McAfee VirusScan 10.0, User Manual

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Getting Started
Welcome to McAfee VirusScan.
McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus subscription service offering comprehensive,
reliable, and up-to-date virus protection. Powered by award-winning McAfee
scanning technology, VirusScan protects against viruses, worms, Trojan horses,
suspect scripts, hybrid attacks, and other threats.
With it, you get the following features:
ActiveShield
— Scan files when they are accessed by either you or your computer.
Scan
— Search for viruses and other threats in hard drives, floppy disks, and
individual files and folders.
Quarantine
— Encrypt and temporarily isolate suspect files in the quarantine folder
until an appropriate action can be taken.
Hostile activity detection
— Monitor your computer for virus-like activity caused by
worm-like activity and suspect scripts.
New features
This version of VirusScan provides the following new features:
Spyware and adware detection and removal
VirusScan identifies and removes spyware, adware, and other programs that
jeopardize your privacy and slow down your computer performance.
Daily automatic updates
Daily automatic VirusScan updates protect against the latest identified and
unidentified computer threats.
Fast background scanning
Fast unobtrusive scans identify and destroy viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware,
adware, dialers, and other threats without interrupting your work.
Real-time security alerting
Security alerts notify you about emergency virus outbreaks and security
threats, and provide response options to remove, neutralize, or learn more
about the threat.
Detection and cleaning at multiple entry points
VirusScan monitors and cleans at your computer’s key entry points: e-mail,
instant message attachments, and Internet downloads.