Working With Scan Results; Work With Viruses And Trojans - McAfee INTERNET SECURITY SUITE 2008 User Manual

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Working with scan results

If VirusScan detects a security threat while running a real-time or
manual scan, it tries to handle the threat automatically according
to the threat type. For example, If VirusScan detects a virus,
Trojan, or tracking cookie on your computer, it tries to clean the
infected file. If it cannot clean the file, VirusScan quarantines it.
With some security threats, VirusScan may not be able to clean or
quarantine a file successfully. In this case, VirusScan prompts you
to handle the threat. You can take different actions depending on
the threat type. For example, if a virus is detected in a file, but
VirusScan cannot successfully clean or quarantine the file, it
denies further access to it. If tracking cookies are detected, but
VirusScan cannot successfully clean or quarantine the cookies,
you can decide whether to remove or trust the them. If
potentially unwanted programs are detected, VirusScan does not
take any automatic action; instead, it lets you decide whether to
quarantine or trust the program.
When VirusScan quarantines items, it encrypts and then isolates
them in a folder to prevent the files, programs, or cookies from
harming your computer. You can restore or remove the
quarantined items. In most cases, you can delete a quarantined
cookie without impacting your system; however, if VirusScan has
quarantined a program that you recognize and use, consider
restoring it.
In this chapter

Work with viruses and Trojans...................................57

Work with potentially unwanted programs ..............58
Work with quarantined files .......................................58
Work with quarantined programs and cookies.........59
Work with viruses and Trojans
If VirusScan detects a virus or Trojan in a file on your computer
during a real-time scan or manual scan, it tries to clean the file. If
it cannot clean the file, VirusScan tries to quarantine it. If this too
fails, access to the file is denied (in real-time scans only).
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Open the Scan Results pane.
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