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Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks • AutoUpgrade. This task allows you to schedule automatic program upgrades for VirusScan software These upgrades can consist of new scan engine files or other file upgrades. To get it to upgrade your files, you must configure this task to connect to a local network server or FTP site that you designate, then you must schedule and activate it. You may not rename or delete this task, but you can enable and disable it, schedule it, configure it, and protect its settings with a password. To learn how to schedule and enable this task, see "Enabling tasks" on page 204. To learn how to configure this task to suit your needs, see Chapter 7, "Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software." • AutoUpdate. This task allows you to schedule automatic virus definition (.DAT) file updates. To get it to do so, you must configure the task to connect to a server or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site that you designate. The task comes configured to connect to a McAfee server, but you may also set it to download files internally. You must also schedule and activate the task to get it to update your files. In other respects, this task closely resembles the AutoUpgrade task. To learn how to schedule and enable this task, see "Enabling tasks" on page 204. To learn how to configure this task to suit your needs, see Chapter 7, "Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software." • Scan My Computer. This task runs a baseline scan operation on all hard disks and other drives connected to your computer, along with your RAM and hard disk or floppy disk boot sectors. You may not rename or delete this task, but you can modify its configuration it, schedule it, see statistics from its most recent scan operation, and protect its settings with a password. You must activate this task to get it to run, but you can run it in its default configuration for nearly comprehensive protection. • Scan Drive 'C'. This task runs a baseline scan operation on your computer's C: drive. Otherwise, it closely resembles the Scan My Computer task. Both the Scan My Computer and Scan Drive 'C' tasks require the VirusScan application to run. To learn how to configure the application for use with the VirusScan Console, see "Configuring VirusScan application options" on page 208. User's Guide 197