McAfee VirusScan

Bowling Green State University has a site license agreement with Network Associates Technology, Inc., the company which makes McAfee VirusScan, which makes the Enterprise version of this software available to all students who attend the university.

Contents 1 Downloading McAfee VirusScan 8.0i 2 Installing McAfee VirusScan 3 Updating McAfee VirusScan 3.1 Automatically Updating 3.2 Updating Manually 4 Using McAfee VirusScan 5 After Scanning for Viruses

Downloading McAfee VirusScan 8.0i

The installation program for McAfee VirusScan can be found on the Residential Resource Disc, which is passed out to students either at Orientation and Registration or at the beginning of the school year.

To get McAfee VirusScan on campus, visit http://software.bgsu.edu/pcapps.htm#Unkeyed_Applications, click on the link titled "McAfee VirusScan 8.0i", and run the installer to begin the installation process.

Installing McAfee VirusScan

Note: These instructions are for installing McAfee VirusScan 8.0 on a Windows XP or Windows 2000 system. Information about Vista machines will be available soon.

See the Installing McAfee VirusScan page for instructions for installing McAfee on your computer.

Updating McAfee VirusScan

Automatically Updating

The university's version of McAfee is designed to automatically update its virus definitions for you. The program has already been configured to update when the following occur:

1. It is 3:00 AM
2. You logon/startup your computer
3. The computer has been idle for 30 minutes or more

You can verify the success of these updates in the VirusScan Console window under the "Last Result" column. These settings are designed to make sure your computer is protected against the latest malware.

Updating Manually

To update McAfee VirusScan, there are two ways to do it.

• Update McAfee from the taskbar
  1. Right-click on the McAfee VirusScan shield in the taskbar, typically located in the lower right part of the screen. When you hover over the shield, it will usually say "VirusScan On-Access Scan is enabled/disabled".
  2. Select "Update Now...".
     

     

     How to force McAfee to update.
     
     
  3. McAfee's AutoUpdate window will appear and then automatically close when it is done.
     

     

     McAfee has updated and will close in 24 seconds.
     
     
• Update McAfee via an updater file
  1. Visit http://software.bgsu.edu/pcapps.htm#Unkeyed_Applications
  2. Click the link titled "Latest McAfee VirusScan DAT file". Download the file to your computer.
  3. Run the file you just downloaded.

Using McAfee VirusScan

To run a scan of your computer, do the following:

1. Right click on the McAfee VirusScan shield icon in the taskbar. Select VirusScan Console....
2. Select Scan All Fixed Disks.
3. Click on the start button (green triangle pointing right) at the top left corner of the window to run the scan.

This scan will typically take 15 to 30 minutes to run.

After Scanning for Viruses

If any files were found, select all infected files you want to remove the viruses from, right click, and select the Clean option. Continue until all files have are clean and all viruses are removed.

Another option is to move the file to a directory created by McAfee VirusScan called quarantine, and any files placed here are prevented from running in most cases.

You can also delete the files, but some viruses may infect files important to the operation of your computer, and deleting these files may cause it to work improperly.

If the files cannot be cleaned, moved, or deleted, or you require further assistance, please contact Residential Computing Connection.