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Add a process to a category

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Add a process to high risk, low risk, or standard process category from the command line.

  1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.

  2. Navigate to the default or custom directory. For example:

    cd /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin

  3. Execute the command.

    ./mfetpcli --addprocess --profile_type process_name

    Note

    For Linux, the process name must be the absolute path of the binary getting executed instead of just a process name.

Example: Add Chrome process to the High Risk category

Chrome is a browser you use to browse websites. While browsing, you can also save pages or download files that are basically a write operation. While browsing, the browser can also add cookie files to your /tmp directory. So, you can add Chrome to the high risk category, and enable the Scan on Write option to scan only write operation happens from the Chrome process.

To add the Chrome browser to the High Risk category, execute the command:

./mfetpcli --addprocess --highrisk /usr/bin/google-chrome