McAfee What is VShield Scanner and How Can You Stop Scanner Service?

McAfee VirusScan Home Edition

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.

System Scan

The System scanner looks for viruses on your hard disk as you work with your computer. It tracks files as your system or other computers read files from your hard disk or write files to it. It can also scan floppy disks and network drives mapped to your system.

The System scanner provides scanning protections against viruses embedded in or attached to e-mail messages as well as well as files that you download from the Internet. The System scanners functionality replaces that which was included in the Download and Internet scanners included with previous versions of McAfee VirusScan.

E-mail Scan

The E-mail scanner monitors e-mail messages and message attachments that you receive via interoffice e-mail systems, and via the Internet. It scans your Microsoft Exchange or Outlook mailbox systems.

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