Starting The Virusscan Console - McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
• Alternate between scan operations. Scheduled scanning operations give
you the flexibility to choose different operations for different purposes or
different times. If, for example, you want to use VShield software to scan
your own system continuously and scan mapped network drives less
frequently, you can schedule a task for this purpose.
the Console comes with a default set of tasks already configured, but not yet
scheduled. This set includes tasks that start the VShield scanner when you
start your computer, that scan all drives included in the My Computer group,
that scan your C: drive, and that update VirusScan software data files and
program components. You can enable any of the default tasks to start, or you
can create your own tasks to suit your work habits.

Starting the VirusScan Console

You must have the VirusScan Console running in order to run any tasks you
have scheduled. McAfee VirusScan Software recommends that you set the
Console to start automatically, as soon as you start your computer.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, point to Settings, then choose
2. Locate and double-click the VirusScan control panel
3. Click the Components tab
188 McAfee VirusScan
Control Panel.
Figure 6-1. VirusScan control panel - Components page
(Figure 6-1).
to open it.