McAfee MIS80E001RAI User Guide - Page 20

To test Scan, List of Detected Files

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McAfee VirusScan c Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under Download, you will see these links: eicar.com contains a line of text that VirusScan will detect as a virus. eicar.com.txt (optional) is the same file, but with a different file name, for those users who have difficulty downloading the first link. Simply rename the file "eicar.com" after you download it. eicar_com.zip is a copy of the test virus inside a .ZIP compressed file (a WinZip™ file archive). eicarcom2.zip is a copy of the test virus inside a .ZIP compressed file, which itself is inside a .ZIP compressed file. d Click each link to download its file. For each one, a File Download dialog box appears. e Click Save, click the Create New Folder button, then rename the folder VSO Scan Folder. f Double-click VSO Scan Folder, then click Save again in each Save As dialog box. 3 When you are finished downloading the files, close Internet Explorer. 4 Enable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to VirusScan, then click Enable. To test Scan: 1 Right-click the McAfee icon, point to VirusScan, then click Scan. 2 Using the directory tree in the left pane of the dialog box, go to the VSO Scan Folder where you saved the files: a Click the + sign next to the C drive icon. b Click the VSO Scan Folder to highlight it (do not click the + sign next to it). This tells Scan to check only that folder. You can also put the files in random locations on your hard drive for a more convincing demonstration of Scan's abilities. 3 In the Scan Options area of the Scan dialog box, ensure that all options are selected. 4 Click Scan on the lower right of the dialog box. VirusScan scans the VSO Scan Folder. The EICAR test files that you saved to that folder appear in the List of Detected Files. If so, Scan is working properly. You can try to delete or quarantine detected files to see how Scan handles possible threats. See Understanding threat detections on page 40 for details. 20 McAfee® Internet Security Suite®software

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McAfee VirusScan
20
McAfee
®
Internet Security Suite
®
software
c
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under
Download
, you will see these links:
d
Click each link to download its file. For each one, a
File Download
dialog
box appears.
e
Click
Save
, click the
Create New Folder
button, then rename the folder
VSO
Scan Folder
.
f
Double-click
VSO Scan Folder
, then click
Save
again in each
Save As
dialog
box.
3
When you are finished downloading the files, close Internet Explorer.
4
Enable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, then
click
Enable
.
To test Scan:
1
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
VirusScan
, then click
Scan
.
2
Using the directory tree in the left pane of the dialog box, go to the
VSO Scan
Folder
where you saved the files:
a
Click the
+
sign next to the C drive icon.
b
Click the
VSO Scan Folder
to highlight it (do not click the
+
sign next to it).
This tells Scan to check only that folder. You can also put the files in
random locations on your hard drive for a more convincing demonstration
of Scan’s abilities.
3
In the
Scan Options
area of the
Scan
dialog box, ensure that all options are
selected.
4
Click
Scan
on the lower right of the dialog box.
VirusScan scans the
VSO Scan Folder
. The EICAR test files that you saved to
that folder appear in the
List of Detected Files
. If so, Scan is working properly.
You can try to delete or quarantine detected files to see how Scan handles possible
threats. See
Understanding threat detections
on page 40
for details.
eicar.com
contains a line of text that VirusScan will detect as a virus.
eicar.com.txt
(optional) is the same file, but with a different file name, for
those users who have difficulty downloading the first link. Simply
rename the file “eicar.com” after you download it.
eicar_com.zip
is a copy of the test virus inside a .
ZIP
compressed file (a
WinZip
file archive).
eicarcom2.zip
is a copy of the test virus inside a .
ZIP
compressed file,
which itself is inside a .
ZIP
compressed file.