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Product Guide 65
McAfee VirusScan Home Edition
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Configure Instant Updater
: Instant Updater is the mechanism used to
register your product and to communicate with McAfee to check for an
update to virus definition files (DATs), the virus scanning engine, and
for updates to the McAfee VirusScan product. Select this advanced task
to check for updates to McAfee VirusScan.
About the McAfee list
The McAfee list displays links to start the Home page to any other supported
McAfee product.
Other McAfee VirusScan features
The VShield Tray Icon
The VShield icon located in the Windows system tray allows you to perform
several tasks.
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Launch VirusScan : Select this option to Start McAfee VirusScan, if it is
not running.
n View VirusScan Status : Select this option to view the VirusScan
background scanner (VShield) property sheet. Here you can view
real-time status information about VirusScan’s background scan
modules.
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Disable VirusScan : Select this option to stop VirusScan’s background
scanner (VShield).
n About VirusScan : This option provides you with version information
about McAfee VirusScan.
Windows Explorer plug-in
With functionality similar to that of the VShield system tray icon, you can
display a VirusScan toolbar in Windows Explorer.
To display the VirusScan toolbar, right-click the Windows Explorer toolbar
and select McAfee VirusScan. The VirusScan toolbar allows you to:
n Scan objects displayed in Windows Explorer. For example, you can
select a file, group of files, folder, or a drive.
To use this feature, select the object you want to scan in Windows
Explorer. Click the VirusScan toolbar drop-down arrow and click Scan
for Viruses
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View current VirusScan Status information. To view real-time scan data
about System scan, E-mail scan, and HAWK.