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Product Guide

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Welcome to McAfee QuickClean

Overview of McAfee QuickClean

Junk accumulates quickly on your PC when you're surfing the Internet. 
Protect your privacy and get rid of web and e-mail clutter with McAfee 
QuickClean. QuickClean technology identifies and removes files that 
accumulate when surfing, including cookies, e-mail, downloads, and history - 
data that contains personal information about you. It protects your privacy by 
shredding your identification data that collects on your computer. 

The McAfee QuickClean product also removes unwanted programs 
completely to keep your PC running at peak performance. Specify the files you 
want to eliminate and wipe away the clutter without deleting essential 
information. You can be sure that your PC is junk-free with McAfee 
QuickClean.

McAfee QuickClean has a new central interface that allows you to easily 
access all of the individual product components. The Home Page also 
provides status information such as: 

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Available and used space on your hard drive.

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The last time you ran QuickClean on your computer.

Through the Home Page, it now also provides a single update link to 
automatically update all of the installed components of McAfee QuickClean. 
The Update McAfee QuickClean feature uses McAfee Instant Updater to 
search for any available updates to your McAfee product.

What’s new in this release?

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Custom Rule Creation Wizard

McAfee QuickClean includes a rule creation wizard that allows you to 
customize file cleanup. You can create a list of drives, folders, or files that 
you want to clean periodically. The Custom Rule Creator helps you to 
keep you computer free of junk and clean as a whistle! 

Содержание QUICKCLEAN 3.0

Страница 1: ...P R O D U C T G U I D E McAfee QuickClean V E R S I O N 3 0...

Страница 2: ...E MCAFEE MCAFEE IN KATAKANA MCAFEE AND DESIGN MULTIMEDIA CLOAKING NET TOOLS NET TOOLS IN KATAKANA NETCRYPTO NETOCTUPUS NETSCAN NETSHIELD NETSTALKER NETWORK ASSOCIATES NETXRAY NOTESGUARD NUTS BOLTS OIL...

Страница 3: ...ed that the copy you make contains all of the Software s proprietary notices unaltered and unobstructed b Server Mode Use You may use the Software on a Client Device as a server Server within a multi...

Страница 4: ...k tests regarding this Software contact McAfee to verify that You possess the correct Software for the test and the then current version and edition of the Software You agree not to permit any third p...

Страница 5: ...IDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THIS LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU The foregoing provisions shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law 8 United States G...

Страница 6: ...urs and upon prior written notice McAfee may visit you and you will make available to McAfee or its representatives any records pertaining to the Software to McAfee The cost of any requested audit wil...

Страница 7: ...as set forth in this Section 1 The Software is in use on a Client Device when it is loaded into the temporary memory i e random access memory or RAM or installed into the permanent memory e g hard dis...

Страница 8: ...on or use of the Software does not transfer to you any title to the intellectual property in the Software and you will not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set forth in this Agre...

Страница 9: ...CONDITION THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE OR FREE FROM INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER FAILURES OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON I...

Страница 10: ...or implied warranty or condition of fitness for High Risk Activities 11 Miscellaneous This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Netherlands The application of the United Nations Convention of Cont...

Страница 11: ...Important information about Windows XP migration 21 3 Getting Started With McAfee QuickClean 23 Introduction 23 Status messages 23 Drive information 24 Screen layout 25 4 Managing Programs To Free Di...

Страница 12: ...iles from your computer 42 Delete files securely Shredder 45 6 Advanced Cleaning Tasks 47 Registry Cleaner 47 Orphan Files Cleaner 47 Duplicate Files Cleaner 47 7 Updating McAfee QuickClean 49 About I...

Страница 13: ...can be sure that your PC is junk free with McAfee QuickClean McAfee QuickClean has a new central interface that allows you to easily access all of the individual product components The Home Page also...

Страница 14: ...nefit from QuickClean Lite s ability to free valuable disk space by running QuickClean Lite directly from your installation CD What s included with McAfee QuickClean McAfee QuickClean uses safe and si...

Страница 15: ...es n QuickClean Lite Deletes various kinds of junk files and unconnected items on various folders such as your PC s Internet cache Recycle Bin temporary files shortcuts and Windows registry n Restore...

Страница 16: ...up and get started with McAfee QuickClean More detailed information about how to perform tasks within McAfee QuickClean is provided via online Help You can get Help while working with the different wi...

Страница 17: ...tion Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE n Internet Explorer 4 01 Service Pack 2 or higher required IE 5 01 or later recommended n Personal computer with a Pentium 100 MHz or higher processor n 32 megabytes M...

Страница 18: ...re proceeding with the installation Setup first checks to see whether your computer has the Microsoft Windows Installer MSI utility running as part of your system software If your computer runs Window...

Страница 19: ...for every item on the list except Explorer 3 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you ve closed everything except Explorer 4 When you see only Explorer in the Close Program dialog box click Cancel Step 2 Remov...

Страница 20: ...g your drive for errors Depending on the size of your hard drive ScanDisk may take several minutes to complete its job 5 When ScanDisk is finished close ScanDisk 6 Click Start on the Windows taskbar p...

Страница 21: ...ter as directed by setup Important information about Windows XP migration Upgrading your computer s operating system from any version of Windows to Windows XP causes all McAfee products installed befo...

Страница 22: ...Installing McAfee QuickClean 22 McAfee QuickClean 3 0...

Страница 23: ...your computer s operating system NOTE This message displays if your computer s operating system is Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP and you are not logged in as the Administrator or logged in as...

Страница 24: ...uickClean 3 0 Drive information The Drive Info frame displays current volume statistics for all of your computer s fixed drives To view volume statistics for a different fixed drive click the Select a...

Страница 25: ...ome screen Status screen n Next In conjunction with the Back button use the Next to go to any previously visited screen during your current QuickClean session n Help Click Help to view its submenu Hel...

Страница 26: ...n Lite scans your computer for files cluttering your hard disk Here you can choose to keep delete or shred the files n Find non critical files to remove from your computer This task starts the SpaceMa...

Страница 27: ...te applications files from your computer CAUTION Advanced cleaning tasks such as cleaning your computer s registry removing duplicate files and removing incomplete applications could adversely affect...

Страница 28: ...k that has no related tasks the Related Task list does not display About Details If you select a particular file type or group that QuickClean scans Details include M File types and associations M Des...

Страница 29: ...of these wizards opens and guides you through three or four quick steps to perform the action What is the Smartlinks Database The Smartlinks Database captures and stores information about the relation...

Страница 30: ...ce Use the Remove wizard to clean them up n An application that you want to reinstall because it is behaving incorrectly Sometimes reinstalling a program from scratch fixes minor problems The Remove w...

Страница 31: ...ck box to set your preference Analyze folders using Folder Browser Folder Browser is a feature used to analyze the volume of the contents of drives directories subdirectories and folders within your c...

Страница 32: ...ized programs archive them to free disk space but keep the shortcuts and other entry points available from your desktop QuickClean keeps track of applications that you have archived Their shortcuts an...

Страница 33: ...stallation programs start automatically as soon as you insert a CD disc into your CD drive To make sure that installations from CDs are monitored open the BackTrack Settings screen and set BackTrack t...

Страница 34: ...ation if you have archived it or let the Remove wizard make a backup copy of the application before you removed it The backup copy or the archive must still be available To restore an application 1 Fr...

Страница 35: ...backup copies QuickClean backs up deleted files and applications so that you can restore them if you change your mind later Backup files which are compressed files containing copies of all deleted fil...

Страница 36: ...Managing Programs To Free Disk Space 36 McAfee QuickClean 3 0 3 If you are sure that you no longer need the selected archive click Delete At such time you are prompted to confirm deleting the file...

Страница 37: ...disk space savings and so on The pie chart on the right shows the percent of disk space regained by the selected action if you are viewing a specific action report or by all QuickClean actions if you...

Страница 38: ...Description General Identify the drives you want tracked by the SmartLinks Database Application Remnant Cleaner Configure ARC to start after removing a program from your computer Monitor Helps you co...

Страница 39: ...cuts and system file references for applications that no longer exist on your computer n Delete temporary files n Remove deleted and sent messages from a Microsoft supported e mail client i e Outlook...

Страница 40: ...der Drive Info If your computer is partitioned or maintains more than one physical hard disk select the specific drive wish to clean from the Select a Drive drop down pick list before starting QuickCl...

Страница 41: ...he backups Choose the SpaceMaker wizard to n Quickly create free space on one of your drives You can specify the drive and the amount of space you want to free As soon as SpaceMaker frees the specifie...

Страница 42: ...n based upon the age of the file n based upon the size of the file in Kilobytes To create or run a custom rule Please refer to refer to online Help for specific instructions about how to create and ru...

Страница 43: ...and useful as a button in a program s interface Most of these good controls have been signed meaning that they are harmless and will do nothing bad to the data on your computer However less than hone...

Страница 44: ...en First check the Run Internet Cleanup when you close your Internet browser check box to enable this cleaner Then select the files types you want this cleaner to remove cookies cache or temporary Int...

Страница 45: ...n that might be written over the deleted file s contents For privacy and security reasons you may want to be positive that the information stored in files you delete is permanently erased from your co...

Страница 46: ...story folder You can also specify the number of shredding passes 1 99 and can now have the option to shred an entire drive Refer to the online Help file to display step by step instructions on how to...

Страница 47: ...your computer needs so always exercise caution before you decide to select a file to be deleted Orphan Files Cleaner View and remove incomplete applications and dynamic link libraries The Orphan Files...

Страница 48: ...own are identical or can safely be deleted Some files may be critical and will cause serious or fatal instability on your computer once deleted The wizard is only designed for maximum end user control...

Страница 49: ...s are periodically available n New product content is updated periodically n Updates to anti virus signature files are frequently available How Does the Updating Process Work Instant Updater allows yo...

Страница 50: ...an manually update while connected to the Internet To do this select the UPDATE function from within the individual product Manual Updating provides you with explicit control of the updating process H...

Страница 51: ...ort please visit http www mcafeehelp com Our support web site offers 24 hour access to solutions to the most common support requests in our easy to use 3 step Answer Wizard Additionally you may use ou...

Страница 52: ...n Amount of memory RAM n Complete description of the problem n EXACT error message as on screen n What steps were performed prior to receiving error message n Is the error persistent can you duplicate...

Страница 53: ...8 G General Settings 38 H Help submenu 25 How to Analyze your hard drive 31 Archive a program 32 Contact McAfee 51 Find non critical files consuming disk space 41 Install QuickClean 17 Monitor a progr...

Страница 54: ...T Task pane 26 Tasks 26 Temporary Internet Files Cache Cleaner 15 The tool bar 25 Troubleshooting Installation 19 Windows XP migration 21 U Uninstalling 20 V VirusScan scan engine 49 W Windows XP mig...

Страница 55: ...Product Guide 55 Index...

Страница 56: ...on products worldwide services and support contact your authorized McAfee sales representative or visit us at Network Associates 13465 Midway Road Dallas TX 75244 972 308 9960 www mcafee at home com N...

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