McAfee VirusScan: Manually Scan Your Computer
(Windows 7)
By default, the UD version of VirusScan
will automatically scan your computer
every Wednesday at about noon. If your
computer is off at that time, or if you
want to scan your computer more
frequently, follow these instructions.
Any files that can be cleaned will be
retained; any that cannot will be
deleted. If for any reason you are
unable to run a scan or if McAfee is
unable to clean or delete the
virus, scan
your computer in Safe Mode.
- Temporarily disable System Restore:
- Right-click
the Computer icon on your
desktop, and then
click Properties.
- Click System
Protection on the left side of
the window.
- Click Configure in the lower
right of the window.
- Choose Turn off system
protection.
- Click OK to close
the window.
- When prompted Are you sure
you want to turn off system
protection on this
drive? click Yes.
- Click OK.
- Run Disk Cleanup to delete your
temporary files.
- Right-click the V-shield icon in
the System Tray (in the bottom-right
corner of your screen).
- Click VirusScan Console.
- When the window Do you want to
allow the following program to make
changes to this computer? appears,
click Yes.
- Right-click Full Scan.
- Click Start.
- VirusScan will take between five
minutes and several hours to scan your
computer, depending on the amount of
data on your computer's drive(s).
VirusScan will not scan encrypted
files. You'll see the
message File not scanned
[The file is encrypted.].
- When the scan is complete, close
VirusScan.
- To be sure that your computer is
clean, restart your computer and follow
steps 2–9 to scan your computer a
second time.
- Re-enable System Restore:
- Right-click
the Computer icon on your
desktop, and then
click Properties.
- Click System
Protection on the left side of
the window.
- Click Configure in the lower
right of the screen.
- Choose Restore system
settings and previous versions of
files.
- Click OK.
- Click OK again.
Last updated 2/14/14