McAfee VirusScan Console Evaluation 4.01 ======================================== VirusScan for Windows 95 and Windows 98 consists of a Launcher screen that provides access to the program’s three major components: VirusScan, VShield, and Scheduler, as well as its three utility tools: Submit to McAfee, Emergency Disk and Virus Info. The functions of each are described below, in general terms, with links to more detailed topics. Typical users will not need to refer to the executable (.exe) files that run or control configuration of each component. The information is provided here for clarification and reference. VirusScan CentralLauncher(VScan40.exe) Launch program components and utilities Provides access to program components:§ Opens VirusScan, VShield, Scheduler and Toolbox. Displays useful information about the status and configuration of the program’s elements. Click to view Launcher VirusScan(scan32.exe). On-demand scans of files and disks. For information about on-demand E-mail scanning, see Perform an On-Demand E-mail Scan.Scans whenever you want: any set of files on a local or network drive.§ boot records, boot sectors, and system files viruses automatically when you turn on or reset your PC. Click to view Virus Scan interface VShield(vsconfig.exe). On-access scans. Automatically scans when you: run, create; copy or rename a file on a local or network drive. access floppy disks or shut down your system while a diskette is in the floppy disk drive. receive an e-mail message that includes an attachment. (See Perform an On-Demand E-mail Scan for information about on-demand scanning of e-mail.)§ download a file from the Internet visit web pages that have Java or ActiveX objects. Click to view VShield interface VirusScanScheduler(avconsol.exe) On-schedule scans. Scans local or network drives automatically, based on a schedule you define. Click to view Scheduler interface Submit to McAfee(SendVir.exe) Submit new or unidentified viruses for analysis If you have found what you suspect to be a new or unidentified virus, send the infected file to McAfee Labs Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team for analysis Emergency Disk(edisk.exe)Make an Emergency Disk Creates a disk that scans your system, allowing you to identify viruses found in memory. Virus Info(Virlist32.exe) View current information about viruses Connects to the Network Associates Virus Information and Technical Documentation Library website, if you have an Internet browser and connectivity. Other important features include the ability to: - use SecureCast push technology to facilitate updating your virus definition files as new viruses are identified, and upgrading your virus identification engine as changes are made to the VirusScan software. - password protect your program settings. - detect all known virus-types, including boot, file, mutating, polymorphic , macro, stealth, trojan , and encrypted viruses. - perform Heuristic Scanning to evaluate the probability that a Microsoft Office macro is a virus or that a program file is a virus. - respond. automatically to virus detection. This may include alerting the user, cleaning the virus, and deleting or isolating the infected file. - scan compressed files. See Scanning Compressed Files for more information. - report virus detection and response activities. - notify others about virus detection, including co-workers, your network administrator, and e- mail correspondent. - block access to specified websites. - identify viruses with pinpoint accuracy, using Network Associates Code Trace™, Code Poly™, and Code Matrix™ technologies.