Testing Virusscan; Testing Activeshield; Testing Scan - McAfee VPF40E001RAA - VirusScan 2005 - PC User Manual

Testing VirusScan

Before initial use of VirusScan, it's a good idea to test your installation. Use the
following steps to separately test the ActiveShield and Scan features.

Testing ActiveShield

To test ActiveShield:
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If ActiveShield is working properly, it detects the eicar.com file immediately after
you click the link. You can try to delete or quarantine detected files to see how
ActiveShield handles possible threats. See
for details.

Testing Scan

Before you can test Scan, you must disable ActiveShield to prevent it from
detecting the test files before Scan does, then download the test files.
To download the test files:
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NOTE
To test ActiveShield from the VirusScan tab in SecurityCenter,
click
Test VirusScan
containing these steps.
Go to http://www.eicar.com/
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under
Click .
eicar.com
Disable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
click .
Disable
Download the EICAR test files from the EICAR web site:
Go to http://www.eicar.com/.
a
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
b
to view an online Support FAQ
in your web browser.
link.
Download
Understanding security alerts on page 23
link.
Testing VirusScan
, you will see four links.
, then
VirusScan
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