McAfee VirusScan Home Edition
nConfigure Instant Updater: Instant Updater is the mechanism used to register your product and to communicate with McAfee to check for an update to virus definition files (DATs), the virus scanning engine, and for updates to the McAfee VirusScan product. Select this advanced task to check for updates to McAfee VirusScan.
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Other McAfee VirusScan features
The VShield Tray Icon
The VShield icon located in the Windows system tray allows you to perform several tasks.
nLaunch VirusScan: Select this option to Start McAfee VirusScan, if it is not running.
nView VirusScan Status: Select this option to view the VirusScan background scanner (VShield) property sheet. Here you can view
nDisable VirusScan: Select this option to stop VirusScan’s background scanner (VShield).
nAbout VirusScan: This option provides you with version information about McAfee VirusScan.
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,
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
nView current VirusScan Status information. To view
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