McAfee VirusScan 10.0, User Manual

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User Guide 9
Testing VirusScan
Testing VirusScan
Before initial use of VirusScan, it’s a good idea to test your installation. Use the
following steps to separately test the ActiveShield and Scan features.
Testing ActiveShield
NOTE
To test ActiveShield from the VirusScan tab in SecurityCenter,
click
Test VirusScan
to view an online Support FAQ
containing these steps.
To test ActiveShield:
1
Go to http://www.eicar.com/ in your web browser.
2
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
link.
3
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under
Download
, you will see four links.
4
Click
eicar.com
.
If ActiveShield is working properly, it detects the eicar.com file immediately after
you click the link. You can try to delete or quarantine detected files to see how
ActiveShield handles possible threats. See
Understanding security alerts on page 23
for details.
Testing Scan
Before you can test Scan, you must disable ActiveShield to prevent it from
detecting the test files before Scan does, then download the test files.
To download the test files:
1
Disable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, then
click
Disable
.
2
Download the EICAR test files from the EICAR web site:
a
Go to http://www.eicar.com/ .
b
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
link.