System Diagnostics; Mcafee Virusscan - Acer Power 2100 User Manual

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System Diagnostics

The System Diagnostics program allows you to test individual components and verify system integrity. It is also a
valuable tool for quickly identifying problems and solutions. This reduces support costs by minimizing time spent
on troubleshooting the system components.
To invoke the system diagnostics program:
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Follow the Acer CPR procedure to start Acer CPR.
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From the Acer CPR screen, click on the Diagnostics button.
automatically test the system components.
5.7 McAfee
McAfee VirusScan is an advanced desktop anti-virus solution. Once installed, VirusScan protects your system
from virus activity. If a virus is detected, VirusScan can attempt to remove it from the infected file, move the file
to a quarantine location, or delete the infected file. VirusScan helps protect one of your most important assets 
the information on your computer.
VirusScan should also be considered as an important element of a comprehensive, overall manageability solution
program to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership. The program should include a variety of safety measures such as
regular backups, meaningful password protection, training, and awareness.
McAfee VirusScan performs the following:
• Scans all subsystem areas  including floppies, boot sectors, file allocation and partition tables, folders, files,
and compressed files  to provide extensive security.
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Accurately cleans most virus infections from files, master boot sectors, partition tables, and memory.
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On-access scanning technology captures viruses on disk access, file copying, file creation, file renaming,
program execution, system startup, and system shut down.
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On-demand scanning provides for user-initiated detection of known boot, file, multi-partite, stealth, encrypted,
and polymorphic viruses located within files, drives, and diskettes.
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VirusScan
The diagnostics software will start to
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