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McAfee VirusScan Home Edition
About VShield Scanner
VShield automatic protection settings
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McAfee Internet Security 5.0
The VShield scanner has unique capabilities that make it an integral part of the
VirusScan comprehensive anti-virus software security package. These
capabilities include:
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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. It therefore can
detect and stop viruses as soon as they appear on your system, including
those that arrive via e-mail. This means you can make the VShield
scanner both your first line of anti-virus defense, and your backstop
protection in between each scan operation that you perform. The
VShield scanner detects viruses in memory and as they attempt to
execute from within infected files.
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Automatic operation: The VShield scanner integrates with a range of
browser software and e-mail client applications. VShield Scanner starts
when you start your computer, and stays in memory until you shut it or
your system down.
The VShield scanner consists of related modules, each of which has a
specialized function. You can configure settings for all of these modules in the
VShield properties sheet.
System Scan
The System scanner looks for viruses on your hard disk as you work with your
computer. It tracks files as your system or other computers read files from
your hard disk or write files to it. It can also scan floppy disks and network
drives mapped to your system.
The System scanner provides scanning protections against viruses embedded
in or attached to e-mail messages as well as well as files that you download
from the Internet. The System scanners functionality replaces that which was
included in the Download and Internet scanners included with previous
versions of McAfee VirusScan.
E-mail Scan
The E-mail scanner monitors e-mail messages and message attachments that
you receive via interoffice e-mail systems, and via the Internet. It scans your
Microsoft Exchange or Outlook mailbox systems.
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