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  • Page 1 User Guide...
  • Page 2 For any such software covered under the GPL, the source code is made available on this CD. If any Free Software licenses require that McAfee, Inc. provide rights to use, copy or modify a software program that are broader than the rights granted in this agreement, then such rights shall take precedence over the rights and restrictions herein.

  • Page 3: Quick Start Card

    McAfee reserves the right to change Upgrade & Support Plans and policies at any time without notice. McAfee and its product names are registered trademarks of McAfee, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries.
  • Page 4 Acrobat Reader installed; if Go to http://www.mcafee.com/ for pricing not, install it now from the McAfee product CD. of an additional year of filter updates. Insert your product CD into your CD-ROM McAfee Internet Security Suite updates for drive.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Using McAfee SecurityCenter ..........11 2 Using McAfee VirusScan ....... . 13 Using ActiveShield .
  • Page 6 Contents ® ® McAfee VirusScan software...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Getting Started Welcome to McAfee VirusScan. McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus subscription service offering comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date virus protection. Powered by award-winning McAfee scanning technology, VirusScan protects against viruses, worms, Trojan horses, suspect scripts, hybrid attacks, and other threats.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    Supported e-mail programs POP3 (Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, Netscape) Supported instant messaging programs AOL Instant Messenger 2.1 or later Yahoo Messenger 4.1 or later Microsoft Windows Messenger 3.6 or later MSN Messenger 6.0 or later ® ® McAfee VirusScan software...

  • Page 9: Testing Virusscan

    Before you can test Scan, you must disable ActiveShield to prevent it from detecting the test files before Scan does, then download the test files. To download the test files: Disable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then VirusScan...
  • Page 10 VSO Scan Folder Save Save As box. When you are finished downloading the files, close Internet Explorer. Enable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then VirusScan click Enable To test Scan: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to...

  • Page 11: Using Mcafee Securitycenter

    Windows desktop and contains the clock. If one or more of the McAfee applications installed on your computer are disabled, the McAfee icon changes to black To open the McAfee SecurityCenter:...
  • Page 12 Getting Started ® ® McAfee VirusScan software...

  • Page 13: Using Mcafee Virusscan

    Windows starts. Enabling ActiveShield To enable ActiveShield for this Windows session only: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click . The McAfee icon VirusScan...

  • Page 14: Configuring Activeshield Options

    Using McAfee VirusScan Disabling ActiveShield To disable ActiveShield for this Windows session only: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan Disable Click to confirm. The McAfee icon changes to black If ActiveShield is still configured to start when Windows starts, your computer will be protected from threats again when you restart your computer.
  • Page 15 ActiveShield temporarily to install new files. When the Update prompts you to click , ActiveShield starts again. Wizard Finish To start ActiveShield automatically when Windows starts: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan Options dialog box opens (Figure 2-1 on page 14).
  • Page 16 By default, ActiveShield scans both inbound and outbound e-mail. However, for enhanced control, you can set ActiveShield to scan only inbound or outbound e-mail. To disable scanning of inbound or outbound e-mail: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , and then click VirusScan Options...
  • Page 17 To set ActiveShield to scan sent e-mail messages for worm-like activity: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan...
  • Page 18 Alerting when 5 or more e-mails are sent within 30 seconds NOTE If you modify the number of recipients or seconds for monitoring sent e-mails, it might result in invalid detections. McAfee recommends that you click to retain the default setting. Otherwise, click to change the default setting to your setting.
  • Page 19 Use this option to get the most thorough scan possible. To set ActiveShield to scan all file types: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , and then click VirusScan...
  • Page 20 The latest virus signature file ( file) determines which file types that ActiveShield will scan.To set ActiveShield to scan program files and documents only: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , and then click VirusScan Options...
  • Page 21 To set ActiveShield to scan running scripts for worm-like activity: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan...
  • Page 22 Using McAfee VirusScan Scanning for Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) NOTE If McAfee AntiSpyware is installed on your computer, it manages all Potentially Unwanted Program activity. Open McAfee AntiSpyware to configure your options. If you set ActiveShield to use the default...

  • Page 23: Understanding Security Alerts

    You can then choose how to manage detected files, detected e-mail, suspect scripts, potential worms, or PUPs, including whether to submit detected files to the McAfee AVERT labs for research. For added protection, whenever ActiveShield detects a suspect file, you are prompted to scan your entire computer immediately.
  • Page 24 Using McAfee VirusScan Managing detected e-mail By default, e-mail scanning automatically tries to clean detected e-mail. An alert file included in the inbound message notifies you whether the e-mail was cleaned, quarantined, or deleted. Managing suspect scripts If ActiveShield detects a suspect script, you can find out more and then stop the...
  • Page 25 PUPs" for details. Managing trusted PUPs The programs that you add to the Trusted PUPs list will not be detected by McAfee VirusScan. If a PUP is detected and added to the Trusted PUPs list, you can later remove it from the list if necessary.

  • Page 26: Manually Scanning Your Computer

    Potentially Unwanted Program. If Scan cannot clean the file, you can quarantine or delete the file. Manually scanning for viruses and other threats To scan your computer: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan Scan...
  • Page 27 Manually scanning your computer The files in Figure 2-9 are the only files scanned if you deselect the Example: checkbox. The folders and their contents are not scanned. Scan subfolders To scan those folders and their contents, you must leave the checkbox selected.
  • Page 28 Using McAfee VirusScan — Use this option to detect Scan for Potentially Unwanted Programs spyware, adware, and other programs that gather and transmit your private data without your permission. NOTE Leave all options selected for the most thorough scan possible.

  • Page 29: Automatically Scanning For Viruses And Other Threats

    Windows Scheduler to thoroughly check your computer for viruses and other threats at specified intervals. To schedule a scan: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan Options dialog box opens.
  • Page 30 Using McAfee VirusScan Figure 2-11. Scheduled Scan Options Select the checkbox to enable automatic Scan My Computer at a scheduled time scanning. Specify a schedule for automatic scanning: To accept the default schedule (8PM every Friday), click To edit the schedule: a.

  • Page 31: Understanding Threat Detections

    For most viruses, Trojans, and worms, Scan automatically tries to clean the file. You can then choose how to manage detected files, including whether to submit them to the McAfee AVERT labs for research. If Scan detects a potentially unwanted program, you can manually try to clean, quarantine, or delete it (AVERT submission is unavailable).

  • Page 32: Managing Quarantined Files

    Creating a Rescue Disk on page 34 for details. For more help, consult McAfee Customer Support at http://www.mcafeehelp.com/. Managing quarantined files The Quarantine feature encrypts and temporarily isolates suspect files in the quarantine directory until an appropriate action can be taken. Once cleaned, a quarantined file can then be restored to its original location.
  • Page 33 Delete If VirusScan cannot clean or delete the file, and if it is not a Potentially Unwanted Program, you can submit the file to the McAfee AntiVirus Emergency Response Team (AVERT ) for research: Update your virus signature files if they are more than two weeks old.

  • Page 34: Creating A Rescue Disk

    Scan to ensure that both the computer and the floppy disk are virus-free. (See Manually scanning for viruses and other threats on page 26 details.) Right-click the McAfee icon, point to , then click VirusScan Create Rescue Disk...

  • Page 35: Write-Protecting A Rescue Disk

    Automatically reporting viruses When the message “Rescue disk created” appears, click , then close the dialog box. Create Rescue Disk Remove the Rescue Disk from the drive, write-protect it, and store it in a safe location. Write-protecting a Rescue Disk To write-protect a Rescue Disk: Turn the floppy disk label-side down (the metal circle should be visible).

  • Page 36: Reporting To The World Virus Map

    Figure 2-14. Virus Map Reporting Options Accept the default to anonymously send your virus Yes, I want to participate information to McAfee for inclusion in its World Virus Map of worldwide detection rates. Otherwise, select to avoid sending No, I don’t want to participate your information.

  • Page 37: Viewing The World Virus Map

    Viewing the World Virus Map Whether or not you participate in the World Virus Map, you can view the latest worldwide detection rates via the McAfee icon in your Windows system tray. To view the World Virus Map: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to...

  • Page 38: Updating Virusscan

    Automatically checking for updates McAfee SecurityCenter is automatically configured to check for updates for all of your McAfee services every four hours when you are connected to the Internet, then notify you with alerts and sounds. By default, SecurityCenter automatically downloads and installs any available updates.
  • Page 39 Updating VirusScan Figure 2-16. Updates dialog box Log on to the web site if prompted. The installs the update Update Wizard automatically. Click when the update is finished installing. Finish NOTE In some cases, you will be prompted to restart your computer to complete the update.
  • Page 40 Using McAfee VirusScan ® ® McAfee VirusScan software...

  • Page 41: Index

    (Scan) stopping testing alerts McAfee SecurityCenter for detected e-mail Microsoft Outlook for detected files for potential worms for PUPs new features for suspect scripts for viruses AVERT, submitting suspect files to...
  • Page 42 Scan within compressed files option Update Wizard testing updating Scan all files option (Scan) a Rescue Disk Scan for new unknown viruses option (Scan) VirusScan Scan for Potentially Unwanted Programs option automatically (Scan) manually using a Rescue Disk ® ® McAfee VirusScan software...
  • Page 43 Index viruses alerts allowing suspect scripts cleaning deleting deleting detected files detecting detecting with ActiveShield quarantining quarantining detected files removing PUPs reporting automatically stopping potential worms stopping suspect scripts VirusScan getting started reporting viruses automatically scanning via Microsoft Outlook toolbar scanning via Windows Explorer scheduling scans testing...

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