McAfee VirusScan 10.0, User Manual

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User Guide 19
Using ActiveShield
Scanning inbound instant message attachments
By default, scanning of instant message attachments is enabled via the
Scan
inbound instant message attachments
option ( Figure 2-1 on page 14 ).
When this option is enabled, VirusScan automatically scans and attempts to clean
inbound infected instant message attachments for most popular instant messaging
programs, including the following:
MSN Messenger 6.0 or later
Yahoo Messenger 4.1 or later
AOL Instant Messenger 2.1 or later
NOTE
For your protection, you cannot disable auto-cleaning of
instant message attachments.
If an inbound instant message attachment is infected, VirusScan performs the
following steps:
Tries to clean the infected message
Prompts you to quarantine or delete an uncleanable message
Scanning all files
If you set ActiveShield to use the default
All files (recommended)
option, it scans
every file type that your computer uses, as your computer attempts to use it. Use
this option to get the most thorough scan possible.
To set ActiveShield to scan all file types:
1
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, and then click
Options
.
2
Click
Advanced
, then click the
Scanning
tab ( Figure 2-4 on page 20 ).
3
Click
All files (recommended)
, then click
OK
.