Automatically Scanning For Viruses And Other Threats - McAfee VLF09E002RAA - VirusScan Professional 2005 User Manual

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Scanning via Windows Explorer
VirusScan provides a shortcut menu to scan selected files, folders, or drives for
viruses and other threats from within Windows Explorer.
To scan files in Windows Explorer:
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Scanning via Microsoft Outlook
VirusScan provides a toolbar icon to scan for viruses and other threats in selected
message stores and their subfolders, mailbox folders, or e-mail messages
containing attachments from within Microsoft Outlook 97 or later.
To scan e-mail in Microsoft Outlook:
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Automatically scanning for viruses and other threats

Although VirusScan scans files when they are accessed by either you or your
computer, you can schedule automatic scanning in Windows Scheduler to
thoroughly check your computer for viruses and other threats at specified
intervals.
To schedule a scan:
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If Scan finds no viruses or other threats, click
folder to scan, or click
Understanding threat detections on page
Open Windows Explorer.
Right-click the drive, folder, or file that you want to scan, and then click
The dialog box opens and starts scanning files. By default, all of the
Scan
default
Scan Options
possible (Figure 2-8 on page
Open Microsoft Outlook.
Click the message store, folder, or e-mail message containing an attachment
that you want to scan, and then click the e-mail scanning toolbar icon
The e-mail scanner opens and starts scanning files. By default, all of the default
are pre-selected to provide the most thorough scan possible
Scan Options
(Figure 2-8 on page 26).
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
The
VirusScan Options
Click the
Scheduled Scan
to close the dialog box. Otherwise, see
Close
31.
are pre-selected to provide the most thorough scan
26).
VirusScan
dialog box opens.
tab (Figure 2-11 on page
Manually scanning your computer
to select another drive or
Back
, then click
Options
30).
User Guide
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Scan
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