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Updating McAfee VirusScan Home Edition

nAuto Inquiry: If Auto Inquiry is enabled, it allows you to receive notification of product updates while connected to the Internet. We do not recommend Auto Inquiry if you have slow internet connection

nManual Updating: If you rarely connect to the Internet, you may prefer to use Manual Updating with your McAfee product. You can manually update while connected to the Internet. To do this, select the UPDATE function from within the individual product.

Manual Updating provides you with explicit control of the updating process.

Home page query

Related to Instant Updater is Home page query. This feature allows you to configure your McAfee product’s home page to display a message when an update is available. After you install your McAfee software, Home-page query “on” is the default setting.

Configuration

For additional information regarding auto inquiry and auto update settings, please refer to online Help.

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Contents McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Copyright Contents Product Support and Customer Service Index Updating McAfee VirusScan Home EditionIntroduction What’s new in this release?What comes with McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0? Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Welcome to McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Desktop and notebook computers Before you beginSystem requirements Additional requirements for wireless devices Symbian Epoc system requirementsInstallation steps Use the steps below to install your softwareInstalling McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Remove temporary files Troubleshooting installation problemsClose other software Clean your hard drive Important information about Windows XP migration Installing McAfee VirusScan Home Edition Title bar and Tool bar Title barStatus information Tool barAbout Advanced Tasks Task paneAbout Tasks VShield Tray Icon Other McAfee VirusScan Home Edition featuresAbout the McAfee list Windows Explorer plug-in VShield automatic protection settingsAbout VShield Scanner System Scan Mail ScanHostile Activity Watch Kernel About Script StopperUsing the Windows Control Panel applet How to Start and Stop VShield ScannerUsing the VShield tray icon TIP Using Quarantine How to managing quarantined filesHow Safe & Sound creates automatic backups Safe & SoundSafe & Sound configuration How often should you or safe & sound make these backups?EMCLEAN.DAT EMNAMES.DAT EMSCAN.DAT Emergency disk creationIntroduction Using VirusScan With a Wireless DeviceHow VirusScan protects your wireless device Hitachi About Instant Updater Instant Updater featuresWhy Do You Need to Update? How Does the Updating Process Work?Configuration Home page queryProduct Support and Customer Service Contact addresses Virus definition renewal Emergency Telephone NumbersProduct Support and Customer Service Index Index Index 5 9 5 0 0 1 0 U K