McAfee Virus Scan

Hello, All!

I find McAfee Virus Scan and all their security programs to work pretty well and I am not interested in discussing relative merits of competitors at this point.

However, a computer scan at the default scheduled time of 8:00 AM Friday is unsuitable for me since I usually check my e-mail then. It's not that I can't use Outlook Express but the concurrent McAfee scan slows things down.

I did find out how to turn off the scan from McAfee but the information on changing the schedule is inaccurate and hard to understand. I will now post a route that works for me in the hope that others might find it useful. As always, suggestions for better, well-read news groups will be appreciated.


McAfee Scheduled Scan



Setting time



Right click M

Open Security Center

? Scan

? Configure

? Computer and Files

? Advanced

? Scheduled Scan



If the schedule is Reset, the annoying 8AM Friday will be set.



James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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