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McAfee

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 VirusScan

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 Mobile 2.0.0 User Guide

Using VirusScan Mobile

Configuring VirusScan Mobile

2

Configuring VirusScan updates

To configure update options:

1

From the main screen click 

Menu

, select 

Configure Options

. From the Scan Options 

page, select 

Menu 

then select 

Update Options

.

2

For scheduled updates, you have these options:

„

Update without prompt 

— when enabled, you are not prompted before an automatic 

update is run.

„

Interval 

— specifies how often to perform an automatic update. The settings are: 

Daily

Weekly

Every two weeks

Monthly,

 or 

Never

. Highlight the 

Interval

 field and press 

Select, or use the device’s right and left arrows to scroll the selection list.

3

General update options are:

„

Update at Internet connection 

— when enabled, an update is run when you connect 

to the Internet.

4

Click 

Done

 to save your settings.

Configuring the quarantine area and log file sizes

The quarantine area is where infected or suspicious files can be isolated when 
discovered during a scan. The log file records the activities performed by VirusScan 
Mobile, such as whether updates or scans have occurred, and whether suspicious files 
have been discovered during a scan. You can specify a size limit for each of these 
resources. To configure how much disk space to use for the quarantine area and the 
log file:

Figure 2-5  Update options screen

Summary of Contents for McAfee VirusScan Mobile 2.0

Page 1: ...Guide revision 1 0 McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Windows Mobile 5 0 SmartPhone and Windows Mobile 6 0 Standard Edition version 2 0 0 McAfee System Protection Industry leading intrusion prevention solut...

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Page 3: ...Guide revision 1 0 McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Windows Mobile 5 0 SmartPhone and Windows Mobile 6 0 Standard Edition version 2 0 0 McAfee System Protection Industry leading intrusion prevention solut...

Page 4: ...go Inc and or Outside In HTML Export 2001 Stellent Chicago Inc Software copyrighted by Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper 1998 1999 2000 Software copyrighted by Expat maintainers So...

Page 5: ...l time scanning 10 Message scanning 11 Configuring VirusScan updates 12 Configuring the quarantine area and log file sizes 12 Scanning your device 13 Using automatic scans 14 Using manual scans 14 Man...

Page 6: ...arily isolate infected and suspicious files in the quarantine folder until an appropriate action can be taken Features McAfee VirusScan Mobile software provides the following features Complete protect...

Page 7: ...Sync documentation Once you have transferred the CAB file to your SP follow the installation procedure below To install VirusScan Mobile 1 Click Start File Manager 2 Go to the location by default the...

Page 8: ...o use the latest detection definitions Both operations are accessed from the VirusScan Mobile main screen and can be run manually or scheduled to run automatically Configuration settings allow you to...

Page 9: ...me scans check system resources for malicious content and viruses These checks occur when files are added or changed and when a message such as an MMS or email is sent or received With the VirusScan M...

Page 10: ...rval for scheduled scans highlight the field and press Select A screen displays the options You can also use the device s right and left arrows to scroll the selection list The settings for these opti...

Page 11: ...essages are not scanned during a manual scan even if Enable Message Scan is enabled Attachments Only Only message attachments are scanned Body and Attachments Both message attachments and the body of...

Page 12: ...rval field and press Select or use the device s right and left arrows to scroll the selection list 3 General update options are Update at Internet connection when enabled an update is run when you con...

Page 13: ...vice These scanners function as follows Real time scanner Scans for malicious content when files are added or changed or any system call is made Message scanner Scans for malicious content in SMS MMS...

Page 14: ...are useful for checking content on internal and removable storage media before transferring files from your device to a computer To manually scan your device for viruses and potentially harmful files...

Page 15: ...ine area For information about handling files in the quarantine area see Managing quarantined files on page 16 Updating VirusScan Mobile Updating VirusScan Mobile should be performed regularly to ensu...

Page 16: ...t check and the date and time of the last download Click Done to return to the main screen Managing quarantined files The Quarantine feature temporarily isolates infected and suspicious files in a qua...

Page 17: ...the file to a location you select on internal or external storage 4 If you chose Restore to the Save As screen appears where you can designate where to move the file Select the location and select OK...

Page 18: ...the main screen click Menu then select About The About screen is updated after a successful update with The build number The detection definitions version The date of last update McAfee copyright info...

Page 19: ...e log file To save the log My Documents VirusScan Mobile Report txt select Menu Save log from the Log tab To remove all entries from the log select Menu Clear Log To configure how much disk space to u...

Page 20: ...ted by the potentially unwanted program deleting a macro that is threatening a file deleting a file if it is a Trojan horse renaming a file that cannot be cleaned L log file A record of the activities...

Page 21: ...ed files deleting 17 managing 16 rescanning 17 restoring 17 R real time scanner 13 real time scanning enabling and disabling 9 S Scan Action setting Clean 14 Delete 14 Quarantine 14 Report only 14 Sca...

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