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- This section describes each of VirusScan’s windows.
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- xThe Main Window
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- The main VirusScan window is the one you will use most often. It contains
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- the main controls for the application and it displays the report generated
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- The operation of VirusScan is controlled by the buttons in the main
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- • Scan and Clean. Use the Scan button to scan the disk you selected.
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- VirusScan will check the disk for infections, but it will not try to repair
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- Use the Clean button to scan and clean the disk you selected. VirusScan
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- checks each file for infection and attempts to repair any infected files
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- For other kinds of scans, you can use the menus or command keys. The
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- Scan and clean menus are described in detail in the section titled
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- “Menus.” You can also hold down the following key or keys while clicking
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- Option key: Scan a single folder or file.
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- Command key: Quickly scan a sequence of floppies.
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- Option and command keys: Scan all mounted volumes.
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- • Cancel. This button is active during disk scans. Use it if you want to
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- cancel the scan. You can also type Command-Period or Escape to cancel a
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- Both the Scan and Clean buttons produce a detailed report in the field at
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- the bottom of the screen. When the scan is complete, you can use the
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- In addition to using the scroll bar, you can also use the up and down arrow
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- hold down the command key while pressing the up or down arrow key (or
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- use the Page Up or Page Down key on the extended keyboard). To jump to
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- the beginning or end of the report, hold down both the command and shift
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- keys while pressing the up or down arrow key (or use the Home or End
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- Several other pieces of information are displayed in the top right corner
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- The current disk name is a popup menu. You can click the disk name and
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- keep the mouse button held down to get a popup menu listing all of your
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- During a disk scan, the names of the folder and file currently being
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- scanned are displayed next to the small folder and file icons. In addition, a
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- progress bar fills to indicate the progress of the scan. The progress bar is
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- only available on full disk scans. It is not present on folder scans, file
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- scans, or scans of server disks.
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- The text summary under the progress bar shows a running total of how
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- many files have been scanned, how many infected files have been
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- xThe Help Window
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- This window displays the manual you are reading now. It is opened by the
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- “VirusScan Help” command in the Apple menu or by the Command-H
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- Use the scroll bar to scroll through the manual.
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- In addition to using the scroll bar, you can also use the up and down arrow
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- your keyboard has these keys). To scroll up or down one screen at a time,
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- use the Page Up or Page Down key on the extended keyboard). To jump to
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- the beginning or end of the manual, hold down both the command and shift
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- You can quickly jump to any section of the manual by clicking on the
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- section title in the table of contents on the right side of the window. The
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- table of contents is a scrolling menu. Click the triangles at the top and
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- bottom of the menu to scroll up or down.
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- The manual can be printed and you can save it as a text file. See the
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- VirusScan offers a method to help you quickly locate information in the
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- manual. Press Command-? (or the Help key on the extended keyboard) and
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- the cursor will turn into a question mark. Then click any object in any of
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- VirusScan’s windows or select any menu command. VirusScan will bring
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- If VirusScan issues an error message in the report, press Command-? (or
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- the Help key) and click any error message line (any line that begins with
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- If VirusScan reports that a file is infected by a virus, press Command-?
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- (or the Help key) and click the infection message in the report to get a
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- detailed description of that virus.
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- Help mode can be canceled at any time by pressing Command-Period or by
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- pressing Escape or by pressing Command-? (or the Help key) again.
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- xThe Preferences Window
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- This window lets you set various options and parameters for VirusScan. It
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- is opened by the “Preferences” command in the File menu.
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- This option tells VirusScan to beep when an infection is discovered. The
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- VirusScan can run in the background under System 7 or under System 6
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- with MultiFinder. This option specifies if you wish to be notified with an
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- alert if an infection is discovered or if VirusScan requires attention for
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- xThe About Window
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- This window presents VirusScan’s About box. It is opened by the “About
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- VirusScan” command in the Apple menu.
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