PRODUCT GUIDE McAfee Vir usScan Professional Edition VERSION 7.
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Contents 1 Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition . . . . . . . . . 13 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 What’s new in this release? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 What comes with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition . . . . .
Contents How to perform an on-demand scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 5 About McAfee Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 New in this release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition 1 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 includes extra firewall protection to keep your computer safe when you're connected to the Internet.
Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition n Microsoft Office Integration: VirusScan 7 scans Microsoft Office 2000+ documents to provide extra protection to users of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (2000+) in the event that VShield background scanning must be disabled. n Usability enhancements: McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition includes many user interface enhancements to make it easier than ever to keep your computer and electronic files virus free.
Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition n Hostile Activity Watch Kernel. HAWK monitors your computer for suspicious activity that may indicate a virus is present on your system. As opposed to VirusScan, which cleans the virus, HAWK prevents viruses, worms, and trojans from spreading further. HAWK monitors e-mail clients such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and any other client that supports SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), but does not support Internet-based e-mail such as MSN’s Hotmail.
Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition n Wireless device protection. Comprehensive wireless device protection. In addition to total anti-virus protection for your PC, VirusScan protects your wireless device and PC from harmful viruses transferred during the synchronization process. Wireless device protection also includes resident – on the device – detection and cleaning scanners to protect your wireless device from viruses during wireless use. n Command-line Scanners.
Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition 2 Before you begin McAfee distributes VirusScan software in two ways: 1 As an archived file that you can download from the McAfee web site. 2 On CD-ROM. Although the method you use to transfer VirusScan files from an archive obtained via download differs from the method you use to transfer files from a CD that is placed in your CD-ROM drive, the installation steps followed after that are the same for both distribution types.
Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Additional requirements for wireless devices Palm OS and Palm requirements McAfee VirusScan for Palm Desktop with HotSync Manager 3.0 will install and run on any IBM PC or PC-compatible computer equipped with Palm Desktop 3.0 or later. The latest version of Palm Desktop and HotSync 3.0 is a free download from Palm's site (at www.palm.com). The device-resident portion is quite simple and should work on any device with the Palm OS.
Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Installation steps After inserting the McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive, an Autorun image should automatically display. To install McAfee VirusScan Professional software immediately, click Install McAfee VirusScan Professional, then skip to Step 5 to continue with Setup. Use the steps below to install your software.
Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition NOTE If your computer does not have the required fonts to view the End User’s License Agreement (EULA), then you may locate the appropriate EULA on your McAfee software installation CD. You must read and agree to the terms of the agreement to complete your installation.
Installing McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition 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 VirusScan Professional Edition 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 task bar, 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 VirusScan Professional Edition 2 Select McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition and click: M Remove to remove McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition from your computer. M Change to modify your McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition installation. 3 Refer to steps displayed on the Installation Wizard to complete your changes. If prompted, restart your computer as directed by setup.
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Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition 3 Introduction The McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Home page is your central entry point to access and use all of McAfee VirusScan Professional’s tasks, wizards, and components. This screen displays three regions that provide you with dynamic information about current status and navigation links to all tasks.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Tool bar The tool bar displays four browser-like buttons that are common to all screens. n Back. Click Back to return to the last screen viewed. n Home. Click Home to go to the McAfee VirusScan Professional Home page from any screen. n Next. In conjunction with the Back button, use Next to go to any previously viewed screen during your current session. n Help. Click Help to view its submenu.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition n Update availability. If an update for McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition is available, or if you have not registered this product with McAfee, a message displays describing as such. Additionally, virus definition files (DATs) version information displays here as well. If there is an update to McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition available, Click here to update McAfee VirusScan displays.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition n Configure and scan my wireless device: Select this task to configure and defend your wireless device against viruses. n Manage quarantined files: Select this task to manage files infected with a virus. Here you can choose to add, remove, clean, and delete infected and quarantined files. n View and edit scheduled scans: This advanced task allows you to schedule scan events.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Other McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition features The VShield Tray Icon The VShield icon located in the Windows system tray allows you to perform several tasks. n Launch VirusScan: Select this option to Start McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition, if it is not running. n View VirusScan Status: Select this option to view the VirusScan background scanner (VShield) property sheet.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition About VShield Scanner The VShield scanner has unique capabilities that make it an integral part of the VirusScan comprehensive anti-virus software security package. These capabilities include: n On-access scanning: This means that the scanner looks for viruses in files that you open, copy, save, or otherwise modify, and files that you read from or write to floppy disks and network drives.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Hostile Activity Watch Kernel HAWK monitors your computer for suspicious activity that may indicate a virus is present on your system. As opposed to VirusScan, which cleans the virus, HAWK prevents viruses, worms, and trojans from spreading further. Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) is a VirusScan option that enables constant monitoring for suspicious activity that may indicate a virus is present on your system.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition How to Start and Stop VShield Scanner Using the VShield tray icon The VShield icon located in the Windows system tray allows you to start and stop automatic file protection. To do this right-click the VShield icon and select: n Launch VirusScan to Start McAfee VirusScan Professional, and to enable automatic file protection. n Disable VirusScan to disable automatic file protection.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Using Quarantine Many VirusScan components allow you to move infected files to a quarantine folder. This moves infected files from areas where they can be accessed and enables you to clean or delete them at your convenience. How to managing quarantined files This list describes the options available to you when managing quarantined files: n Add: Select this option to browse for and quarantine a suspected file.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition TIP You can also attempt to obtain an antidote from A.V.E.R.T. using WebImmune at www.webimmune.net. Network Associates reserves the right to use any information you supply as it deems appropriate without incurring any obligations whatsoever. Safe & Sound Safe & Sound is a unique backup utility that automatically creates backup files of your documents as you work on them.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition Safe & Sound automatically selects files that are typically important 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 recent your backup set, the happier you’ll be if your PC does encounter a problem that compromises the data on your primary drives.
Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition McAfee recommends that you download new Emergency .DAT files directly to a newly formatted floppy disk in order to reduce the risk of infection. Using VirusScan With a Wireless Device Introduction As the demand for wireless devices continue to grow, it carries with it, the threat of compromising your data against viruses especially whenever you exchange information between your PC and your wireless device.
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4 Scanning Your Wireless Device Overview of on-the-device scanning For wireless devices, such as Palm Pilots and Handspring Visors, McAfee VirusScan offers another level of protection - Resident Scanning. With Resident Scanning, VirusScan can protect your wireless device from infection even when you transfer files from your personal computer or access the Internet wirelessly. VirusScan is the only solution that offers both resident and on-synchronization protection for wireless devices.
Scanning Your Wireless Device n Scan: Initiates an on-demand scan of your wireless device. n Virus List: Displays a list of all know wireless-specific viruses. n Settings: Displays the Settings page in which you can configure the on-demand scanner. Configurations How to configure on-demand scanning 1 On the Home screen, tap the VirusScan icon. 2 Tap Settings (or tap Options > Configure On-Demand).
Scanning Your Wireless Device M Clean infection automatically: The scanner cleans the virus and the infected file. M Delete infection automatically: The scanner deletes the virus and the infected file. 5 Select any of the check boxes to define what the scanner displays during the scan, which files are scanned, and if you want to record the scanning activity in a log file. 6 When you have made your selections, tap Done to return to the VirusScan Home screen.
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About McAfee Firewall 5 Introduction Protect yourself while online with the advanced security of McAfee Firewall. Easy-to-use, yet highly configurable, McAfee Firewall secures your computer’s connection to the Internet whether you connect via DSL, cable modem or dial-up.
About McAfee Firewall n Intrusion Detection System: McAfee Firewall's Intrusion Detection System (IDS) detects common attack types and other suspicious activity, and can be set to automatically block further communication from potential attackers. You can take comfort in knowing that the McAfee Firewall product is always on guard, and always ready to put a halt to malicious network traffic.
6 McAfee VirusScan Professional’s Integrated Features QuickClean Lite Clean your computer with QuickClean Lite QuickClean Lite 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.
McAfee VirusScan Professional’s Integrated Features WARNING Deleted files are not backed up. You cannot restore files deleted by QuickClean Lite. How to start QuickClean Lite There are two methods you can use to start the QuickClean Lite wizard. 1 From any VirusScan Professional screen click the “Other tasks” Task, and select Start QuickClean Lite. 2 From the Windows task bar click the Start button, point to Programs > McAfee > McAfee Shared Features and click QuickClean Lite. If you need help...
McAfee VirusScan Professional’s Integrated Features For privacy and security reasons, you may want to be positive that the information stored in files you delete is permanently erased from your computer. McAfee Shredder does this for you by “security wiping” deleted files so they cannot be restored or rebuilt using undelete utilities. Unlike other file security erase programs, McAfee Shredder erases even the filename and the compressed data on DriveSpace drives.
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7 Updating McAfee VirusScan Professional Edition 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 VirusScan Professional Edition 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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How to Contact McAfee n Windows operating system version number n Amount of memory (RAM) n Complete description of the problem n EXACT error message as on screen n What steps were performed prior to receiving error message? n Is the error persistent; can you duplicate the problem n Model name of hard disk (internal / external) n Extra cards, boards, or hardware Virus definition renewal McAfee VirusScan includes twelve (12) months of free virus protection updates obtained using Instant Update
Index Hostile Activity Watch Kernel, 15 HotSync Manager, 18 How to Configure and scan my wireless device, A About Advanced tasks, 27 McAfee list, 28 Tasks, 27 Activity logs, 28 Advanced Tasks, 27 Configure and scan my wireless device, Configure Instant Updater, 28 Manage quarantined files, 28 View and edit scheduled scans, 28 View VirusScan’s activity logs, 28 Automatic Protection Settings, 14, 26, 30 Start and Stop, 32 B I 28 Instant Updater, 15 About, 49 Auto Inquiry, 50 Auto Update, 49 Configuration,
Index How QuickClean Lite Works, 45 How to start QuickClean Lite, 46 System Scan, 30 W S Safe & Sound, 15 Scan, 14, 30 SCAN.EXE, 16 SCAN86.EXE, 16 SCANPM.
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