User Guide

User’s Guide 43
McAfee VirusScan
At first, the scanner enables only its System Scan module, which scans viruses
that arrive on your system from floppy d isks and other removable media,
from local-area network connections,and similar areas. The System Scan
module also scans files that arrive via your e-mail system and from the
Internet , but to do so, it requires the a id of the other VShie ld modules: E-M ail
Scan, Download Scan, and Inte rnet F ilter.
æ IMPORTANT:To uset he E-Mail Scan, D ownlo ad Scan orInte rnet Filter
modules, you must install them from the C ustom option in Setup.
If your computer runs Windows NT Workstation v4.0 or Windows 2000
Professional, the VShield scanner loads as a Windows NT service called
VShield, which yo u can see in the Windows Services control panel.
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NOTE: McAfee recommends that you do not start or stop the VShield
service from the Windows control panel. Instead, you can stop and
restart the scanner from the provided VirusScan control panel.
Ifyourco mpute rrunsWindows 95 orWindows 98,thes cannerlo adsin aw ay
that mimics a Windows service on that platform. This service is not visible in
the W indows user interface.
Starting the scanner automatically
If the VShield scanner does not start automatically, you can set it to do so in
the VirusScan control panel.
Follow these steps:
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, point to Settings,thenchoose
Control Panel.
2. Locate and double-click the VirusScan control panel to open it.
3. Click the Components tab.