User Guide

Product Guide 27
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.
n Manage programs installed in my computer.
This Advanced task takes you to the Manage installed programs screen.
Here you can choose to run the Archive, Monitor, BackTrack, and
Restore wizards. If you removed an application (a program) from your
computer, you can clean up the program’s remnants from this screen as
well.
n Perform Advanced cleaning tasks...
... such as cleaning your computer’s registry and remove duplicate or
orphan (incomplete applications) files from your computer.
CAUTION!
Advanced cleaning tasks such as cleaning your computer’s
registry, removing duplicate files, and removing incomplete
applications could adversely affect your computer’s performance if
they are not used properly. Please exercise caution as you select the
files of these types that you want to remove from your computer.
n View my QuickClean activity logs.
Select this task to view the View my QuickClean activity logs screen.
Here you can choose to view, open, and print reports and logs such as
the Summary Report, the Activity Logs, the Disk Space Freed by
Category and the Number of Files Deleted by Category Reports.
n Click the Change my QuickClean settings task to view the “Pick the
type of settings to change screen.” On this screen click the corresponding
link to configure QuickClean’s General, ARC, Monitor, Folder,
Advanced and Internet Cleanup settings.
About Related Tasks
The Related Tasks list displays of there is a task that is very similar in nature
to the task you are performing. For example:
M Setting date restrictions for files scanned by SpaceMaker.