McAfee VirusScan 10.0, User Manual

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Using McAfee VirusScan
26 McAfee® VirusScan® software version 10.0
Manually scanning your computer
The Scan feature lets you selectively search for viruses and other threats on hard
drives, floppy disks, and individual files and folders. When Scan finds an infected
file, it automatically tries to clean the file, unless it is a Potentially Unwanted
Program. If Scan cannot clean the file, you can quarantine or delete the file.
Manually scanning for viruses and other threats
To scan your computer:
1
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, then click
Scan
.
The
Scan
dialog box opens ( Figure 2-8 ).
2
Click the drive, folder, or file that you want to scan.
3
Select your
Scan Options
. By default, all of the
Scan Options
are pre-selected to
provide the most thorough scan possible ( Figure 2-8 ):
Scan subfolders
— Use this option to scan files contained in your
subfolders. Deselect this checkbox to allow checking of only the files
visible when you open a folder or drive.
Figure 2-8. Scan dialog box