
Option Function
View Security Status
Displays the current system status of managed McAfee products, including current
events.
McAfee Agent Status
Monitor
Triggers the Agent Status Monitor, which:
• Displays information on the collection and transmission of properties.
• Sends events.
• Enforces policies.
• Collect and send properties.
• Checks for new policies and tasks.
About...
Displays system and product information, including the agent, the McAfee ePO
server or Agent Handler with which the agent communicates, and the software
products being managed.
Making the system tray icon visible
You can hide the system tray icon to restrict the use of agent and other point‑products.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Systems | System Tree.
2
On the Assigned Policies tab, select McAfee Agent in the Product drop‑down list.
3
Click the name of a policy that is in the General category, for example My Default.
4
Select Show the McAfee system tray icon (Windows only).
5
To allow users to update security on‑demand, select Allow end users to update security from the McAfee system
tray menu.
When selected, users who are running McAfee Agent 4.5 or later can choose Update Security from the
McAfee system tray icon to update all products for which an update package is present in the
repository.
6
When you have completed your changes to the default configuration, click Save.
Enabling user access to updating functionality
You can enable users to update security settings on‑demand. This functionality is disabled by default.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Systems | System Tree.
2
On the Assigned Policies tab, select McAfee Agent in the Product drop‑down list.
3
Click the name of a policy that is in the General category, for example My Default.
4
Select Allow end users to run update security from the McAfee system tray menu.
5
When you have completed your changes to the default configuration, click Save.
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Running agent tasks from the managed system
Using the system tray icon
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