PRODUCT GUIDE McAfee QuickClean VERSION 3.
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Contents 1 Welcome to McAfee QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overview of McAfee QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What’s new in this release? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What’s included with McAfee QuickClean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents 5 How to Free Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 About QuickClean Lite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 About SpaceMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Custom Rule Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to McAfee QuickClean 1 Overview of McAfee QuickClean Junk accumulates quickly on your PC when you're surfing the Internet. Protect your privacy and get rid of web and e-mail clutter with McAfee QuickClean. QuickClean technology identifies and removes files that accumulate when surfing, including cookies, e-mail, downloads, and history data that contains personal information about you. It protects your privacy by shredding your identification data that collects on your computer.
Welcome to McAfee QuickClean n Spyware detection Spyware is a program that secretly gathers data about your Internet surfing habits. Also known as “snooping” software, it collects information about you and your Internet browsing habits and sends it to third parties without your knowledge. QuickClean helps to enhance your online privacy by rooting spyware programs and helps to ensure you know who is watching you while you are online. n Improved Internet cleaning You can configure McAfee QuickClean 3.
Welcome to McAfee QuickClean n Orphan Files Cleaner: Scans for and removes files without an offsetting association; i.e.: shortcuts, favorites. n Duplicate Files Cleaner: Scans your computer and enables the removal of duplicate files from your computer. n Temporary Internet Files (Cache) Cleaner: Frees hard disk space by deleting cached (temporary Internet) Internet files.
Welcome to McAfee QuickClean About this manual This manual provides the basic information you need to install, set up and get started with McAfee QuickClean. More detailed information about how to perform tasks within McAfee QuickClean is provided via online Help. You can get Help while working with the different windows and dialog boxes. You can also review the Readme.txt file which contains other general information, known issues, etc., about this product. 8 McAfee QuickClean 3.
Installing McAfee QuickClean 2 The setup program on your McAfee QuickClean installation CD lets you install the program easily on your computer. Installation should start automatically when you insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The information in the following paragraphs will help you install and start using McAfee QuickClean.
Installing McAfee QuickClean Use the steps below to install your software. 1 If your computer runs Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, log on to your computer as a user with administrative rights. You must have administrative rights to install this software. 2 Insert the McAfee QuickClean 3.0 CD in to your computer’s CD-ROM drive. If the Installation Wizard does not automatically display, go to Step 3. Otherwise, skip to Step 4.
Installing McAfee QuickClean Troubleshooting installation problems A failed installation can cause software problems that are difficult to track down. The major causes of installation failure are: n Attempting to install while other software is running. n Temporary files that conflict with the installation. n Hard drive errors. Follow the procedure outlined below to minimize the affect that these common conditions may have on your installation.
Installing McAfee QuickClean Step 3: Clean your hard drive Run the Windows hard drive utilities, ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to identify and fix any errors on your hard drive: 1 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and click ScanDisk. 2 In the ScanDisk window, select Standard and Automatically fix errors. 3 Click Advanced.
Installing McAfee QuickClean 1 From the Windows Control Panel, start the Add/Remove applet. 2 Select McAfee QuickClean and click: M Remove to remove McAfee QuickClean from your computer. M Change to modify your McAfee QuickClean installation. 3 Refer to steps displayed on the McAfee QuickClean Installation Wizard to complete your changes. Restart your computer as directed by setup.
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3 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Introduction The McAfee QuickClean Home Page is your central entry point to all of McAfee QuickClean’s tasks, wizards, and components. This screen displays three regions that provide you with dynamic information about QuickClean’s status and navigation links to all QuickClean tasks. Status messages The status frame displays information about your current configuration. This information varies based upon your computer’s operating system.
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Drive information The Drive Info frame displays current volume statistics for all of your computer’s fixed drives. To view volume statistics for a different fixed drive, click the Select a drive drop-down list and select the desired drive. 16 McAfee QuickClean 3.
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean Screen layout Title bar The QuickClean interface displays most of your standard Windows elements. That which includes: n The title bar displays the name of the program that you are currently using. n Close and minimize buttons. The QuickClean interface is of fixed height and width and cannot be re-sized. Tool bar The tool bar displays four browser-like buttons that are common to all QuickClean screens. n Back.
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean The Task pane The Task pane displays links that allow you to start McAfee QuickClean’s primary Tasks and Advanced Tasks. The Task pane also displays links to Related Tasks; and McAfee links to start the home pages of any other current McAfee product installed in your computer. If you select an item in the work space of a wizard, cleaning, or analysis screen, then the Details or properties describing the item you’ve selected displays in the task pane.
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean n Clean my hard drive. This Advanced task takes you Clean my hard drive screen. Here you can perform various scanning operations, customize cleanup rules, and perform program maintenance. n Remove Internet files. Select this task to start any of the Internet Cleanup wizards - the Browser Cache, Cookie, E-mail, ActiveX and Plug-in, and Privacy Check cleaners. Refer to the on-screen instructions to guide you through the wizards.
Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean M A Quick jump link to SpaceMaker to run a custom rule. If you are performing a task that has no related tasks, the Related Task list does not display. About Details If you select a particular file type or group that QuickClean scans. Details include: M File types and associations. M Description of a cleaner’s function. About McAfee The McAfee list displays links that allows you to start any other currently supported McAfee product. 20 McAfee QuickClean 3.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space 4 Introduction The QuickClean wizards that manage applications are simple and extremely safe. They will not damage your computer or destroy data by removing important operating system files or files required by any application except the one you are removing, archiving, or moving.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Remove a program using Remove The Remove wizard gets rid of all traces of the application, including shortcuts and registry entries. If the application has associated data files, you can remove those at the same time if you want to. If QuickClean detects that an application has an uninstall program of its own, you will be given the choice to use the application’s uninstall program or the QuickClean Remove wizard.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Both methods usually remove most program files associated with the application. However, documents created with and linked to the program may remain after uninstallation. Application remnant cleaner detects a program's uninstallation. When the program's uninstallation is complete, a list of files not removed from your computer associated with the program displays.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space Archiving a program using Archive Use the Archive wizard to create a compressed backup copy, called an archive, of an application and remove it from your computer until you need it again. After the Archive wizard creates the compressed archive file, it removes the application from the folder where it was installed, but leaves the shortcuts to the application in place.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space NOTE You must be running Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE in order to use the QuickClean BackTrack feature. You can use the QuickClean Installation Monitor to watch applications as they install making a record of every file that was added, deleted, or changed during installation. Then, you can use the BackTrack wizard to completely remove the monitored application from your computer and return all settings to their previous values before the application was installed.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space To undo an application installation: 1 From the Advanced task list on the Home Page, select Manage installed programs. 2 Click BackTrack a Monitored program. 3 From the Select a BackTrack Archive screen, select the archive representing the program you want to uninstall and click Next. The BackTrack wizard processes the archive to determine what it needs to undo.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space M Never replace existing files. 8 Click Restore to begin restoring the application. When the wizard restores the application, it displays a message that the job is completed. You can click Report to view details of restoration activity. Restore deleted files The Restore wizard can also restore individual files that the SpaceMaker wizard has deleted if QuickClean made backup copies of the files. To restore individual files: 1 Repeat steps 1 through 5 above.
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space 3 If you are sure that you no longer need the selected archive, click Delete. At such time, you are prompted to confirm deleting the file. QuickClean Activity Logs When you click the Activity Log in the QuickClean main window, you will have the option to view different reports that displays numeric and graphic information about actions performed by any of the QuickClean wizards (e.g., summary, report logs, disk analysis and file analysis).
Managing Programs To Free Disk Space QuickClean settings As you install QuickClean, you have the chance to change some basic defaults. After QuickClean is installed, you can use the Settings screen to review or change all default settings. To see exactly what the default settings are, or to change them, select the Change my QuickClean settings task under the Advanced tasks list.
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5 How to Free Disk Space About QuickClean Lite The QuickClean Lite wizard enables you to clean your computer of unnecessary files and free valuable hard disk space. You can use the QuickClean Lite wizard to perform any of the following cleaning tasks: n Clean your Recycle Bin. n Remove files that accumulate as you browse the Internet. Files of this type are stored in folders called Temporary Internet or Cache folders. n Remove Shortcuts without an associated program, application, hypertext link, etc.
How to Free Disk Space QuickClean Lite cleaning options The final removal process used by QuickClean Lite is to either use normal Windows deletion or secure file deletion using McAfee Shredder. Normal Windows deletion allows the recreation of deleted files using an “undelete” type of program. McAfee Shredder prevents file restoration programs from recreating deleted files by securely removing files from your computer.
How to Free Disk Space About SpaceMaker Freeing specific amounts of disk space on a drive If you need a specific amount of disk space on one of your drives, click SpaceMaker in the QuickClean screen and tell the SpaceMaker wizard how much space you want, what kind of files it can delete, and whether you want it to make compressed backup copies of the files. Then let it free space for you. By default, files are backed up before they are deleted.
How to Free Disk Space Custom Rule Creator Overview The Custom Rule Creator allows you customize your cleaning tasks. If there are specific folders or (for example) types of files that you want to remove from your computer, then you can create a custom rule to rid them from your computer. The Custom Rule Creator enables you to search for and clean files... n ... located in a specific drive or folder. n ... with specific file extensions. For example, you may want to clean .
How to Free Disk Space Browser Cookies Cleaner Cookies are small files that your Web browser stores on your computer at the request of a Web server. Each time you view a Web page from the Web server, your browser sends the cookie back to the server. These cookies can act like a tag, which let the Web server track which pages you view and how often you return to them.
How to Free Disk Space Internet Buildup Cleaner The Internet Buildup Cleaner helps you keep your computer free of Internet clutter. You can configure this wizard to start automatically every time you close Internet Explorer. To configure this cleaner, click Internet Buildup Cleaner on the QuickClean settings screen. First, check the “Run Internet Cleanup when you close your Internet browser” check box to enable this cleaner.
How to Free Disk Space Delete files securely: Shredder When you save a file in Windows, it is stored in multiple pieces (in clusters made up of multiple sectors) on the disk. Windows also saves a roadmap, or index, that points to these clusters in two copies of the FAT (File Allocation Table). The FAT contains the directions to all the pieces of your files, so that applications can find them again later. In addition to FAT file systems, McAfee Shredder supports New Technology Filing System (NTFS).
How to Free Disk Space McAfee Shredder allows you to shred files on your PC’s Recycle Bin, Temporary Internet, as well as Web site history folder. You can also specify the number of shredding passes (1-99) and can now have the option to shred an entire drive. Refer to the online Help file to display step-by-step instructions on how to shred selected files and non-file data. NOTE After you shred non-file data, you will not be able to undelete any deleted files that utilized this information.
Advanced Cleaning Tasks 6 Registry Cleaner View and remove unconnected registry entries Using QuickClean’s Registry Cleaner makes maintenance and troubleshooting of your computer’s registry database a quick and easy process. It helps you clean the registry database of your PC by showing you key entries that may refer to files that have moved or no longer exist. Always be careful deleting registry keys, values and settings.
Advanced Cleaning Tasks Always be careful in deleting duplicate files. The Duplicate File Cleaner displays duplicate files on your computer system but it does not mean that these files shown are identical or can safely be deleted. Some files may be critical and will cause serious or fatal instability on your computer once deleted. The wizard is only designed for maximum end user control, and not for safety.
7 Updating McAfee QuickClean About Instant Updater As technologies advance, we continually provide updates to McAfee software products. To ensure the highest level of protection, you should always obtain the latest version of your McAfee product. Updating your software is simple using McAfee's Instant Updater. It is a seamless process and requires minimal interaction on your part. Instant Updater is also the mechanism used to register your product with McAfee.
Updating McAfee QuickClean n Auto Inquiry: If Auto Inquiry is enabled, it allows you to receive notification of product updates while connected to the Internet. We do not recommend Auto Inquiry if you have slow Internet connection n Manual Updating: If you rarely connect to the Internet, you may prefer to use Manual Updating with your McAfee product. You can manually update while connected to the Internet. To do this, select the UPDATE function from within the individual product.
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Index A H ActiveX and Plug-in Cleaner, Activity Logs, 28 Advanced Settings, 29 Advanced Tasks, 18 7, 35 Adware, 35 Application Remnant Cleaner, 6, 22 Application Remnant Cleaner Settings, Archive, 24 Help submenu, 17 How to Analyze your hard drive, Archive a program, 24 Find non-critical files consuming disk space, 33 Install QuickClean, 9 Monitor a program’s installation, 24 Remove a program from your computer, Remove application remnants from your computer, 22 Restore an archived program, 26 Run Qui
Index Application Remnant Cleaner, BackTrack, 7 Cache Cleaner, 7 Q QuickClean Lite, 7, 31 QuickClean settings, 29 Cookies Cleaner, 7 Custom Rule Creator, 5 Duplicate Files Cleaner, 7 E-mail Cleaner, 7 Folder Browser, 6 Orphan Files Cleaner, 7 R Readme, 8 Registry Cleaner, 39 Related Tasks, 19 Remove, 6, 22 Reports, 28 Restore, 7, 26 Privacy Cleaner, 6, 35 Remove, 6 Restore, 7 SpaceMaker, 6 Temporary Internet Files Cleaner, S Settings, 29 Advanced, 29 Application Remnant Cleaner, General, 29 Internet C
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