McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 191

• Start a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Start from the Task menu, or click
task you selected will start immediately and will run with the options
you've chosen. To enable the VShield scanner, select the VShield task, then
choose Enable from the Task menu. To start the scanner and load it into
memory, select the VShield task, then click
• Stop a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Stop Now from the Task menu, or click
To stop the VShield scanner, select the VShield task, then click
Console toolbar or choose Disable from the Task menu.
• Connect to the Virus Information Library. Choose Virus List from the
View menu, or click
preferred browser application and connect to the AVERT website.
Š NOTE: To connect to the Virus Information Library, you must have
an Internet connection and web browsing software available on
your computer.
• Open the online help file. Choose Help Topics from the Help menu, or
click in the Console toolbar to see a list of VirusScan software help
topics. You can also right-click most dialog box buttons, lists, menus, and
other items to reveal context-sensitive help topics. Choose the What's
This? item that appears when you right-click inside a dialog box to see the
help topic.
• View an Activity Log. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window,
then choose View Activity Log from the Task menu. Not all tasks will have
an associated log file, but VirusScan software will open the log file for those
that do in a Notepad window. You can print, edit, copy, or otherwise treat
this file as you would any ordinary text file.
• Protect tasks with a password. Select any of the tasks listed in the Console
window except the VShield task, then choose Password Protect Task
from the Task menu to open the Specify Password dialog box. Enter a
password of up to 20 characters in the text box provided, then enter the
same password again in the text box below. Click OK to close the dialog
box.
Whenever you or anyone else tries to configure task properties for the task
you protected, the Console will ask for the password you specified.
Choosing this option gives you the same results as selecting the Password
protect this task checkbox in the Task Properties dialog box.
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
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