McAfee Version 7.0 manual Contents

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Contents

1 Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What’s new in this release? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What comes with McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition

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Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Troubleshooting installation problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Getting Started with McAfee VirusScan Home Edition

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Title bar and Tool bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Task pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Other McAfee VirusScan Home Edition features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 About VShield Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 VShield automatic protection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 How to Start and Stop VShield Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using Quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 How to managing quarantined files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Safe & Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe & Sound configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Emergency disk creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Using VirusScan With a Wireless Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 How VirusScan protects your wireless device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Contents McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Copyright Contents Updating McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Product Support and Customer Service IndexWhat’s new in this release? IntroductionWhat comes with McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0? Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Before you begin System requirementsDesktop and notebook computers Symbian Epoc system requirements Additional requirements for wireless devicesUse the steps below to install your software Installation stepsInstalling McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Troubleshooting installation problems Close other softwareRemove temporary files Clean your hard drive Important information about Windows XP migration Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Title bar Title bar and Tool barTool bar Status informationTask pane About TasksAbout Advanced Tasks Other McAfee VirusScan Home Edition features About the McAfee listVShield Tray Icon VShield automatic protection settings About VShield ScannerWindows Explorer plug-in About Script Stopper System ScanMail Scan Hostile Activity Watch KernelHow to Start and Stop VShield Scanner Using the VShield tray iconUsing the Windows Control Panel applet TIP How to managing quarantined files Using QuarantineSafe & Sound How Safe & Sound creates automatic backupsHow often should you or safe & sound make these backups? Safe & Sound configurationEmergency disk creation EMCLEAN.DAT EMNAMES.DAT EMSCAN.DATUsing VirusScan With a Wireless Device How VirusScan protects your wireless deviceIntroduction Hitachi How Does the Updating Process Work? About Instant UpdaterInstant Updater features Why Do You Need to Update?Home page query ConfigurationProduct Support and Customer Service Contact addresses Emergency Telephone Numbers Virus definition renewalProduct Support and Customer Service Index Index Index 5 9 5 0 0 1 0 U K