Starting The Virusscan Application - McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual

If you connect to the Internet frequently or download files often, you might
want to schedule regular scan operations that sweep your system at set
intervals, so that you don't have to remember to start the VirusScan
application. The VirusScan Console provides a very flexible set of options for
this purpose.

Starting the VirusScan application

You can start the VirusScan application in its own window, or as part of a
scheduled scan task. The method you choose depends on what sort of scan
operation you want to run. When you first start it, the application window
opens so that you can make changes to its configuration. You must click Scan
Now or Run Now in a separate step to start an actual scan operation.
Four separate methods exist to start the VirusScan application—the fourth
method involves running the application from the command line. The
VirusScan Administrator's Guide lists the command-line options for this
method.
The next sections describe each method.
Method 1: Displaying the VirusScan application main window
Follow these steps:
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then to McAfee.
Next, choose McAfee VirusScan.
The VirusScan main window appears (Figure 5-1).
Using the VirusScan application
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