Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Home Edition
Windows Explorer plug-in
With functionality similar to that of the VShield system tray icon, you can display a VirusScan toolbar in Windows Explorer.
To display the VirusScan toolbar, right-click the Windows Explorer toolbar and select McAfee VirusScan. The VirusScan toolbar allows you to:
nScan objects displayed in Windows Explorer. For example, you can select a file, group of files, folder, or a drive.
To use this feature, select the object you want to scan in Windows Explorer. Click the VirusScan toolbar drop-down arrow and click Scan for Viruses.
nView current VirusScan Status information. To view real-time scan data about System scan, E-mail scan, and HAWK.
About VShield Scanner
The VShield scanner has unique capabilities that make it an integral part of the VirusScan comprehensive anti-virus software security package. These capabilities include:
nOn-access scanning: This means that the scanner looks for viruses in files that you open, copy, save, or otherwise modify, and files that you read from or write to floppy disks and network drives. It therefore can detect and stop viruses as soon as they appear on your system, including those that arrive via e-mail. This means you can make the VShield scanner both your first line of anti-virus defense, and your backstop protection in between each scan operation that you perform. The VShield scanner detects viruses in memory and as they attempt to execute from within infected files.
nAutomatic operation: The VShield scanner integrates with a range of browser software and e-mail client applications. VShield Scanner starts when you start your computer, and stays in memory until you shut it or your system down.
VShield automatic protection settings
The VShield scanner consists of related modules, each of which has a specialized function. You can configure settings for all of these modules in the VShield properties sheet.
