User manual MCAFEE DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5

[. . . ] Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus User's Guide Version 8. 5 COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2000 Network Associates, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of Network Associates, Inc. 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All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. [. . . ] The next sections describe each method. Method 1: Displaying the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application main window Follow these steps: 1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, then to Network Associates. The Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Classic main window appears (Figure 5-1). Figure 5-1. Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Classic window User's Guide 177 Using the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application From here, you can: · Start scanning immediately. Click Scan Now to have the application scan your system with the last configuration options you set, or with default options. Use the Classic interface for quick, uncomplicated scan operations that use default or restricted settings. To switch to the Advanced interface from there, choose Advanced from the Tools menu. Use the Advanced interface to control nearly all aspects of your scan operation. To return to the Classic interface from that point, choose Classic from the Tools menu. Specify which files you want to scan, then choose your response, reporting, alerting and exclusion options in each tabbed property page. To learn about Advanced options, see "Configuring the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Advanced interface" on page 189. Next, click the New Scan button to the right of the window--or choose Save As Default from the File menu--to save the options you choose as the default options. The new settings will govern each new scan operation you run from that point forward. You can change your options as often as you want to, then save them again this same way to replace the old options with the new ones. Choose Save Settings from the File menu to save your options to a settings file. You can use this file to run future scan operations or send it to other computers in order to control their scan operations. · View the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application activity log. Choose View Activity Log from the File menu to open the VSCLOG. TXT file in a Notepad window. · · Figure 5-2. Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Activity Log 178 Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Using the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application · Protect your settings with a password. Choose Password Protect from the Tools menu to open a dialog box you can use to lock any Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application property page. Figure 5-3. Password protection dialog box Select each property page you want to protect, then click the Password button to the right to assign a password. Choose Help Topics from the Help menu to see a list of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus help topics. [. . . ] The AutoUpdate utility will download each file it needs, in sequence, to bring the . DAT files installed on its host computer up to date. From that point forward, your network computers will install iDAT files, which will reduce your update time and the demand on your network bandwidth. Scheduling internal . DAT updates The AutoUpdate utility has a built-in scheduling feature that lets you automate the entire update process. You can schedule updates for late nights, for times when network bandwidth demand is low, or at other convenient periods. The scheduling feature also allows you to set a "randomization window" centered on the time you schedule for your update. [. . . ]