McAfee VIRUSSCAN PLUS 2008 User Manual page 43

1. Under Common
2. On the SecurityCenter Home pane, click
Files.
3. In the Computer & Files information area, click
Configure.
4. On the Computer & Files Configuration pane, ensure
that virus protection is enabled, and click Advanced.
5. Click Manual Scan
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Specify your manual scanning options, and then click OK.
To...
Detect unknown viruses and
new variants of known
viruses
Detect and remove viruses in
.zip and other archive files
Detect spyware, adware, and
other potentially unwanted
programs
Detect cookies
Detect rootkits and stealth
programs that can alter and
exploit existing Windows
system files
Use less processor power for
scans while giving higher
priority to other tasks (such
as Web browsing or opening
documents)
Specify which types of files
to scan
Set manual scan location
You set the manual scan location to determine where VirusScan
looks for viruses and other harmful items during a manual scan.
You can scan all files, folders, and drives on your computer or you
can restrict scanning to specific folders and drives.
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Open the Manual Scan pane.
How?
Chapter 10 Introduction
Tasks, click Home.
in the Virus Protection pane.
Do this...
Scan for unknown
Select the
viruses using heuristics
box.
Scan .zip and other
Select the
archive files
check box.
Scan for spyware and
Select the
potentially unwanted
programs
check box.
Scan and remove
Select the
tracking cookies
Scan for rootkits and
Select the
other stealth programs
box.
Scan using minimal
Select the
computer resources
All files
Click either
(recommended)
files and documents only
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Computer &
check
check box.
check
check box.
Program
or
.