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Administrator’s Guide 135
Using VirusScan Administrative Utilities
If your computer runs Windows NT Workstation v4.0 or Windows 2000
Professional, this service appears in the Services dialog box as AvSync
Manager. If your computer runs Windows 95 or Windows 98, this service
is not directly accessible.
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NOTE: McAfee strongly recommends that you set the VirusScan
management service to load at startup. If you do not, you might not
be able to start some VirusScan components, and you will lose the
benefit of data sharing between components.
4. Click the Components tab to continue.
Figure A-2. VirusScan control panel - Components page
5. To have the VShield scanner load when you start your computer, select
the Load VShield on startup checkbox. This same setting appears in the
System Scan module’s Detection page. Either setting will load the
scanner when you start your computer.
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NOTE: McAfee recommends that you leave this checkbox selected.
The VShield scanner is your best continuous defense against virus
infections.
6. Click or enter a figure in the Exclude Items text box to specify how
many items can appear in the VShield System Scan module's exclusion
list. This setting also determines how many items can appear in the
exclusion list for any VirusScan application scan task or any scan task
you configure from within the VirusScan Console.