McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 210

Select, drive or folder to scan button, Browse, Include subfolders, Edit Scan Item dialog box, Remove

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Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks To scan a particular disk or folder on your system, click the Select drive or folder to scan button, then: a. Type in the text box provided the drive letter or the path to the folder you want scanned, or click Browse to locate the scan target on your computer. Š NOTE: You may not use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) notation to specify a network disk as a scan target for scheduled tasks. Doing so will result in an "Invalid Path" error. You may use UNC notation to specify scan targets for operations you run directly with the VirusScan application. b. Select the Include subfolders checkbox to have the VirusScan application look for viruses in any folders inside your scan target. Š NOTE: Choosing Include subfolders causes the application to scan only those files stored in the subfolders themselves. The application will not scan files stored at the root level of the folder you designate. To scan those files, clear the Include subfolders checkbox. c. Click OK to close the dialog box. • Change scan targets. Select one of the listed scan targets, then click Edit to open the Edit Item to Scan dialog box (Figure 6-10). Figure 6-10. Edit Scan Item dialog box The dialog box appears with the existing scan target specified. Choose or enter a new scan target, then click OK to close the dialog box. • Remove scan targets. Select one of the listed scan targets, then click Remove to delete it. 210 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software

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Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
210
McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software
To scan a particular disk or folder on your system, click the
Select
drive or folder to scan button
, then:
a.
Type in the text box provided the drive letter or the path to the
folder you want scanned, or click
Browse
to locate the scan
target on your computer.
NOTE:
You may not use Universal Naming Convention
(UNC) notation to specify a network disk as a scan target
for scheduled tasks. Doing so will result in an
Invalid
Path
error. You may use UNC notation to specify scan
targets for operations you run directly with the VirusScan
application.
b.
Select the
Include subfolders
checkbox to have the VirusScan
application look for viruses in any folders inside your scan
target.
NOTE:
Choosing
Include subfolders
causes the
application to scan only those files stored in the subfolders
themselves. The application will not scan files stored at
the root level of the folder you designate. To scan those
files, clear the
Include subfolders
checkbox.
c.
Click
OK
to close the dialog box.
Change scan targets.
Select one of the listed scan targets, then click
Edit
to open the Edit Item to Scan dialog box (
Figure 6-10
).
Figure 6-10. Edit Scan Item dialog box
The dialog box appears with the existing scan target specified.
Choose or enter a new scan target, then click
OK
to close the dialog
box.
Remove scan targets.
Select one of the listed scan targets, then click
Remove
to delete it.