McAfee Version 7.0 manual

PRODUCT GUIDE McAf ee Vir usScan Home Edition VERSION 7. 0[...]

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Product Guide iii Contents 1 Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What’ s new in t his relea se? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents iv McAfee VirusScan Ho me Edition 4 Updating McAfee VirusScan Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 About Instant Up dater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Insta nt Updater features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Product Guide 5 1 Welcome to M cAfee VirusSc an Home Edition 7.0 Introducti on Stop viruses and keep your PC safe with McAfee Virus S can! When you're surfing the Inter net, there's more to worry about than just viruses. You need to be able to control the communications into and out of your PC to ensure that your computer is safe. VirusSc[...]

Welcome to McAf e e VirusS can Home Edition 7.0 6 McAfee VirusScan Ho me Edition 7.0 n Microsoft Office Integration : VirusS can 7 sca ns Micros oft Office 2000+ documents to provid e extra protection to users of Micros oft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (2000+) in the event that VShield background scanning must be d i sable d. n Usabili ty enhance me[...]

Product Guide 7 Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0 n Hostile Acti vity Watch Ke rn el . HAWK monitors your comput er f or suspicious a ctivity that may indicat e a virus is pr esent on your system. As opposed to VirusScan, which cleans the virus, HAWK prevents viruse s, wor ms, an d troja ns from spreadi n g furth e r. HAWK moni tors e-ma[...]

Welcome to McAf e e VirusS can Home Edition 7.0 8 McAfee VirusScan Ho me Edition 7.0 n Wireless device protecti on . I n ad diti on to tota l a nti- vir us pr ot ecti on for you r PC , Vir us Scan pro tec ts yo ur w irel es s dev ice a nd P C fr om harmf ul viruse s tr an s ferred durin g the syn chroniz ation p roces s. n Command-l ine Scanne rs .[...]

Product Guide 9 2 Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Befor e you begi n McAfe e distrib utes V i ru sSca n so f tware i n two way s: 1 As an archived file that you can download from the McA fee web site. 2 On CD-ROM. Although the method you us e to transfer VirusScan files from an archive obtained via download differs from the method you use [...]

Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 10 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition Additional requirements for wireless devices Palm OS and Pa lm r equir emen ts McAfee VirusScan for Palm Desktop with HotSync Manager 3.0 will insta l l and run on any IBM P C or PC-compatible compu ter equipped with Palm Desktop 3.0 or later. The latest version of Palm Desk[...]

Product Guide 11 Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Install ation steps After inserting the McAfee VirusSca n Home Edition installation CD into your computer ’ s CD-ROM drive, an Autorun image should automatically display. To install McAfee VirusScan Home Edition software immediately, click Install McAfee VirusScan Home Ed ition, then skip [...]

Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 12 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition NOTE If your computer does not ha ve t he required fonts to view t he E nd User ’ s License Agreement (EULA), then you may lo cate the app rop r iate EUL A on y our Mc Afe e sof twa r e ins tal lati on CD . Yo u must read and agree to the term s of the agreement to complet[...]

Product Guide 13 Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Troubleshootin g installation pro blems A failed installation can cause software problem s that are difficult to track down. The major causes of ins tallation failure are: n Attempting to install while other software is running. n Temporary files tha t conflict with the installation. n Hard [...]

Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 14 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition Step 3: Clean your hard drive Run the Windows hard drive utilities, ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to identi fy an d fix any er ro r s on y ou r hard driv e: 1 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then Accessories, then Sy s tem T ools, and cl ick ScanDi sk[...]

Product Guide 15 Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 2 Select McAfee Viru sScan Home Editi on a nd click: M Remove to remove McAfee VirusS can Home Edition from your computer. M Change to modify your McAfee VirusS can Home Edition installation. 3 Refer to steps displayed on the Installation Wizard to complete your changes. If prompted, rest ar[...]

Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 16 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition[...]

Product Guide 17 3 Getting Sta rted with Mc Afee VirusScan Home Edition Introducti on The McAfee Virus S can Home Edition Home page is your centra l entry point to acc ess and u se all of McAfe e VirusS can Hom e Edition ’ s tasks, wizard s, and components. This sc r een displays thr ee regions tha t provide you with dynamic information about cur[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 18 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition Tool bar The tool bar d isplays four browser-like buttons that a re common to all s creens. n Back . Click Back to retur n to the last s creen viewed. n Home . Click Home to go to the McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Home page from any screen. n Next . In conjunct[...]

Product Guide 19 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition n Update availabi lity . If an update for McAfee VirusScan Home Edition is available, or if you have not registered this product with McAfee, a mess age d isplays descr ibing a s such. Additi onally , virus d efini tion fil es (DATs) version information displays here as well. If[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 20 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition n Configure a nd scan my wireless device : Select this task to configure and defend your wireles s device against vir uses. n Manage qua rantined file s : Select this task to manage files infected with a virus. Here you can choose to add, remove, c lean, and de[...]

Product Guide 21 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition Windows Explorer plu g-in With functionality similar to tha t of the VShield system tray icon, you can display a Vir usScan toolbar in Windows Explorer. To display the VirusScan toolbar, right- click the Windows Explorer toolbar and select McAfee VirusScan. The VirusScan toolbar[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 22 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition System S can The System scanner loo ks for viru ses on you r hard disk a s you wo rk with your computer. It tracks files as your syst em or other computers read files f ro m your h a rd disk or w rite fi l es to it . It can al s o scan flopp y d isks and n etwo[...]

Product Guide 23 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition n Access your computer ’ s registry. Script Stop per ™ allows you to create a list of trusted s cripts. If you encount er a scrip t tha t is act ing i n a hos tile ma nner, an aler t me ss age di s pl ay s. At s uch time, you can block the script from running now, and at any[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 24 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition TIP You can start or re-start the VShield Scanner using the steps desc ribed ab ove. VShield Scanner, by d efault, is conf igured to automatically start ea ch time your computer st arts. To prevent VShield Scanner to run at startu p, clear the Load on start up [...]

Product Guide 25 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition Using Quarantin e Many VirusScan components allow you to move infected files to a quarantine folder. This moves in fected files from areas where they can be accessed and enables you to clean o r delete them at your convenience. How to managing quarantined f iles This list descri[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 26 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition TIP You can also at tempt to obtain an antidote f rom A.V.E.R.T. using WebImmune at www .webimmune.net . Network Associates reserves the r ight to use any information you supply as it deems appropriate without incurring any obligations whatsoever. Safe & So[...]

Product Guide 27 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition Safe & Sound automatically selects files that are typically imp ortant to include in a backup set. However, you can select other files or types of files to include in your backup set. How often should you or safe & sound make these backups? The more re cent yo ur ba ckup[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 28 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition Emerge ncy disk crea tion As it installs itself, VirusScan software will examine your computer ’ s memory and your har d dis k ’ s boot sectors to verify that it can safely co py its files to your hard disk without risking their infection. During that insta[...]

Product Guide 29 Getting Started wi th McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition Using VirusScan With a Wireless De vice Introductio n A s the demand for wireless devices continue to gro w, it carries with it , the threat of compromi sing your data against viruses especially whenever you exchange information between your PC a nd your wireless device. Wireles[...]

Getting Started wi t h McAfee Vi rusScan Home Ed ition 30 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition TIP For more information about protecting your wireless device, please refer to online Help for McAfee VirusScan Home Edition. Pocket PC w Jornad a 54 0 w Jornad a 68 0 w Jornad a 72 0 Hewl ett-Pa ckard Pocket PC w E125 w EM500 Cassiopeia Windows CE w PenCe nt [...]

Product Guide 31 4 Updating McAfee VirusSca n Home Edition About Instant Updater As technologies advance, we continually provide updates to McAfee software products. To ensu re the highest level of protection, you should a lways obtain the latest vers io n of your M cAfee product. Updating your so f tware is simple using McA fee's Instant Upda[...]

Updating M cAfee VirusScan Ho me Edition 32 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition n Auto Inquir y : If Auto Inquiry is enab l ed, it allows you t o rec eive notification of product updates while connected to the Internet. We do not recommend Auto Inquiry if you have slow internet connection n Manual Up dating : If you ra re ly connect to the Inte rnet, yo[...]

Product Guide 33 A Product Sup port and Cu stomer Service Contacting Customer Service and Technical Support For Product Su pport and C ustomer Servi ce, please visit http://www.mcafeehelp. c o.uk. Our support Web site offers 24-hour access to solutions to the most common support requests in our ea sy-to-use 3 step Answer Wizard. You ma y use our ad[...]

Product Support and Custom e r Se r v ic e 34 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition n You would like to sp eak with a customer service agent to purchase a McA fee pr odu ct, r ath er th an m ake a p urc has e at our eSt ore . For a technical support callback, p lea se be sure to leave your comp lete name and telephone number; and our expert technical s up[...]

Product Guide 35 Product Support an d Custom er Service Emergency Telephone Numbers : Virus definition renewal This product includes twelv e (12) months of free virus protection u p dates obtained using Instant Updater. Renewal subscriptions are av ailable at a cost of $9.95 US D ** or € 10,95 EU R ** per year at the www.McAfee-at-home.com Buy pa[...]

Product Support and Custom e r Se r v ic e 36 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition[...]

Product Guide 37 Index A About Advanced tasks , 19 McAfee list , 20 Task s , 19 Activity lo gs , 20 Advanced Tasks , 19 Configure and scan my wireless device , 20 Configure Instant Upd ater , 20 Manag e quaran tined fi les , 20 View and edit scheduled scans , 20 View VirusScan ’ s activity logs , 20 Automa tic Protect ion Settings , 6 , 18 , 21 S[...]

Index 38 McAfee VirusSc an Home Edition Tit le bar , 17 Tool b ar , 18 Script Stopper , 5 System Requirements System , 9 Wireless Devices , 10 T Task s , 19 Automa tic Protect ion Settings , 19 Check for a VirusScan update , 19 Other Tasks , 19 Scan for viruses now , 19 The Ta s k pane , 19 Tit le bar , 17 Tool b ar , 18 Trou ble shoot ing installa[...]

Product Guide 39 Index[...]

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