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Chapter 7: Your new eMachines computer may have the McAfee SecurityCenter installed. The McAfee SecurityCenter includes the following components: • McAfee VirusScan is an anti-virus subscription service. You can use VirusScan to protect your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and hybrid attacks. • McAfee Personal Firewall blocks unwanted inbound and outbound Internet traffic to prevent hacker attacks. • McAfee Privacy Service protects against online identity theft by blocking the transmission of personally identifiable information. This service also filters offensive online content (including pop-ups, ads, and web-bugs) and monitors, controls, and logs where children surf. • McAfee Spamkiller prevents identified spam from reaching your e-mail inbox and protects you against known Phishing scams. Help For more information about protecting your computer against viruses, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword viruses in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Using McAfee SecurityCenter Scanning for and removing viruses To scan for and remove viruses: 1 Click Start, All Programs, McAfee, then click McAfee SecurityCenter. McAfee SecurityCenter opens. 2 Click Scan. McAfee scans your computer for viruses and automatically removes any that it finds. When McAfee is finished scanning, the program displays a summary of the items detected and removed from your computer. 76

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Chapter 7:
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Your new eMachines computer may have the McAfee SecurityCenter installed. The
McAfee SecurityCenter includes the following components:
•
McAfee VirusScan
is an anti-virus subscription service. You can use VirusScan to
protect your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and hybrid attacks.
•
McAfee Personal Firewall
blocks unwanted inbound and outbound Internet
traffic to prevent hacker attacks.
•
McAfee Privacy Service
protects against online identity theft by blocking the
transmission of personally identifiable information. This service also filters
offensive online content (including pop-ups, ads, and web-bugs) and monitors,
controls, and logs where children surf.
•
McAfee Spamkiller
prevents identified spam from reaching your e-mail inbox
and protects you against known
Phishing
scams.
Using McAfee SecurityCenter
Scanning for and removing viruses
To scan for and remove viruses:
1
Click Start, All Programs, McAfee, then click McAfee SecurityCenter. McAfee
SecurityCenter opens.
2
Click Scan. McAfee scans your computer for viruses and automatically removes
any that it finds. When McAfee is finished scanning, the program displays a
summary of the items detected and removed from your computer.
Help
For more information about protecting your computer against viruses,
click
Start
, then click
Help and Support
. Type the keyword
viruses
in the
Search
Help
box, then press E
NTER
.