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Using McAfee SecurityCenter (Optional)
Acomputervirusisaprogramthatdamagescomputerlesandinformationsavedonacomputer.Acomputer
isinfectedbyanalreadyinfectedleorbyanothercomputerovertheInternet.Let’slearnhowtouseMcAfee
SecurityCenterinordertoscanandremovevirusesandtoprotectyourcomputerfromvariousthreatsontheInternet.
Before You Start!
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Thisfunctionisappliedtosomemodelsonly.
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WhenMcAfeeSecurityCenterisrunforthersttime,theRegistrationscreenappears.Registeraccordingtotheinstructionson
thescreen.YouhavetoregisterthesoftwaretoprotectthePCwiththelatestsecurityinformation.
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IfyoucannotndMcAfeeSecurityCentericonontheTaskbarorashortcuticonontheDesktop,thendoubleclickMcAfeeWeb
Essentialsiconandinstalltheprogram.
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IfyouinstallMcAfeeSecurityCenterandanotheranti-virusprogram(e.g.NortonInternetSecurity,Kaspersky,etc)onthesame
computer,yourcomputerperformancemaybecomedegraded andyourcomputermaynot beprotectedfromthreats duetoa
conictbetweentheprograms.Itishighlyrecommendedinstallingonlyonesecurityprogram.
Scanning and Curing Viruses
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ClickStart > All Programs > McAfee > McAfee
SecurityCenter.
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ClickScanfromtheleftpaneoftheprogram.
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Ifavirusisfound,removethevirusaccordingtothe
instructions on the screen.
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Ifavirusisfound,removethevirusaccordingtothe
instructionsoftheRestorationWizard.
Note
Toprotectyourselfagainstthelatestviruses,update
McAfeeSecurityCenterregularly.
ConnecttotheInternetandclickthe
Update icon
( )toupdate.