McAfee VirusScan Installation

Introduction/Utility

McAfee Virus Scan prevents viruses from infecting your system and helps keep your personal computer secure. It is important to be able to control the communications into and out of your PC to ensure that your computer is safe. VirusScan destroys threats at all entry points to your PC and consistently monitors and stops virus-like activity from entering your computer, preventing any new threats from spreading.

WARNING: Before attempting to install this software, make sure that you are NOT already running Anti-virus software on your machine. Failure to do so may cause problems with your machine.

CURRENT MCAFEE USERS: If you are currently using the previous version of McAfee VirusScan offered by WestConn (McAfee v.10), you must uninstall BOTH McAfee VirusScan AND McAfee Security Center to install this new product.

System Requirements

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i runs on the following Windows platforms:

• Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
• Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, with Service Pack 1 or later
• Windows Vista

Installation Procedures

1. Download the McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Edition product, and save it to your hard drive. Note: A free download of the McAfee Antivirus software may be found at www.wcsu.edu/antivirus. Click on ‘PROCEED TO THE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD’ and login with your Student ID number and 6-digit Banner PIN. Complete steps 1-3 of the End User License Agreement.
2. Close all other applications.
3. If you have existing anti-virus software, you will need to uninstall it first. Go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Select your old anti-virus program and click Remove. Make sure that you restart your system before proceeding with installation (Repeat process if you need to uninstall McAfee Security Center, then restart).
4. Double click the VSE850.MSI file to launch the file (the file you just downloaded in step 1).
5. Click Next to start the installation wizard
   
   
   

1. For License expiry type, choose 1 Year Subscription from the drop down menu. Leave the country selected as United States. Read the license agreement. If you agree with the terms of the license agreement, darken the radio button for I accept the terms in the license agreement. Click OK.
   
   Note: If you decline, you will not be able to install the software and will need to get another anti-virus software.
   
   
   
   
2. Select Typical for Setup Type. VSE installs in C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\ folder by default. Click Browse to specify another folder. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
3. Select Standard Protection for access protection level. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Install to begin. Please wait while VSE installer copies files to your hard drive and updates your registry. This part takes a while. Your computer may appear to be hung. Please be patient.
   
   Once this process is completed, VirusScan Enterprise has been successfully installed. Do NOT check Update Now or Run On-Demand Scan. Click Finish.
   
   
   
   It is strongly recommended that you manually update your DAT file (if needed) and scan your hard Drive after restarting your computer. See Post Installation Instructions.
   
   At the prompt “Your computer must be restarted to load the new VSE settings”, click Yes.
   

McAfee Post Installation Instructions

10. VirusScan should load automatically at startup when you boot up Windows. Right click on the blue and red Vshield icon  in the system tray (bottom right corner of screen).
11. Choose Update Now. McAfee will automatically download and install any updates.
    
    
    
    
12. To launch the VirusScan console, right click on the blue and red Vshield icon , and choose Virus Scan Console. To perform a full system scan once in the console, right click on Full Scan and select Start.

For more information, or for technical assistance, please contact the Help Desk at (203) 837-8467.