McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 165

Method 2: Starting a scan task from the VirusScan Console, VirusScan Console

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Using the VirusScan application • Protect your settings with a password. Choose Password Protect from the Tools menu to open a dialog box you can use to lock any VirusScan application property page. Figure 5-3. Password protection dialog box Select each property page you want to protect, then click the Password button to the right to assign a password. • Open the online help file. Choose Help Topics from the Help menu to see a list of VirusScan help topics. To see a context-sensitive description of buttons, lists and other items in the VirusScan window, choose What's this? from the Help menu, then click an item with your left mouse button after your mouse cursor changes to . You can see these same help topics if you right-click an element in the VirusScan window, then choose What's This? from the menu that appears. 2. Choose Exit from the File menu to quit the application. Method 2: Starting a scan task from the VirusScan Console Follow these steps: 1. Double-click the VirusScan Console icon in the Windows system tray to bring the Console window to the foreground. If the icon does not appear in the system tray, click Start in the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then to Network Associates. Next, choose VirusScan Console. the Console comes with two preset tasks that use the VirusScan application to run-Scan My Computer and Scan Drive 'C'. To learn more about configuring and running scan tasks, see "Creating new tasks" on page 200. User's Guide 165

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User
s Guide
165
Using the VirusScan application
Protect your settings with a password
. Choose
Password Protect
from the
Tools
menu to open a dialog box you can use to lock any
VirusScan application property page.
Figure 5-3. Password protection dialog box
Select each property page you want to protect, then click the
Password
button to the right to assign a password.
Open the online help file.
Choose
Help Topics
from the
Help
menu to see a list of VirusScan help topics. To see a context-sensitive
description of buttons, lists and other items in the VirusScan
window, choose
What
s this?
from the
Help
menu, then click an
item with your left mouse button after your mouse cursor changes
to
. You can see these same help topics if you right-click an
element in the VirusScan window, then choose
What
s This?
from
the menu that appears.
2.
Choose
Exit
from the
File
menu to quit the application.
Method 2: Starting a scan task from the VirusScan Console
Follow these steps:
1.
Double-click the VirusScan Console icon
in the Windows system tray
to bring the Console window to the foreground.
If the icon does not appear in the system tray, click
Start
in the Windows
taskbar, point to
Programs
, then to
Network Associates
. Next, choose
VirusScan Console
.
the Console comes with two preset tasks that use the VirusScan
application to run
Scan My Computer and Scan Drive
C
. To learn
more about configuring and running scan tasks, see
Creating new
tasks
on page 200
.