Mcafee Quickclean - McAfee INTERNET SECURITY SUITE 2008 User Manual

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McAfee QuickClean

QuickClean improves your computer's performance by deleting
files that can create clutter on your computer. It empties your
Recycle Bin and deletes temporary files, shortcuts, lost file
fragments, registry files, cached files, cookies, browser history
files, sent and deleted e-mail, recently used files, Active-X files,
and system restore point files. QuickClean also protects your
privacy by using the McAfee Shredder component to securely and
permanently delete items that may contain sensitive, personal
information, such as your name and address. For information
about shredding files, see McAfee Shredder.
Disk Defragmenter arranges files and folders on your computer
to ensure that they do not become scattered (that is, fragmented)
when saved on your computer's hard drive. By defragmenting
your hard drive periodically, you ensure that these fragmented
files and folders are consolidated for quick retrieval later.
If you do not want to maintain your computer manually, you can
schedule both QuickClean and Disk Defragmenter to run
automatically, as independent tasks, at any frequency.
Note: SecurityCenter reports critical and non-critical protection
problems as soon as it detects them. If you need help diagnosing
your protection problems, you can run McAfee Virtual
Technician.
In this chapter
QuickClean features....................................................182
Cleaning your computer.............................................183
Defragmenting your computer ..................................186
Scheduling a task.........................................................187