McAfee VirusScan 2005, Руководство пользователя

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User Guide 29
Manually scanning your computer
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If Scan finds no viruses or other threats, click
Back
to select another drive or
folder to scan, or click
Close
to close the dialog box. Otherwise, see
Understanding threat detections on page 31 .
Scanning via Windows Explorer
VirusScan provides a shortcut menu to scan selected files, folders, or drives for
viruses and other threats from within Windows Explorer.
To scan files in Windows Explorer:
1
Open Windows Explorer.
2
Right-click the drive, folder, or file that you want to scan, and then click
Scan
.
The
Scan
dialog box opens and starts scanning files. By default, all of the
default
Scan Options
are pre-selected to provide the most thorough scan
possible ( Figure 2-8 on page 26 ).
Scanning via Microsoft Outlook
VirusScan provides a toolbar icon to scan for viruses and other threats in selected
message stores and their subfolders, mailbox folders, or e-mail messages
containing attachments from within Microsoft Outlook 97 or later.
To scan e-mail in Microsoft Outlook:
1
Open Microsoft Outlook.
2
Click the message store, folder, or e-mail message containing an attachment
that you want to scan, and then click the e-mail scanning toolbar icon
.
The e-mail scanner opens and starts scanning files. By default, all of the default
Scan Options
are pre-selected to provide the most thorough scan possible
( Figure 2-8 on page 26 ).
Automatically scanning for viruses and other threats
Although VirusScan scans files when they are accessed by either you or your
computer, you can schedule automatic scanning in Windows Scheduler to
thoroughly check your computer for viruses and other threats at specified
intervals.
To schedule a scan:
1
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, then click
Options
.
The
VirusScan Options
dialog box opens.
2
Click the
Scheduled Scan
tab ( Figure 2-11 on page 30 ).