McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1, User Manual

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Using the VShield Scanner
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Method 3: Use the VirusScan control panel
Follow these steps:
1. Click
Start
in the Windows taskbar, point to
Settings
, then choose
Control Panel .
2. Locate and double-click the VirusScan control panel to open it
( Figure 4-43 ).
Figure 4-43. VirusScan control panel - Service page
3. Click Stop in the Service page.
All active VirusScan components will stop, close all open windows or
dialog boxes, remove their icons from the Windows system tray, and
unload from memory.
4. Click OK to close the control panel.
Disabling the VShield scanner and its modules
You can use any of three methods to disable any of the VShield modules—that
is, deactivate the module, but do not remove the scanner from memory—in
any of three ways. Once you disable a module, you can reactivate it in much
the same way you disabled it.