System tray icons and how they work

Once VirusScan Enterprise is installed, one of the following icons appears in the Windows system tray, if you configured this feature during the installation process:
The following table lists the icon changes and what they mean.
Note: The system tray icon, ePilicy Orchestrator managed icon 
 an "M" in shield, does not change to indicate access protection trigger alerts or if on-access scanning is disabled on ePolicy Orchestrator managed clients with McTray version 2.x or greater (with McAfee Agent 4.5 or greater). The McTray 1.x system icon 
 "M" in a box and Unmanaged system icon 
 "V" in a shield icon changes are shown in the following table.
Icon Status Tool tip Menu Options
ePilicy Orchestrator managed icon 
 An "M" in a shield Normal McAfee Status: OK Options indicate:
  • View Security Status — Displays check mark.
  • Quick Settings | On access Virus Scanning - on — Displays check mark.
On-access scan disabled McAfee Status: Issue Detected Options indicate:
  • View Security Status — Displays exclamation point.
  • Quick Settings | On access Virus Scanning - off — No check mark displayed.
Note: Click View Security Status to display McAfee Security Status dialog box with Issue - "On-Access Scan disabled" in the Status column.
Access protection event triggered McAfee Status: Issue Detected Options indicate:
  • View Security Status — Displays exclamation point.
  • Quick Settings | On access Virus Scanning - on — Displays check box.
Note: Click View Security Status to display McAfee Security Status dialog box with Issue - "Please see Access Protection Log" in the Status column.
McTray 1.x system icon 
 An "M" in a box Normal status McAfee Normal
An "M" in a box with exclamation point Access protection violation event triggered or on-access scanning is disabled. McAfee Options indicate:
  • A "V" in a shield with circle and line — Indicates on-access scanning is disabled.
  • A "V" in a shield with red outline — Indicates on-access scanning is enabled, but see Access Protection log file.
Unmanaged system icon 
 A "V" in a shield Normal McAfee OAS: enabled Normal
A "V" in a shield with circle and line On-access disabled McAfee OAS: disabled McAfee OAS: disabled
A "V" in a shield with red outline On-access event occurred McAfee OAS: enabled McAfee OAS: enabled, see Access Protection Log.

System tray icon option lists

Right-click the ePilicy Orchestrator managed icon 
  "M" in a shield icon to display these menu options:

Right-click the McTray 1.x system icon 
  "M" in a box icon or the Unmanaged system icon 
  "V" in a shield icon, to display these menu options: