McAfee MTP09EMB1RAA - Total Protection 2009, User Manual

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McAfee VirusScan
VirusScan's advanced detection and protection services defend
you and your computer from the latest security threats, including
viruses, Trojans, tracking cookies, spyware, adware, and other
potentially unwanted programs. Protection extends beyond the
files and folders on your desktop, targeting threats from different
points of entry—including e-mail, instant messages, and the
Web.
With VirusScan, your computer's protection is immediate and
constant (no tedious administration required). While you work,
play, browse the Web, or check your e-mail, it runs in the
background, monitoring, scanning, and detecting potential harm
in real time. Comprehensive scans run on schedule, periodically
checking your computer using a more sophisticated set of
options. VirusScan offers you the flexibility to customize this
behavior if you want to; but if you don't, your computer remains
protected.
With normal computer use, viruses, worms, and other potential
threats may infiltrate your computer. If this occurs, VirusScan
notifies you about the threat, but usually handles it for you,
cleaning or quarantining infected items before any damage
occurs. Although rare, further action may sometimes be required.
In these cases, VirusScan lets you decide what to do (rescan the
next time you start your computer, keep the detected item, or
remove the detected item).
Note: SecurityCenter reports critical and non-critical protection
problems as soon as it detects them. If you need help diagnosing
your protection problems, you can run McAfee Virtual
Technician.
In this chapter
VirusScan features.......................................................30
Scanning your computer ............................................31
Working with scan results...........................................35
Scan types ....................................................................38
Using additional protection .......................................41
Setting up virus protection .........................................45
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