McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite User Manual page 209

Choosing Detection options
If you chose to configure a task you just created, the VirusScan application
initially assumes that you want to scan your C: drive and your computer's
memory, to look for boot sector viruses, and to restrict the files it scans only to
those susceptible to virus infection. If you chose to configure one of the default
tasks, your initial options will vary.
To modify the initial task options, follow these steps:
1. Choose which parts of your system or your network you want the
VirusScan application to examine for viruses. You can:
• Add scan targets. Click Add to open the Add Scan Item dialog box
(Figure 6-9).
To scan your entire computer or a subset of the drives on your
system or your network, click the Select item to scan button, then:
a. Choose a scan target from the list provided. Your choices are:
– My Computer. This tells the application to scan all drives
– All removable media. This tells the application to scan
– All fixed disks. This tells the application to scan hard
– All network drives. This tells the application to scan all
b. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Figure 6-9. Add Scan Item dialog box
physically attached to your computer or logically mapped
via Windows Explorer to a drive letter on your computer.
only floppy disks, CD-ROM discs, Iomega ZIP disks, or
similar storage devices physically attached to your
computer.
disks physically connected to your computer.
drives logically mapped via Windows Explorer to a drive
letter on your computer.
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
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