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McAfee
®
VirusScan
®
Mobile 2.0.0 User Guide
Using VirusScan Mobile
Scanning your device
2
Scanning can be:
Real-time — Occurs if the scanners are enabled (see
Enabling and disabling
real-time scanning
on page 9
).
Scheduled — Occurs if the scanners are enabled, and the
Scheduled scan interval
setting is any value other than
Never
.
User-initiated through a manual scan — Occurs if the scanners are enabled, and you
click
Scan Device
on the VirusScan Mobile main screen.
Using automatic scans
Automatic scans thoroughly check your device’s internal and external storage media
for viruses and potentially harmful files at specified intervals. Scans automatically occur
based on the
Interval
setting for scheduled scans (see
Configuring scan options
on
page 10
). If the
Interval
setting is
Never
, VirusScan Mobile does not perform automatic
scans.
Using manual scans
A manual scan is one you initiate, and can run at any time. Manual scans 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:
1
On the main screen, click
Scan Device
.
2
For the
Scan action
option, select which action to take if an infected file is found. The
options are:
Clean
— Repairs the infected file and device if possible. If VirusScan Mobile cannot
repair the file, an infected file warning appears (see
Managing infected file warnings
on page 15
).
Quarantine
— Moves each infected file to the quarantine area.
Delete
— Removes the infected file.
Report only
— Shows the file as infected, but does not take any action.
3
Select
Scan Now
to start the scan. During scanning, the following is displayed:
Number of files scanned
Infected files detected
Name of the currently scanned file.
You can cancel the scan at any time by selecting
Cancel
. When the scan completes,
a summary appears.
4
If the
Scan action
was set to
Quarantine
or
Report only
, click
Details
to view any infected
files.
5
Click the infected file in the list to get more information about the file.
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