Table Of Contents - McAfee VIRUSSCAN PLUS 2008 User Manual

Contents
Introduction
McAfee SecurityCenter....................................................................................................... 5
SecurityCenter features ............................................................................................ 6
Using SecurityCenter ................................................................................................ 7
Updating SecurityCenter ........................................................................................ 13
Fixing or ignoring protection problems ................................................................ 17
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 21
Viewing events......................................................................................................... 27
McAfee VirusScan ............................................................................................................. 29
VirusScan features................................................................................................... 30
Starting real-time virus protection......................................................................... 31
Starting additional protection ................................................................................ 33
Setting up virus protection ..................................................................................... 37
Scanning your computer ........................................................................................ 53
Working with scan results....................................................................................... 57
McAfee Personal Firewall ................................................................................................. 61
Personal Firewall features....................................................................................... 62
Starting Firewall ...................................................................................................... 65
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 67
Managing informational alerts............................................................................... 69
Configuring Firewall protection............................................................................. 71
Managing programs and permissions ................................................................... 83
Managing system services ...................................................................................... 91
Managing computer connections.......................................................................... 97
Logging, monitoring, and analysis....................................................................... 105
Learning about Internet security ......................................................................... 115
McAfee QuickClean ........................................................................................................ 117
QuickClean features.............................................................................................. 118
Cleaning your computer....................................................................................... 119
Defragmenting your computer ............................................................................ 122
Scheduling a task................................................................................................... 123
McAfee Shredder............................................................................................................. 129
Shredder features .................................................................................................. 130
Shredding files, folders, and disks........................................................................ 131
McAfee Network Manager.............................................................................................. 133
Network Manager features ................................................................................... 134
Understanding Network Manager icons ............................................................. 135
Setting up a managed network............................................................................. 137
Managing the network remotely .......................................................................... 145
McAfee EasyNetwork...................................................................................................... 151
EasyNetwork features ........................................................................................... 152
Setting up EasyNetwork........................................................................................ 153
Sharing and sending files...................................................................................... 159
Sharing printers..................................................................................................... 165
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