Using Mcafee Virusscan; Using Activeshield; Enabling Or Disabling Activeshield - McAfee VLF09E002RAA - VirusScan Professional 2005 User Manual

Using McAfee VirusScan

Using ActiveShield

When ActiveShield is started (loaded into computer memory) and enabled, it is
constantly protecting your computer. ActiveShield scans files when they are
accessed by either you or your computer. When ActiveShield detects an infected
file, it automatically tries to clean the virus. If ActiveShield cannot clean the virus,
you can quarantine or delete the file.

Enabling or disabling ActiveShield

ActiveShield is started (loaded into computer memory) and enabled (denoted by
the red
your computer after the installation process.
If ActiveShield is stopped (not loaded) or is disabled (denoted by the black
icon), you can manually run it, as well as configure it to start automatically when
Windows starts.
Enabling ActiveShield
To enable ActiveShield for this Windows session only:
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
changes to red
If ActiveShield is still configured to start when Windows starts, a message tells you
that you are now protected from threats. Otherwise, a dialog box appears that lets
you configure ActiveShield to start when Windows starts
icon in your Windows system tray) by default as soon as you restart
.
, then click
VirusScan
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. The McAfee icon
Enable
(Figure 2-1 on page
User Guide
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