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- These Release Notes are for McAfee VirusScan
- v6.02 Copyright January 2002 Networks
- Associates Technology, Inc. All Rights
- Reserved. These notes are prepared by the
- McAfee Consumer Products Division, a Division
- of McAfee, a Networks Associates Company. The
- McAfee Consumer Products Division web site is
- http://www.McAfee-at-home.com.
-
- Thank you for using McAfee VirusScan. This
- Readme file contains important information
- regarding this release. We strongly recommend
- that you read the entire document.
-
- WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
-
- - NF1 New Features
- - DC1 Documentation
- - SR1 System Requirements
- - IN1 Installation
- - IN2 Testing Your New Installation
- - KN1 Known Issues
- - FQ1 Frequently Asked Questions
- - AD1 Additional Information
- - CM1 Contacting McAfee Customer Products
- Division
- - CT1 Copyright and Trademark Attributions
-
- NOTE: A unique identifying code precedes
- each heading in this file. To jump
- to a particular heading within the
- file, copy the three-character
- code--NA1, for example--from the
- list above into your text editor's
- "Find" dialog box, or equivalent,
- then search for the identifying
- code to move directly to that
- heading.
-
- **** IMPORTANT NOTES ****
- For information on known issues, refer to the
- KN1 section. And for issues that have been
- fixed, refer to the AD1 section.
- *******
- __________________
- NF1 - NEW FEATURES
-
- - Windows XP Support
- McAfee VirusScan 6.0 adds support for
- Windows XP, Windows XP themes, and Windows
- XP Fast User Switching.
-
- - New User Interface
- VirusScan's new interface is now simpler
- than ever to use.
-
- - Integrated Firewall Solution
- McAfee VirusScan 6.0 adds McAfee Firewall
- 3.0 to safeguard your PC's connection to the
- Internet. Whether you're connected via DSL,
- cable modem, satellite, or dial-up; the
- integrated Firewall gives you the powerful
- tools you need to control the communications
- into and out of your PC. McAfee Firewall
- provides Intrusion Detection, color-coded
- and audible Firewall alerts, enhanced
- graphical display of network activity, and
- more.
-
- - Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) McAfee
- VirusScan 6.0 includes Hostile Activity
- Watch Kernel (HAWK) to constantly monitor
- for suspicious activity that may indicate a
- virus is present on your system. This may
- include the sending of an e-mail to more
- than 75% of your address book, deleting and
- renaming numerous system files, etc. By
- monitoring for these typically malicious
- activities, HAWK notifies you and lets you
- take action before damage occurs. HAWK can
- prevent viruses, worms, and Trojans from
- spreading further, while VirusScan cleans
- the virus to remove it from your computer.
-
- - Bootable CD
- The McAfee VirusScan 6.0 Installation CD is
- now a bootable emergency startup disk. If
- your computer is configured to optionally
- start using its CD-ROM drive, then you can
- use the installation CD to boot your
- computer in to a virus-free environment.
- Once loaded, you can safely scan your
- computer for viruses.
-
- - Instant Updater
- McAfee VirusScan 6.0 includes a new
- automated method of updating the virus
- definition files (DATs and engine), and
- automatically updates itself when product
- patches/fixes are available. The Instant
- Updater utility notifies you when updates
- are available and then applies them when you
- are connected to the Internet. VirusScan's
- new Instant Updater provides flexible
- options for updating whether you connect to
- the Internet periodically or you have a
- constant connection.
-
- - Wireless Device Synchronization Support
- VirusScan checks all entry points to your
- computer that now includes the
- synchronization process with your wireless
- device. Virus threats can enter your system
- when you synchronize your wireless device
- with your PC. VirusScan checks all files
- transferred from your wireless device to
- your computer and supports all popular
- brands of wireless devices including those
- running Palm OS, Pocket PC, Win CE, and
- Symbian EPOC.
-
- __________________
- DC1 - DOCUMENTATION
-
- McAfee Consumer Products Division provides each
- of its products with an extensive set of
- documentation, consisting usually of one or
- more product guides saved in Adobe Acrobat
- Portable Document Format (.PDF), and an online
- help system, whose form can vary, depending on
- the platform on which the product runs.
-
- Acrobat .PDF files are flexible online
- documents that contain hyperlinks, outlines and
- other aids for easy navigation and information
- retrieval.
-
- You can also install an Acrobat plug-in file
- that allows you to read .PDF documents from
- within your web browser while online. Copies of
- the product documentation come with the product
- CD-ROM. A copy of the free Acrobat Reader also
- comes with the product CD-ROM or is available
- from the Adobe web site at:
-
- http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
-
- Most McAfee Consumer products can include a
- documentation set drawn from these components:
-
- NOTE: Not all products will include all
- listed documents. Consult the
- User's Guide or Administrator's
- Guide that comes with your product
- for a complete list.
-
- - A printed Getting Started Guide, which
- introduces the product, provides
- installation instructions, outlines product
- features, and provides a brief overview. In
- many cases, an electronic version of this
- guide will also be available on the product
- CD-ROM or from McAfee Consumer Products
- Division FTP site in Adobe Acrobat .PDF
- format.
-
- - A User's Guide saved on the product CD-ROM
- or installed on your hard disk in Adobe
- Acrobat .PDF format. McAfee Consumer
- Products Division. User's Guides document
- all product functions extensively, and
- discuss how best to use your McAfee software
- product to accomplish your tasks.
-
- - Specialized guides. These can include
- reference guides, deployment guides,
- configuration guides, vulnerability guides
- for intrusion detection software, and other
- product-specific documentation.
-
- - An online help system. Online help gives you
- quick access to hints and tips about how to
- use your McAfee software. The format of the
- online help system for the product will
- vary; depending on which platform or
- operating system, you use to run your McAfee
- product. In most cases, the software will
- display a Help menu item or link that you
- can use to start the system.
-
- - Some products might also include
- context-sensitive online help. Right-click
- buttons, lists or other elements within
- dialog boxes to see brief, descriptive help
- topics.
-
- - A LICENSE.TXT file. This file outlines the
- terms of your license to use your Networks
- Associates product. Read it carefully. If
- you install a McAfee Consumer Products
- Division product, you agree to the license
- terms.
-
- - This file contains last-minute additions or
- changes to the documentation, lists any
- known behavior or other issues with the
- product release, and often describes new
- product features incorporated into
- incremental product updates.
-
- To ask about eligibility for updates, upgrades,
- registration, or for general questions related
- to Networks Associates products, please send
- messages to: custcare@nai.com.
- _________________________
- SR1 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- To use McAfee VirusScan you need:
-
- - Windows 95B or higher, Windows 98, Windows
- Me, Windows NT Workstation with Service Pack
- 4 or later, Windows 2000 Professional,
- Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP
- Professional.
-
- - Internet Explorer 4.01, Service Pack 2 or
- higher required for Windows 95 and Windows
- NT; IE 5.01 or later recommended.
- If you are installing your McAfee software
- using an installation CD, then a copy of
- Internet Explorer has been provided for you.
- The path to the setup program is
- <X>:\IE\Setup, where "X" is the drive letter
- designated for your computer's CD-ROM drive.
- If you obtained your McAfee software via
- download, then you can obtain Internet
- Explorer directly from Microsoft via
- download at:
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp.
-
- - 33 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space.
-
- - 32 MB of RAM.
-
- - An Intel Pentium-class or compatible
- processor rated at 100 MHz or higher.
-
- - CD-ROM drive.
-
- - To take full advantage of your McAfee
- product's Instant Updater feature, you
- should have an Internet connection, either
- through your local-area network, or via
- modem and an Internet service provider.
-
- - Wireless Device Synchronization:
-
- - PalmPilot Palm III or later
- - HotSync Manager 3.0 or later
- - Palm Desktop software
- - Windows CE/Pocket PC
- - ActiveSync 3.0
- - Symbian EPOC
- - PsiWin 2.3 or equivalent
- - For non-Psion EPOC devices û PsiWin
- 2.3/
- - EPOC Connect 5
-
- __________________
- IN1 - INSTALLATION
-
- To install McAfee VirusScan:
-
- - (1) If your computer runs Windows NT
- Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional,
- or Windows XP, log on to your system as a
- user with administrative rights. You must
- have administrative rights to install this
- software on your system.
-
- - (2) Insert the McAfee VirusScan CD into your
- computerÆs CD-ROM drive. If an the Autorun
- Installation menu does not automatically
- display, go to Step 3. Otherwise, skip to
- Step 4.
-
- - (3) Use the following procedure if the
- Autorun installation menu does not display,
- or, if you obtained your software via
- download at a McAfee web site.
-
- - From the Windows Start menu, select
- Run.
- The Run dialog box displays.
- - Type <X>:\SETUP.EXE in the Run dialog
- text box, and click OK.
- Here, <X> represents the drive letter
- for your CD-ROM drive or the path to
- the folder that contains your
- extracted VirusScan files. To search
- for the correct files on your hard
- disk or CD-ROM, click Browse.
-
- - (4) Before proceeding with the installation,
- Setup first checks to see whether your
- computer is already running the Microsoft
- Windows Installer (MSI) utility running as
- part of your system software.
-
- - If your computer runs Windows XP,
- Windows Me, or Windows 2000, MSI
- already exists on your system. If your
- computer runs an earlier Windows
- release, you may still have MSI in
- your computer if you previously
- installed other software that uses
- MSI. In either of these cases, Setup
- will display its first wizard panel
- immediately. Skip to Step 5 to
- continue.
- - If Setup does not find MSI or an
- earlier version of MSI is installed in
- your computer, it installs files
- necessary to continue the
- installation, then prompts you to
- restart your computer. Click Restart
- System. When your computer restarts,
- Setup will continue from where it left
- off.
-
- - (5) Refer to steps displayed on the
- Installation Wizard to complete your
- installation.
-
- ________________________________________
- ** Additional Installation Information**
-
- - OEM Installation:
- Use the steps below to install VirusScan.
-
- Note: These steps prevent insert disk #1
- messages from displaying.
- - Copy the VirusScan installation files
- from the installation CD to a network
- location or local hard disk.
- - Install VirusScan.
- - Delete the installation files.
- - When installing the VirusScan MSI, use
- the following command:
-
- MSIEXEC /I <Path to VirusScan MSI> /QN
- FASTOEM=1 MEDIAPACKAGEPATH=<Path to
- VirusScanMSI location>
-
- Example:
- msiexec /i d:\vsc\vscan60.msi /qn FASTOEM=1
- MEDIAPACKAGEPATH=\vsc\
-
- ******
-
- - Important Information Regarding Windows XP
- Migration:
-
- Upgrading your computer's operating system from
- any version of Windows to Windows XP causes all
- McAfee products installed before migration to
- become disabled after migration to Windows XP.
- You will be made aware of this fact as you make
- you first attempt to start a McAfee product
- (after migration) - you will be instructed to
- reinstall the product. Therefore, you will need
- to uninstall all McAfee products and reinstall
- using your installation CD or the software
- obtained from McAfee via download.
-
- ******
-
- ___________________________________
- * IN2 - TESTING YOUR INSTALLATION *
-
- The EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test File is a
- combined effort by anti-virus vendors
- throughout the world to implement one standard
- by which customers can verify their anti-virus
- installations.
-
- 1. To test your installation, copy the
- following line into its own file, then
- save the file with the name EICAR.COM.
-
- X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
-
- 2. The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.
- 3. Next, start your anti-virus software and
- allow it to scan the directory that
- contains EICAR.COM. When your software
- scans this file, it will report finding
- the EICAR test file.
-
- Note: This file is NOT A VIRUS. Delete the
- file when you have finished testing
- our installation to avoid alarming
- unsuspecting users.
- __________________
- KN1 - KNOWN ISSUES
-
- - Changing the color depth or color palette of
- your monitorÆs Display Settings to a
- 256-color mode while McAfee VirusScan
- Professional is running may cause the text
- on any VirusScan Professional window to be
- difficult to read. If this situation occurs,
- close McAfee VirusScan Professional by
- clicking the Windows close button [X].
- Restart McAfee VirusScan Professional.
-
- - If your computer is connected to the
- Internet behind a proxy server, e.g., a
- corporate proxy server or firewall, then
- Instant Updater is not able to communicate
- with McAfeeÆs updating servers to check for
- product updates. There is no work around for
- this situation.
-
- - As an on demand scan of compressed archive
- is performed - such as a self-extracting
- executable - the VirusScan scan engine
- traverses and scans all files included in
- the compressed archive. However, the
- VirusScan Summary detail reports each
- compressed archive scanned as one file
- scanned.
-
- - The McAfee software installation CD includes
- a CD version of the Emergency virus scanning
- startup disk. To successfully complete
- setup, you must remove the installation CD
- from your computer's CD-ROM drive as you are
- prompted to restart your computer.
- If the CD is not removed from the CD-ROM
- drive, you will be prompted to either boot
- the Emergency Startup disk, or to remove the
- CD from your computer's CD-ROM drive and
- press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to start your computer
- normally.
-
- - If the text displayed on the VirusScan
- Autorun image is illegible; or appears in an
- unrecognizable font, then there may be a
- problem with too many fonts installed in
- your computer.
- To install this product, from your Windows
- Desk top, right-click My Computer and select
- Browse. Locate the following program file:
- <x>:\vsc\setup.exe. Here X represents the
- drive letter of your computerÆs CD-ROM
- drive.
- Double-click setup.exe to install McAfee
- VirusScan Professional. Refer to the steps
- displayed on the Installation Wizard to
- complete your installation.
-
- - Installation of VirusScan on a computer with
- a Windows 2000 o/s and Adaptec DirectCD 4.0
- or earlier will cause your computer to enter
- an endless shut-down and re-start loop -
- immediately upon your first attempt to
- restart your computer. To prevent this
- incident from occurring, do one of the
- following:
-
- - As your computer attempts to restart,
- switch to the SAFE MODE of start-up.
- - Access the Windows control panel and
- double-click the VirusScan icon.
- - Select the Services tab and clear the
- "Load on startup" check box. Click
- OK.
- - Restart your computer normally.
- - Install Adaptec DirectCD 5.01 or
- later.
- - After you have installed DirectCD
- 5.01, access the Windows control panel
- and double-click the VirusScan icon.
- Select the Services tab and check the
- "Load on startup" check box. Click OK
- and restart your computer.
- - Install Adaptec DirectCD 5.01 or later
- before installing McAfee VirusScan.
-
- - VirusScan's VShield on-access scanner (OAS)
- by design - does not identify infected files
- compressed into zip archives until the user
- extracts the files from the archive.
-
- - Users of PSION devices upgrading their
- computer's operating system to Windows 2000
- or Windows XP require PsiWin v2.3.3 (or
- higher) to connect with their wireless
- device.
- The latest version of this software is
- available at: http://www.psion.com.
-
- - Insufficient Drive Space messages: Free
- drive space, in addition to the amount
- described under "System Requirements - MB of
- hard disk space", must be available to run
- Setup and install your McAfee product. The
- amount of additional space depends upon your
- computer's Operating System and its
- configuration. If, during setup, you receive
- an "insufficient drive space" message, exit
- setup and remove unnecessary files from your
- computer. Re-start Setup. Perform these
- steps as necessary until you do not receive
- an insufficient drive space message."
-
- - McAfee Shredder, is not able to shred folder
- entries if your computer's operating system
- is Windows XP Windows 2000, or Windows NT.
-
- - Safe & Sound is only available for Windows
- 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me. For more
- information about Safe & Sound please refer
- to on-line help or your Getting Started
- Guide.
-
- - Disk defragmentation programs move files as
- they work to maximize hard disk efficiency.
- If you have the VShield scanner; the
- VirusScan application; or another
- application active during a disk
- defragmentation operation, your
- defragmentation program might tell you that
- it cannot find the active application files.
- This is normal and does not mean that the
- files do not exist. To avoid error messages
- like this, close all open applications and
- disable the VShield scanner, then run your
- disk defragmentation operation again.
-
- - You cannot use .VSC files you created for
- use with VirusScan version 4.0.3 or earlier,
- to start scan operations with this VirusScan
- release. This VirusScan release will not
- correctly interpret all of the settings
- saved in the older .VSC file.
-
- - If you want to use the Internet Filter
- module to prevent users from accessing a web
- site, you can do so by adding its IP address
- or its URL to a list of banned sites.
- However, if your Internet access is via a
- proxy server, and you want to list the
- siteÆs IP address, you must add the IP
- address to the list of Banned URLs, rather
- than to the list of Banned IP addresses.
-
- - If you upgrade your operating system from
- Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows
- Millennium Edition to Windows 2000, your
- VirusScan software does not function
- correctly. This is because the version
- installed on your Windows system does not
- include files that are required for use in a
- Windows NT environment such as Windows 2000.
- We recommend that you uninstall the
- VirusScan software from your Windows 95 or
- Windows 98 system before upgrading to
- Windows 2000. When Windows 2000 has been
- installed, reinstall the VirusScan program.
-
- - If you update your .DAT files from a UNC
- shared folder on a Windows NT system, using
- an account other than the account of the
- currently logged in user, the Windows
- operating system allows that UNC shared
- folder to be accessible to the currently
- logged on user until the computer is
- rebooted. In order to improve the security
- of the UNC shared folder, McAfee recommends
- that you designate it "Read only."
-
- - The Restore System functionality in Windows
- Millennium Edition preserves all deleted
- files. As a result, if you select "Delete"
- as the scannerÆs response to detecting an
- infection, the file is not actually deleted,
- but moved to the RESTORE folder, from which
- the VirusScan software cannot delete it.
- Microsoft refers to this condition in an
- article located at the following URL:
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/4/55.ASP.
-
- - In order to avoid repeated detection of an
- infected file that cannot be deleted, the
- on-demand scanner excludes the RESTORE
- folder from scanning activities, by default.
- (You can remove that exclusion.) However,
- the on-access scanner does not exclude the
- RESTORE folder. If on-access scanning is
- enabled, and you use the Restore System
- function, any infection in the RESTORE
- folder will be detected.
-
- - VirusScan 6.0 does not support scanning of
- e-mail received via CC:Mail.
-
- - Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5 or
- later creates a zero-byte file corresponding
- to any file you are downloading from the
- Internet. If you have enabled the Download
- Scan module, and the file you are
- downloading is infected, VirusScan deletes
- the file from the temporary folder where it
- placed it for examination. However, because
- it is holding a zero-byte file, Internet
- Explorer reports that the file has been
- downloaded, even though VirusScan has
- already deleted it.
-
- - The VirusScan Installer includes an
- UnInstaller function that removes previously
- installed anti-virus software, including
- McAfee VirusScan v5.1, and other anti-virus
- software products produced by McAfee and
- most other major manufacturers. When the
- UnInstaller removes some anti-virus software
- programs, it may trigger the reinstallation
- process native to those programs. As a
- result:
- - Rebooting may occur without warning.
- - The previously installed anti-virus
- software may generate messages while
- they are being uninstall by the
- VirusScan installer. Consult the
- documentation for the previously
- installed to determine what effect, if
- any will result from accepting or
- ignoring these messages.
- - In the unusual situation where the
- previous installation was a McAfee
- retail anti-virus product, such as
- VirusScan v5, the reinstallation may
- generate a Dr Watson, or simply fail.
- McAfee recommends that previously
- installed retail versions be removed
- using the Windows Add/Remove Programs
- feature before installing VirusScan.
-
- - The on-access scanner may time-out while
- scanning a file on a drive that is mapped to
- a Novell NetWare volume, if the client is
- running Microsoft Windows NT, and is using
- Novell NetWare client 4.8. McAfee recommends
- that you not attempt to scan network drives
- from a Windows NT workstation that is
- running that version of the Novell client.
-
- - If you use Novell Client32 on your system
- for access to Novell NetWare servers, McAfee
- recommends that you reboot your system after
- you install VirusScan software in order to
- activate all VirusScan components with
- proper access to Novell NetWare servers.
-
- - Scheduled on-demand tasks cannot run on
- Windows NT systems unless a user is logged
- on at the time that the task is scheduled to
- run.
-
- - When multiple users are used in a WinXP, 2K,
- or NT system, the user has the ability to
- secure folders located on an NTFS-formatted
- drive. These secured folders cannot be
- scanned by any user other than its owner, or
- those authorized by the owner, with VSC. To
- scan these folders, the owner or authorized
- user of the folder, must log on and execute
- the scan.
-
- ______________________________
- FQ1 - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
-
- Regularly updated lists of frequently asked
- questions about McAfee products are also
- available on the Networks Associates web site,
- on CompuServe, and on America Online.
-
- Q: I am installing new software on my computer,
- and the manual recommends disabling any
- anti-virus software. How do I disable the
- VShield scanner without uninstalling it?
-
- A: If you are running the VirusScan software on
- a Windows NT Workstation v4.0 or Windows 2000
- Professional system, you must first log into
- your system with administrative rights, then
- follow the steps outlined below in order to
- disable the VShield scanner. If you are running
- the software on a Windows 95 or Windows 98
- system, you can follow these steps
- immediately:
-
- - Right-click the VShield icon located
- in your system tray next to the system
- clock, then choose exit from the
- shortcut menu. You will be prompted to
- load VShield. Click Yes.
- - After you install your new software,
- you can reactivate the VShield scanner
- by double-clicking the VirusScan
- Central shortcut on your desktop, or
- from the Windows Start menu select
- Start > Programs > McAfee > McAfee
- VirusScan. When you are prompted to
- load VShield, click Yes.
-
- Q: I've activated the VirusScan software's
- heuristic scanning option, and now it
- identifies some viruses as "unknown." Why?
-
- A: The heuristic scanning feature looks for
- "virus-like" characteristics in the files it
- scans. When it finds a sufficient number of
- these characteristics, the program concludes
- that the file is infected. This powerful
- technique allows the program to discover
- viruses that are so new that they do not yet
- have names or identities. The program will,
- however, identify viruses by name when they
- match its list of known viruses.
-
- Q: When it detects an infection in files
- compressed in .CAB or ZIP-SFX format, why
- doesn't the VirusScan program clean, delete, or
- move the files?
-
- A: Because files compressed in .CAB and ZIP-SFX
- formats can include a Microsoft Authenticode
- certificate, altering the files can render them
- unusable. To avoid this possibility, the
- program does not clean, delete, or move
- infected files compressed in .CAB or ZIP-SFX
- format. McAfee recommends that you decompress
- any infected files compressed in these formats,
- then run your scan operation again to clean the
- uncompressed files.
-
- Q: The VirusScan software detected a virus on
- my system, but it is not one of the default
- files listed in its Program Extensions dialog
- box. Therefore, I suspect it might be a false
- detection. What can I do to verify a detected
- virus?
-
- A: If you suspect a false detection on a
- non-executable file, run SCAN.EXE, the
- VirusScan command line scanner, to verify the
- infection. If the VirusScan application detects
- a virus and SCAN.EXE does not, download the
- latest .DAT file update, then scan your system
- again. If the VirusScan application still
- detects a virus that you suspect is a false
- detection, please report the issue to Networks
- Associates technical support.
-
- Q: Can I update McAfee data (.DAT) files to
- detect new viruses?
-
- A: Yes, you can use the Instant Updater utility
- by clicking the 'Update' button on the Central
- home page. This will launch the Instant Updater
- utility that will check the DAT file version
- that you are using and update them to the
- current version.
-
- You can also go to the following web site
- download the latest superDAT update utility:
-
- http://www.mcafee-at-home.com.
-
- Q: Why are additional extensions added to the
- User Specified Files list?
-
- A: As the McAfee Anti-Virus Emergency Response
- Team (AVERT) finds viruses that can infect new
- file types, it adds new extensions to the
- default extensions list to enhance security.
- For instance, new viruses can infect Microsoft
- Office binder files, so the default extensions
- list now includes the file extension for these
- binder files so that VirusScan will examine
- them for viruses.
-
- Q: I thought I could right-click Microsoft
- Office .DO?, .XL?, or .OBD files, then choose
- Scan for Viruses from a shortcut menu in order
- to start a scan operation. I have Microsoft
- Office installed, but when I try this, it
- doesn't work. Why not?
-
- A: If you installed Microsoft Office after you
- installed the VirusScan software, you might
- need to reinstall the VirusScan software to
- enable context-sensitive shortcut menus.
-
- Q: I'm running Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0,
- and the icons that tell me that the VirusScan
- application can run a scan operation from thin
- Exchange aren't showing on my toolbar. Why?
-
- A: Because of a limitation in Microsoft
- Exchange Client v5.0, the two Exchange
- On-Demand scan icons will not appear in the
- Exchange toolbar. Consult your Exchange
- documentation to learn how to place these icons
- onto the toolbar.
-
- Q: I'm running Microsoft Office 2000, and the
- VirusScan icons that let me configure and run
- scan operations aren't showing anywhere in my
- Outlook 2000 toolbar. Are they hidden?
-
- A: By default, Microsoft Office hides icons
- that you have not used in a long time. To see
- the icons, click the arrows at the far right of
- the Outlook toolbar.
-
- Q: I have a .VSC settings file I used with the
- last VirusScan version I had on my system. Can
- I still use this file with this VirusScan
- release?
-
- A: No, this VirusScan version does not
- interpret some of the settings in earlier .VSC
- file versions in the same way, so earlier files
- will not work correctly. McAfee recommends that
- you create and save your settings in a new .VSC
- file for use with this version.
-
- ____________________________
- AD1 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
- - Uninstalling AOL version 5.x or 6.x now
- completes without error when download scan
- is enabled.
- - Scheduled tasks now support unique excluded
- items per task.
- - A task can now be edited by double-clicking
- the task.
- - ScanPM.exe is a scanning tool used for
- 16-bit and 32-bit environments. It provides
- you with a full set of scanning options for
- 16-bit and 32-bit protected-mode DOS
- environments. The path to this program is:
- c:\Program Files\Common Files\Network
- Associates\VirusScan Engine\4.0.xx\ScanPM
-
- Double-click ScanPM to start the program. The
- Command Line window displays.
-
- Example 1:
- To view all options, from the command line
- enter:
- c:\progra~1\common~1\networ~1\viruss~1\4.0.xx\scanpm
- /?
-
- Please note, the "/" followed by a command
- to start a specific task. To view
- all available tasks type the
- command exactly as it appears
- above.
-
- Example 2:
- To Scan your c:\drive, from the command line
- enter:
- c:\progra~1\common~1\networ~1\viruss~1\4.0.xx\scanpm
- c:
-
- - Instant Updater is unable to determine the
- actions performed by the user after
- downloading a product upgrade. Product
- upgrades consist of patches and bug fixes,
- etc; and do not include incremental DAT's
- (virus definition files). The upgrade
- process runs using a program that applies an
- upgrade independently of McAfee's Instant
- Updater tool. As such, Instant Updater's
- summary screen displays the same result:
- "successful" message, regardless of whether
- the user completes the upgrade process or
- not.
-
- - After installing this product, the default
- updating setting for Instant Updater is Auto
- Update. Auto Update exclusively updates your
- virus signature files and virus-scanning
- engine. Instant Updater does not
- automatically upgrade your product.
-
- - The most up-to-date version of your McAfee
- VirusScan Getting Started Guide can be found
- on your Installation CD; or, after
- installing the product, under <X>:\program
- files\McAfee\McAfee VirusScan\vsc.pdf. Here
- X represents the drive letter where your
- computer's program files are installed.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the
- online version of the manual.
-
- - Scenario: An attempt to update a McAfee
- product using Instant Updater returns the
- following error message:
- "Instant Updater was unable to communicate
- with the server. Please try again later.
- (-202)."
- This message displays in response to one of
- the following events:
- - The McAfee server is busy or not
- available.
- Solution: Try again later.
- - Instant Updater was unable to
- communicate with the server due to no
- Internet connection.
- Solution: Verify your computer
- maintains an Internet connection. If
- you are not connected, reconnect and
- try again.
- - Your Internet connection's "Proxy"
- settings are not configured or are
- incorrect. Solution: Verify your Proxy
- Server settings are correct and try
- again later.
- To verify your settings, start
- Internet Explorer. From the Tools
- menu, select Internet Options. Select
- the Connections tab and click LAN
- settings. Select an appropriate
- option. If your connection requires a
- proxy server, check the "Use proxy
- server" check box and provide the
- appropriate address and port numbers
- in their corresponding text boxes.
-
- - For all Windows NT based operating systems
- Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP) if
- a virus is detected in the Windows "System
- Volume" folder, then you will not be able to
- perform cleansing actions on an infected
- file(s) unless you are logged in as a user
- with administrative rights for the
- folder/directory.
- ______________________________________________
- CM1 - CONTACTING MCAFEE CUSTOMER PRODUCTS
- DIVISION
-
- - USA Customer Service
-
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- Phone: (972) 308-9960
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-
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-
- - Technical Support
-
- For 24-hour, agent assisted support, please
- visit http://www.mcafeehelp.com. Our support
- web site offers 24-hour access to solutions to
- the most common support requests in our easy-
- to-use 3-step Answer Wizard. Additionally, you
- may use our advanced options which include a
- Keyword Search and our HelpTree which have been
- designed with the more knowledgeable user in
- mind. If a solution to your problem cannot be
- found, you may also access our 24-hour FREE
- Chat Now! and e-mail Express! options. Chat
- and E-mail will enable you to quickly reach our
- highly qualified support engineers, through the
- Internet, at no cost. Phone support
- information can also be obtained from our
- self-help web site at:
- http://www.mcafeehelp.com.
-
- Disclaimer: Time and telephone numbers are
- subject to change without prior
- notice.
-
- - Sales
-
- United States Retail (Home User) Sales -
- Phone: (801) 772-1891
-
- United Sates Corporate Sales -
- Phone: (888) VIRUS NO
-
- - FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS
-
- If you find any feature that does not appear to
- function properly on your system, or if you
- believe this application would benefit greatly
- from an enhancement, please contact the McAfee
- Consumer Products Division. Our web site is
- http://www.mcafee-at-home.com.
-
- To provide the answers you need quickly and
- efficiently, McAfee Consumer Products Division
- technical support staff needs information about
- your computer and software. Please have this
- information ready when you call or e-mail:
- - Program name and version number
- - Computer brand and model
- - Any additional hardware or peripherals
- connected to your computer
- - Operating system type and version
- numbers
- - Network name, operating system, and
- version
- - Network card installed, where
- applicable
- - Modem manufacturer, model, and
- bits-per-second rate, where
- applicable
- - Relevant browsers or applications and
- their version numbers, where
- applicable
- - How to reproduce your problem: when it
- occurs, whether you can reproduce it
- regularly, and under what conditions
- - Information needed to contact you by
- voice, fax, or e-mail
-
- - FOR PRODUCT UPGRADES
-
- In addition to McAfee Consumer Products
- Division, Networks Associates has a worldwide
- range of partnerships and reseller
- relationships with hundreds of independent
- vendors, each of which can provide you with
- consulting services, sales advice, and product
- support for Networks Associates software. To
- find a reseller near your location, see the
- RESELLER.TXT file located on your product CD-
- ROM or installed on your hard disk. For
- assistance in locating a local reseller, you
- can also contact Networks Associates Customer
- Service.
-
- - VIRUS DEFINITION RENEWAL
-
- McAfee VirusScan includes twelve (12) months of
- free virus protection updates obtained using
- Instant Updater. Renewal subscriptions are
- available at a cost of $4.95 per year. Eleven
- months after registering your McAfee product,
- Instant Updater will prompt you to renew your
- virus protection subscription. You must renew
- your subscription in order to update your virus
- protection. Your product will continue to
- function if you do not renew your
- subscription.
-
- - NETWORKS ASSOCIATES BETA SITE
-
- To test pre-release software and obtain update
- files, including virus definition (.DAT) files,
- visit the Networks Associates beta site at
- http://beta.nai.com. You will have access to
- Public Beta and External Test Areas. Your
- feedback will make a difference.
-
- - AVERT ANTI-VIRUS RESEARCH SITE
-
- To see the latest information about emerging
- virus threats, submit samples of potentially
- infected files, and download updated scanning
- engine files, EXTRA.DAT files, and similar
- anti-virus software for testing, visit the
- AVERT research site at:
- http://www.avertlabs.com.
-
- __________________________________________
- CT1 - COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK ATTRIBUTIONS
-
- - COPYRIGHT
- ⌐ 2001 Networks Associates Technology, Inc and
- its Affiliated Companies. All Rights Reserved.
- 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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- Antivirus Anyware And Design, Bomb Shelter,
- Building A World Of Trust, Certified Network
- Expert, Clean-up, Cleanup Wizard, Cloaking,
- Cnx, Cnx Certification Certified Network Expert
- And Design, Cyber, Cybermedia, Cybermedia
- UnInstaller, Data Security Letter And Design,
- Design (Logo), Design (Rabbit With Hat), Design
- (Stylized N), Disk Minder, Distributed Sniffer
- System, Distributed Sniffer System (In
- Katakana), Dr Solomon's, Dr Solomon's Label,
- Enterprise Securecast, Ez Setup, First Aid,
- Forcefield, Gauntlet, Gmt, Groupshield, Guard
- Dog, Helpdesk, Homeguard, Hunter, I C Expert,
- Isdn Tel/scope, Lan Administrature Architecture
- And Design, Langura, Languru (In Katakana),
- Lanwords, Leading Help Desk Technology, Lm1, M
- And Design, Magic Solutions, Magic University,
- Magicspy, Magictree, Magicword, Mc Afee
- Associates, Mcafee, Mcafee (In Katakana),
- Mcafee And Design, Netstalker, McAfee
- Associates, Moneymagic, More Power To You,
- Multimedia Cloaking, Mycio.com, Mycio.com
- Design (Cio Design), Mycio.com Your Chief
- Internet Officer & Design, Nai And Design,
- NetTools, Net Tools (And In Katakana),
- Netcrypto, Netoctopus, Netroom, Netscan,
- Netshield, Netstalker, Network Associates,
- Network General, Network Uptime!, Netxray,
- Notesguard, Nuts & Bolts, Oil Change, Pc Medic,
- Pc Medic 97, Pcnotary, Pgp, Pgp (Pretty Good
- Privacy), Pocketscope, Powerlogin, Powertelnet,
- Pretty Good Privacy, Primesupport, Recoverkey,
- Recoverkey - International, Registry Wizard,
- Reportmagic, Ringfence, Router Pm, Salesmagic,
- Securecast, Service Level Manager,Servicemagic,
- Smartdesk, Sniffer, Sniffer (In Hangul),
- Sniffmaster, Sniffmaster (In Hangul),
- Sniffmaster (With Katakana), Sniffnet, Stalker,
- Stalker (Stylized), Statistical Information
- Retreival (Sir), Supportmagic, Telesniffer,
- Tis, Tmach, Tmeg, Total Network Security, Total
- Network Visibility, Total Service Desk, Total
- Virus Defense, Trusted Mach, Trusted Mail,
- UnInstaller, Virex, Virus Forum, Viruscan,
- Virusscan, Vshield, Webscan, Webshield,
- Websniffer, Webstalker, Webwall, Who's Watching
- Your Network, Winguage, Your E-business
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