Scanning For Viruses - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 1700 Reference Manual

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Identifying and Removing Computer Viruses

Scanning for Viruses

To configure and perform a virus scan of your diskettes, your local hard drive, or a
network drive, complete the following steps:
1. From the Windows desktop, double-click the Compaq Support
2. Double-click the McAfee VirusScan
displayed.
3. Click Scan. The McAfee VirusScan window is displayed. If you want to
perform an Advanced Scan, refer to the Perform an Advanced On-Demand
Scan in the McAfee on-line Help.
4. Select the Where & What tab. The C:\ drive, your local hard drive, is the
default. If you want to scan a different drive, click Browse and select another
drive letter.
5. Select the Include Subfolders option, if you want to scan the subfolders.
6. Select one of the following options:
Scan All Files
Program Files Only
If you select Program Files Only , click Extensions to view a list of file
extensions that VirusScan will scan. You can edit the list.
7. Select the Compressed Files option to include files created with file
compression utilities. For more information on Scanning Compressed Files,
refer to the McAfee on-line Help.
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NOTE: Because VirusScan decompresses these file types in memory before checking
for viruses, this option can increase the time it takes to complete a scan.
8. Determine if you want to start scanning immediately or to continue
customizing your scan. To start VirusScan immediately, click Scan Now. If
you want to continue configuring your scan, select one of the following tabs:
Action tab
Report tab
9. Click Stop to halt a VirusScan after it has started, or click New Scan to start a
new scan and change your configuration choices to the VirusScan defaults.
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