McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1 User Manual page 24

About VirusScan Software
• The VShield scanner. This component gives you continuous anti-virus
protection from viruses that arrive on floppy disks, from your network, or
from various sources on the Internet. The VShield scanner starts when you
start your computer, and stays in memory until you shut down. A flexible
set of property pages lets you tell the scanner which parts of your system
to examine, what to look for, which parts to leave alone, and how to
respond to any infected files it finds. In addition, the scanner can alert you
when it finds a virus, and can summarize each of its actions.
The VShield scanner comes with three other specialized modules that
guard against hostile Java applets and ActiveX controls, that scan e-mail
messages and attachments that you receive from the Internet via Lotus
cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail or other mail clients that comply with Microsoft's
Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) standard, and that
block access to dangerous Internet sites. Secure password protection for
your configuration options prevents others from making unauthorized
changes. The same convenient dialog box controls configuration options
for all VShield modules. See "Using the VShield Scanner" on page 85 of the
VirusScan User's Guide for details.
• Safe & Sound. This component allows you to create backup sets in
protected volume files, which is the safest and preferred type of backup. A
protected volume file is a sectioned-off area of the drive, sometimes called a
logical drive.
• Quarantine. This component allows you to move infected files to a
quarantine folder. This moves infected files from areas where they can be
accessed and enables you to clean or delete them at your convenience.
• The E-Mail Scan extension. This component allows you to scan your
Microsoft Exchange or Outlook mailbox, or public folders to which you
have access, directly on the server. This invaluable "x-ray" peek into your
mailbox means that VirusScan software can find potential infections before
they make their way to your desktop, which can stop a Melissa-like virus
in its tracks.
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NOTE: Safe & Sound is only available for Windows 95, 98 and
Windows ME. For more information, read Chapter 10 "About
Safe & Sound".
NOTE: For more information, read Chapter 11 "About
Quarantine".