McAfee VIRUSSCAN 5.1, User Manual

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User’s Guide 167
Using the VirusScan application
Figure 5-7. VirusScan Classic window - Action page
2. Choose a response from the When a virus is found list. The area
immediately beneath the list will change to show you additional options
for each response. Your choices are:
• Prompt User for Action. Choose this response if you expect to be
at your computer when the VirusScan application scans your
disk—the application will display an alert message when it finds a
virus and offer you the full range of its available response options.
• Move infected files automatically . Choose this response to have
the application move infected files to a quarantine folder as soon as
it finds them.
By default, the application moves these files to a folder named
Infected located in the VirusScan program directory. You can enter
a different name in the text box provided, or click
Browse
to locate
a suitable folder on your hard disk.
•
Clean infected files automatically.
Choose this response to tell the
VirusScan application to remove the virus code from the infected
file as soon as it finds it. If the application cannot remove the virus,
it will note the incident in its log file.
• Delete infected files automatically. Use this option to have the
VirusScan application delete every infected file it finds
immediately. Be sure to enable its reporting feature so that you have
a record of which files the application deleted. You will need to
restore deleted files from backup copies. If the application cannot
delete an infected file, it will note the incident in its log file.
•
Continue scanning.
Use this option only if you plan to leave your
computer unattended while the VirusScan application checks for
viruses. If you also activate the application’s feature, the program
will record the names of any viruses it finds and the names of
infected files so that you can delete them at your next opportunity.