME uses the McAfee update website to automatically update its anti-virus DAT, engine and rules on a daily-basis.

If MSME is managed by an ePolicy Orchestrator server, create an AutoUpdate task using ePolicy Orchestrator.
Option definitions — Update Information
Option Definition
Last Successful Update Displays the time when the software was updated successfully.
Update Now Click to immediately update the product with latest engine and drivers. This is helpful in a situation when there is a virus out-break and you cannot wait until the scheduled software update occurs.
Update Frequency Displays the schedule frequency of how often the software is updated.
Edit Schedule Click to schedule or edit the product's software update. For more information on how to update the software, see Schedule a software update section.
Show Status Click to view the status of the update task such as the start time, running time, current status and how much the task has progressed.
Anti-Virus Engine | DAT Version | Extra Drivers Displays the latest anti-virus engine, DAT version and extra drivers information and when it was updated.
Viruses that Extra Drivers Detect Displays items that were detected by ExtraDAT to remove particular viruses.

EXTRA.DAT files contain information that is used by MSME to detect a new virus. When a major virus is discovered and extra detection is required, an EXTRA.DAT file is made available until the normal DAT update is released.

Anti-Spam Engine | Rules Version Displays the anti-spam engine and rules version number and when it was updated.
This appears only if the McAfee Anti-Spam add-on component is installed.