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pronie2121
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In looking for times that Mcafee enterprise virus scan was last used would the time on the .exe file give that answer, or does this A/V software keep a log. Also with spybot search and destroy the exe gives a time that it was last accessed as well as the update.exe for that particular program. Are there certain log files that show the times that Mcafee was last updated and the computer was last scanned? This is on a Windows XP professional computer, thank you.


   
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hogfly
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When it comes to Mcafee specifically I don't know the locations offhand but..

1) Check the enterprise server logs
2) Check the event logs on the local system
3) Check the mcafee logs on the system
4) Check the registry for scan date and definition date
5) Check Mcafee's documentation for where the logs are stored


   
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All that info and more is stored in the Server Management Console.


   
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pronie2121
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I have looked around online and only see microsoft management console, is the server management a file that I will be able to parse through? Thank you


   
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Lots of info in the McAfee KnowledgeBase.

Details on McAfee VirusScan Enterprise entries in the Windows Application Event Log

Using the Microsoft Process Monitor / File Monitor to troubleshoot files scanned by VirusScan McShield


   
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pronie2121
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Thank you for the links BitHead very helpful!


   
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pronie2121
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I have located at the following path C\Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\Network Associates\Virus Scan
6 logs that contain an update log, on demand scan log and 4 others. Thanks for the help everyone


   
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Thanks for reporting back. It is always good to see the solutions to the questions.


   
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