Using McAfee VirusScan
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McAfee
®
VirusScan
®
Professional Edition software version 9.0
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If Scan finds no viruses or potentially unwanted programs, click
Back
to select
another drive or folder to scan, or click
Close
to close the dialog box.
Otherwise, see
If Scan finds a virus or potentially unwanted program
on page 30
.
Scanning via Windows Explorer
VirusScan provides a shortcut menu to scan selected files, folders, or drives for
viruses and potentially unwanted programs 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
for Viruses
.
The
Scan for Viruses
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 2-7 on page 25
).
Scanning via Microsoft Outlook
VirusScan provides a toolbar icon to scan for viruses and potentially unwanted
programs 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 2-7 on page 25
).
Automatically scanning for viruses and potentially unwanted
programs
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 potentially unwanted programs
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.
