Chapter 7. Using Antivirus Features; Looking For Viruses With Checkup; Continuing Virus Protection - McAfee GUARD DOG 2 User Manual

Using AntiVirus Features
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Guard Dog's AntiVirus features can fix most existing virus problems and
prevent them from recurring. For general information on viruses, see
Appendix B.

Looking for viruses with CheckUp

Guard Dog comes set up to perform a virus check as part of CheckUp. It uses
the settings in CheckUp Settings to determine which drives and folders to
check (by default, your local drives—hard disks, floppy disks, and other
removable media). It uses the settings in What to check in Virus Sentry to
determine what types of files to check (by default, all program and document
files). If a virus-infected file is found, it appears in the CheckUp Found list.
Viruses are different from other problems found by Guard Dog in that you can
either clean (remove the virus from the file) or delete the file. If Guard Dog
tries to clean a file but the virus has irreparably damaged the file, you can only
delete the file to get rid of the virus.

Continuing virus protection

If you accepted the recommended virus protection in the Interview, Guard
Dog is set up to protect you:
• When you start your PC, Guard Dog checks your DOS startup process for
viruses in memory and boot sector or partition table viruses on your hard
drive—the boot sector and partition table contain critical startup and
system information.
• Every time you start Windows, Guard Dog runs a scheduled virus check
that scans all the program and document files on your local disks (hard
disks, floppy disks, and other removable media) for viruses.
• When a scheduled virus check runs, it opens Guard Dog and displays the
CheckUp progress screen. The CheckUp Report screen displays the virus
check results.
• While you are working, Guard Dog checks for viruses whenever you start
a program, move or rename files, or read a file from a floppy disk.
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