Mcafee ® Virusscan ® - Acer AcerPower Flex4000 Series User Manual

4.6 McAfee
McAfee VirusScan is an advanced desktop anti-virus solution. Once installed, VirusScan
protects your system from virus activity. If a virus is detected, VirusScan can attempt to
remove it from the infected file, move the file to a quarantine location, or delete the
VirusScan helps protect one of your most important assets  the
infected file.
information on your computer.
VirusScan should also be considered as an important element of a comprehensive, overall
manageability solution program to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership. The program
should include a variety of safety measures such as regular backups, meaningful password
protection, training, and awareness.
McAfee VirusScan performs the following:
• Scans all subsystem areas  including floppies, boot sectors, file allocation and
partition tables, folders, files, and compressed files  to provide extensive security.
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Accurately cleans most virus infections from files, master boot sectors, partition
tables, and memory.
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On-access scanning technology captures viruses on disk access, file copying, file
creation, file renaming, program execution, system startup, and system shut down.
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On-demand scanning provides for user-initiated detection of known boot, file, multi-
partite, stealth, encrypted, and polymorphic viruses located within files, drives, and
diskettes.
AcerPower Flex4000 Series (V59LA/IDB3-C) User's Guide
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