Testing Your Installation; Uninstalling Virusscan - McAfee AVM85M - VirusScan For Mac User Manual

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VirusScan 8.6 for Mac User Guide

Testing your installation

Uninstalling VirusScan

You can test VirusScan by using the European Institute of Computer Anti-Virus
Research (EICAR) standard anti-virus test file. This file is a combined effort by anti-virus
vendors throughout the world to implement one standard by which customers can
verify their anti-virus software.
To test your installation:
1 Go to the EICAR.ORG website
test file, Eicar.zip.
2 Run the On-Demand Scanner on the downloaded ZIP file. VirusScan will report
finding the EICAR test file.
This file is not a virus and is available for testing anti-virus software. You can delete this
file when you have finished testing the software to avoid alarming unsuspecting
Note
users.
If the test is successful, you are now ready to start using the VirusScan software.
You can uninstall VirusScan by using an uninstall file (
on the product CD, or in the installation .ZIP file downloaded from the McAfee website
and saved to a temporary folder. You can also execute uninstall command from
terminal.
To uninstall VirusScan:
1 Do one of the following:
VirusScan Uninstall.command
Double-click the
VirusScan Uninstall.command
Drag the
Enter
.
Terminal
In the window, change the directory to
VirusScan Uninstall.command
execute
Terminal
To open the
/Applications/Utilities.
Note
Terminal
The window prompts you for your administrator password.
2 Type your administrator password and click
Your administrator password will not be displayed in the
Note
When the uninstallation process finishes successfully, a message appears in the
Terminal
window to show the VirusScan software has been removed from your
computer.
http://www.eicar.org
VirusScan Uninstall.command
icon.
icon, drop it in the
/usr/local/vscanx
.
application, double-click the application located under
Enter
.
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Testing your installation
and download the AntiVirus
), either
Terminal
window and press
, then
Terminal
window.
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