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McAfee®Total Protection Quick-Start Guide
Peace of Mind for Your Entire Family
McAfee Total Protection is the most comprehensive protection available offering 10-in-1
protection from PC and online threats. It also includes PC and network tools, plus McAfee®
SiteAdvisor™ for safe surfing.
Total Protection can be configured and managed using McAfee®SecurityCenter™. To learn
more about how to use Total Protection, please refer to:
Getting Started
How to Access Your Product
What’s New and How to Use
Making Sure You’re Secure
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McAfee®Total Protection Quick-Start Guide
Getting Started
Your McAfee product and SecurityCenter make protecting your computer simple. Here is
more information about how to install:
Installing Your Product from a CD
Insert your product CD into your CD-
ROM drive.
The McAfee installation screen should
appear automatically. If it does not, click
Start on your Windows desktop, then
click Run. In the Run dialog box, type
D:\SETUP.EXE (where D is the letter of
your CD-ROM drive). Click OK.
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Installing Your Product from Our Web Site
Go to the McAfee web site, and click My
Account.
If prompted, enter your McAfee email
address and password, and then click
Log In to open your Account Info page.
Locate your product in the list, and click
the Download Icon.
Review and accept the EULA.
Click Download to download Download
Manager.
Follow the prompts to run Download
Manager.
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> Insert your product CD
into your CD-ROM drive.
> Open Windows Explorer:
Click Start on your Win-
dows desktop, and click
Search.
> Locate the Manuals fold-
er, and double-click the
User Guide .PDF you want
to open.
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How to Access Your Product
After installation, McAfee programs start automatically and run in the background. To open
SecurityCenter, do any of the following:
1. Double-click the Desktop Icon.
2. Click Start, select All Programs (or Programs), select McAfee, then select McAfee
SecurityCenter.
3. Double-click the Micon in the system tray, near the time display.
Once you have opened SecurityCenter, you can view your installed McAfee products by
clicking the View Details link in the lower right corner of the console. Your McAfee products
can be managed directly within SecurityCenter.

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McAfee®Total Protection Quick-Start Guide
What’s New and How to Use
Learn the best way to take advantage of McAfee’s “load and go” settings by reading more about
the features below.
McAfee® SecurityCenter™
Virus, Spyware, and Other Automatic Protection
One-Click Scan and Update Feature
Firewall Protection
PC Health and Performance
Backup & Restore
Email, IM and Spam Protection
Parental Controls
Identity Protection
McAfee®SiteAdvisor™
Wireless Protection
Network Manager
EasyNetwork (3 User)
McAfee®Shredder
What’s New: McAfee SecurityCenter
Your product plugs into the re-designed McAfee SecurityCenter, so you now have one place to
view your computer’s protection status.

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How To Use SecurityCenter
Upon installation, SecurityCenter will display a fully protected security status with a green
checkmark. If your protection status changes throughout the course of your subscription, you
will be prompted by McAfee with the recommended security actions to get your status back to
green. The three different levels of security status are provided below.
What’s New: Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and Other Protection
Your product offers the following new and improved features:
Improved scanning: faster anti-virus and anti-spyware scanning.
SystemGuards: monitors for activities that might indicate that a virus or spyware is
attempting to install on your PC.
McAfee®X-Ray for Windows: detects and removes rootkits, which are designed to
hide from Windows and make it easy for spyware to install on your PC without your
knowledge.
Buffer overflow protection: blocks buffer overflow attacks on your PC.
Script Scanner: blocks drive-by downloads and similar exploits from attacking your PC.
WormStopper: prevents unknown email applications from sending worms without
your knowledge.
How to Use: Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and Other Protection
Your product is pre-configured to offer ideal security protection and requires no action to
work properly. If you are an advanced user and you want to re-configure your product, please
refer to the Advanced Menu.
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What’s New: One-Click Scan and One-Click Update
Your product automatically monitors your computer for viruses, spyware, and other threats.
By default, SecurityCenter also runs a scheduled scan once a week.
How to Use: One-Click Scan and One-Click Update
If you would like to run a manual scan, click the Scan button.
When you are connected to the Internet, SecurityCenter automatically checks for updates and
upgrades and installs them automatically. If you want to check for updates manually, click the
Update button. Be sure that you are connected to the Internet before checking for updates.
What’s New: Improved Firewall Protection
Your McAfee product gives you complete inbound and outbound security that automatically
trusts known good programs and helps block known spyware, Trojans, and key loggers.
The firewall also defends against hacker probes and attacks, monitors Internet and network
activity, alerts you to hostile or suspicious events, and provides detailed information about
Internet traffic. The firewall features “Stealth Mode,” which allows you to use the Internet and
stay under the radar of hackers or anyone who might want to target you or your computer.

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How to Use Firewall Protection
The firewall protection is pre-configured and requires no action by you. If you are a
technically savvy user and want to re-configure firewall, please refer to the Advanced Menu
within SecurityCenter.
How to Use Stealth Mode
You can switch to Stealth Mode by clicking Internet & Network from the main SecurityCenter
console. Click the Configure feature, and then under Firewall protection, click Advanced.
Look for the Security Level slide. You can increase your security level depending on how
hidden you want to be. If you want to turn Stealth Mode on, move the gauge to Stealth.
What’s New: PC Health and Performance Tools
Your product includes PC health and performance tools that help optimize your PC, keeping
it clean and running smoothly. With these built-in tools, you can safely remove unnecessary
junk files and other temporary files. Also, you can use “Disk Defragmenter” to defragment
your PC and “Task Scheduler” to schedule a regular time to automatically run cleaning tasks.

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How to Use: PC Health and Performance Tools
Access these features from the Common Tasks > Maintain Computer section.
Click Maintain Computer.
You can remove accumulated junk from your computer by simply clicking Start under the
McAfee QuickClean section.

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You can start the defrag process on your hard drive by clicking the Analyze button.
While performing a disk defrag, you will see this screenshot.
After the analysis is complete, click Defragment to defrag your hard drive.
You can set an exact time and date for your computer to automatically clean your PC.

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What’s New: Back Up & Restore
This feature saves copies of your most valuable files wherever you want, encrypting and
storing your files on a CD/DVD, or USB, external, or network drive.
How to Use: Back Up & Restore
Select the Backup & Restore option under Common Tasks. Create your McAfee Backup
account, by clicking Create a McAfee Data Backup Account.
From there select the files and/or folders you wish to have backed up and select the Back Up
Now button in the upper left corner.