Setting a scan schedule

Scheduled scans are a necessary part of ensuring the continuous health of your PC. On a regular basis, they thoroughly check your PC for viruses and other threats.

By default, McAfee performs a scheduled scan at 4:00 A.M. once a week, but you can modify the schedule to fit your needs. An option to use a minimal amount of your PC's processing power is enabled by default, but you can disable it to increase the speed of the scheduled scan. Another option allows you to conserve battery power if your PC is not plugged in at the time of a scheduled scan.

A scheduled scan thoroughly checks all drives on your PC.

Tasks

•	Schedule automatic scans A scheduled scan checks your PC for viruses and other threats on a regular basis. Scheduled scans are essential to ensuring the continuous health of your PC. By default, McAfee performs a scheduled scan once a week, but you can modify the schedule to fit your needs.
•	Turn off scheduled scanning Occasionally you might want to turn off scheduled scanning, perhaps to free up your PC's system resources. However, turning off scheduled scanning can leave your PC exposed to threats. If you turn off scheduled scanning, we recommend that you turn it back on as soon as possible.
•	Turn on scheduled scanning Turn on scheduled scanning to ensure the continued security of your PC, and to reduce the need for manual scans.