McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 175

Using the VirusScan application For the VirusScan application to protect your system, you must tell it: • what you want it to scan • what you want it to do if it finds a virus • how it should let you know when it finds a virus • whether you want it to keep track of its actions • which items you don't want it to scan for viruses A series of property pages in the VirusScan window controls the options for each task-click each tab to set up the application for your task. To choose from a simpler set of configuration options, move to the VirusScan Classic interface. Choose Classic from the Tools menu in the VirusScan Advanced window. To protect the settings you've chosen from unauthorized changes, choose Password Protect from the Tools menu to open the Password Protection dialog box. To learn how to configure the settings for this dialog box, see "Enabling password protection" on page 189. You can start a scan operation with the options you've chosen at any point-simply click Scan Now. To save your changes as default scan options, choose Save As Default from the File menu or click New Scan. To save your settings in a new file, choose Save Settings from the File menu, name your file in the dialog box that appears, then click Save. Choosing Detection options VirusScan software initially assumes that you want to scan all hard disks on your computer, including those mapped from network drives, and to restrict the files it scans only to those susceptible to virus infection (Figure 5-10). Figure 5-10. VirusScan Advanced window - Detection page User's Guide 175