McAfee VirusScan Plus, User Manual

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36 McAfee VirusScan Plus
1. Double-click the Scan completed icon in the
notification area at the far right of your taskbar.
2. On the Scan pane, click Details .
2
In the scan results list, click Viruses and Trojans .
Note: To work with the files that VirusScan has quarantined, see
Work with quarantined files (page 36).
Work with potentially unwanted programs
If VirusScan detects a potentially unwanted program on your
computer, you can either remove or trust the program. If you are
unfamilar with the program, we recommend that you consider
removing it. Removing the potentially unwanted program does
not actually delete it from your system. Instead, removing
quarantines the program to prevent it from causing damage to
your computer or files.
1
Open the Scan Results pane.
How?
1. Double-click the Scan completed icon in the
notification area at the far right of your taskbar.
2. On the Scan pane, click Details .
2
In the scan results list, click Potentially Unwanted
Programs.
3
Select a potentially unwanted program.
4
Under I want to , click either Remove or Trust .
5
Confirm your selected option.
Work with quarantined files
When VirusScan quarantines infected files, it encrypts and then
moves them to a folder to prevent the files from harming your
computer. You can then restore or remove the quarantined files.
1
Open the Quarantined Files pane.
How?
1. On the left pane, click Advanced Menu .
2. Click Restore .
3. Click Files .
2
Select a quarantined file.
3
Do one of the following:
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To repair the infected file and return it to its original
location on your computer, click
Restore .