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I noticed that the VirusScan shield in my systray sometimes has a red outline. What is it?

April 26, 2017noticed outline red Shield systray VirusScan

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I noticed that the VirusScan shield in my systray sometimes has a red outline. What is it?

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A You are probably familiar with seeing the VirusScan shield in your systray (lower right side of your PC where the clock is) indicating that you are protected by VirusScan. Normally it looks like this: But you may happen to see it with a red outline: as this is a new feature for the latest version of VirusScan. No action is needed by you when your shield icon is outlined in red. It is NOT an indication that you have spyware or malicious software running on your workstation.. It is just a result of the Access Protection piece of VirusScan that helps protect your workstation from malicious software and spyware. Operations staff will use the Access Protection piece of VirusScan to improve malicious software detection and elimination.