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Identifying and Removing Computer Viruses
Scanning for Viruses
To configure and perform a virus scan of your diskettes, your local hard drive, or a
network drive, complete the following steps:
1.
From the Windows desktop, double-click the
Compaq
Support
$
icon.
2.
Double-click the
McAfee VirusScan
ö
icon. The VirusScan Launcher is
displayed.
3.
Click
Scan
. The McAfee VirusScan window is displayed. If you want to
perform an Advanced Scan, refer to the Perform an Advanced On-Demand
Scan in the McAfee on-line Help.
4.
Select the
Where & What
tab. The C:\ drive, your local hard drive, is the
default. If you want to scan a different drive, click
Browse
and select another
drive letter.
5.
Select the
Include
Subfolders
option, if you want to scan the subfolders.
6.
Select one of the following options:
• Scan All Files
• Program Files Only
If you select
Program
Files
Only
, click
Extensions
to view a list of file
extensions that VirusScan will scan. You can edit the list.
7.
Select the
Compressed
Files
option to include files created with file
compression utilities. For more information on Scanning Compressed Files,
refer to the McAfee on-line Help.
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NOTE:
Because VirusScan decompresses these file types in memory before checking
for viruses, this option can increase the time it takes to complete a scan.
8.
Determine if you want to start scanning immediately or to continue
customizing your scan. To start VirusScan immediately, click
Scan Now
. If
you want to continue configuring your scan, select one of the following tabs:
• Action tab
• Report tab
9.
Click
Stop
to halt a VirusScan after it has started, or click
New
Scan
to start a
new scan and change your configuration choices to the VirusScan defaults.