McAfee VirusScan 10.0, User Manual

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User Guide 23
Using ActiveShield
Understanding security alerts
If ActiveShield finds a virus, a virus alert similar to Figure 2-7 appears. For most
viruses, Trojan horses, and worms, ActiveShield automatically tries to clean the
file and alerts you. For Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), ActiveShield
detects the file, automatically blocks it, and alerts you.
You can then choose how to manage infected files, infected e-mail, suspect scripts,
potential worms, or PUPs, including whether to submit infected files to the
McAfee AVERT labs for research.
For added protection, whenever ActiveShield detects a suspect file, you are
prompted to scan your entire computer immediately. Unless you choose to hide
the scan prompt, it will periodically remind you until you perform the scan.
Managing detected files
1
If ActiveShield can clean the file, you can learn more or ignore the alert:
Click
Find out more information
to view the name, location, and virus name
associated with the infected file.
Click
Continue what I was doing
to ignore the alert and close it.
2
If ActiveShield cannot clean the file, click
Quarantine the detected file
to encrypt
and temporarily isolate suspect files in the quarantine directory until an
appropriate action can be taken.
A confirmation message appears and prompts you to check your computer for
other threats. Click
Scan
to complete the quarantine process.
3
If ActiveShield cannot quarantine the file, click
Delete the detected file
to try to
remove the file.
Figure 2-7. Virus alert