Creating New Tasks - McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
3. Next, you can:

Creating new tasks

Although the tasks that come in the default set can provide your system with
nearly comprehensive anti-virus protection, you will probably want to create
and run your own tasks after you have some experience with VirusScan
software and have a good idea of what and when you want it to scan.
You can modify some aspects of the default tasks that come with the VirusScan
Console, but you may not delete, rename or—with the exception of the Scan
My Computer and Scan Drive 'C' tasks—create new instances of them. You
may copy the existing configuration options from the Scan My Computer and
Scan Drive 'C' tasks for use as foundation settings for your own new tasks.
The Console, however, allows you to create as many as 50 new tasks to suit
your own needs. You can raise this limit by changing the number in the
VirusScan control panel.
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You may enter a maximum of 20 characters of any type. Be sure to
choose a password you will remember.
c. Re-enter your password exactly as you typed it in the previous text
box.
d. Click OK to close the Specify Password dialog box.
The Console will ask for the password you entered whenever
anybody tries to open the Task Properties dialog box for this task.
• Run this task with its existing configuration options. Click Run
Now to start an immediate AutoUpgrade or AutoUpdate operation.
• Configure the AutoUpgrade or AutoUpdate task. Click Configure
to open either the Automatic Upgrade or the AutoUpdate dialog
box.
• Click Apply to save your changes without closing the Task
Properties dialog box, then click the Schedule tab.
• Click OK to save your changes and return to the VirusScan Console
window. You will need to set a task schedule later to get it to run.
To do so, select the task from the list in the Console window, then
click to open the Task Properties dialog box.
• Click Cancel to close the dialog box without creating a task.