User Guide

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Welcome to McAfee VirusScan
Home Edition
Introduction
Stop viruses and keep your PC safe with McAfee VirusScan! When you're
surfing the Internet, 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. VirusScan destroys threats at all entry points to your PC
including email and synchronization with your PDA. It constantly monitors
and stops virus-like activity on your computer to prevent any new threats
from spreading. If you've got an Internet connection, you need more than just
anti-virus protection, you need VirusScan!
What’s new in this release?
n Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) constantly monitors your
computer for virus-like activity providing even more protection from
Internet-based threats. It looks for events that may indicate new
mass-mailers are present, or attachments with double file extensions.
HAWK has been enhanced to include email clients other than just
Microsoft Outlook - it now supports Outlook Express, Eudora, and other
email that uses SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) - this includes
many popular email clients however does not include Internet-based
email (like Hotmail, for example).
n Script Stopper™: Many of the fastest spreading viruses, like I Love You,
use scripts to infect your PC. VirusScan 7 stops new malicious threats
from infecting your system with Script Stopper
™. Using HAWK's
constant monitoring to detect actions that are often included in
script-based viruses, Script Stopper
™ alerts you of the attempted
activity and will stop the actions that are initiated on your computer
without your knowledge. Script Stopper
™ detects, alerts, and blocks
malicious script actions to keep your computer safe from script-initiated
threats.
n Integrated with Windows Explorer: VirusScan 7 includes a Windows
Explorer plug-in that lets you quickly scan files and access other
VirusScan features directly from Windows Explorer making it easier
than ever to use award-winning VirusScan technology.