McAfee VirusScan Plus, User Manual

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Contents
Introduction 3
McAfee SecurityCenter....................................................................................................... 5
SecurityCenter features ............................................................................................ 6
Using SecurityCenter ................................................................................................ 7
Fixing or ignoring protection problems ................................................................ 16
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 21
Viewing events......................................................................................................... 27
McAfee VirusScan ............................................................................................................. 29
VirusScan features................................................................................................... 30
Scanning your computer ........................................................................................ 31
Working with scan results....................................................................................... 35
Scan types ................................................................................................................ 38
Using additional protection ................................................................................... 41
Setting up virus protection ..................................................................................... 45
McAfee Personal Firewall ................................................................................................. 61
Personal Firewall features....................................................................................... 62
Starting Firewall ...................................................................................................... 63
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 65
Managing informational alerts............................................................................... 67
Configuring Firewall protection............................................................................. 69
Managing programs and permissions ................................................................... 81
Managing computer connections.......................................................................... 89
Managing system services ...................................................................................... 97
Logging, monitoring, and analysis....................................................................... 103
Learning about Internet security ......................................................................... 113
McAfee QuickClean ........................................................................................................ 115
QuickClean features.............................................................................................. 116
Cleaning your computer....................................................................................... 117
Defragmenting your computer ............................................................................ 121
Scheduling a task................................................................................................... 123
McAfee Shredder............................................................................................................. 129
Shredder features .................................................................................................. 130
Shredding files, folders, and disks........................................................................ 131
McAfee Network Manager.............................................................................................. 133
Network Manager features ................................................................................... 134
Understanding Network Manager icons ............................................................. 135
Setting up a managed network............................................................................. 137
Managing the network remotely .......................................................................... 143
Monitoring your networks.................................................................................... 149
McAfee EasyNetwork...................................................................................................... 153
EasyNetwork features ........................................................................................... 154
Setting up EasyNetwork........................................................................................ 155
Sharing and sending files...................................................................................... 161
Sharing printers..................................................................................................... 167