4-2Identifying 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.

+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.

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HP 1700T manual Scanning for Viruses

1700T specifications

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