Symantec
Antivirus Checkup
Checkpoint
1.
Determine
if your computer has Symantec Antivirus installed.
Look in the bottom
right-hand corner of your computer screen, for the Symantec Antivirus shield
icon 
, beside the digital time clock (Figure 1.).
Figure
1.
If your computer does not have this Symantec
Antivirus shield icon present please contact the Help Center at help@gsu.edu
to schedule an appointment for the Symantec Antivirus installation.
Checkpoint
2.
Check
to make sure that your Antivirus definitions are up-to-date
Look in the bottom
right-hand corner of your computer screen (see Figure 1.) for the Symantec Antivirus
shield icon
.
Double click on the
Symantec Antivirus shield icon
.
Look at the Virus
Definition File version date on the Symantec Antivirus main page. There is a
red arrow pointing to the
version date in Figure 2.
If the date stamped
is less than 14 days old, jump to Checkpoint 4.
If the date stamped
is more than 14 days old, continue to Checkpoint
3 to update your virus definitions, manually.
Figure
2.
Checkpoint
3.
Updating
virus definitions
Click the ‘LiveUpdate…’
button shown next to the Virus Definition File version in Figure 2.
Click the ‘Next’
button on the following screen (Figure 3.) to begin downloading the latest
antivirus definitions.
Figure
3.
When the download
and installation completes, click the ‘LiveUpdate…’ button again (Figure 2.)
to restart the download update process. Repeat this process until Symantec Antivirus
tells you that all of the Symantec products and components are currently up-to-date,
shown in Figure 4.
Figure
4.
Checkpoint
4.
Schedule
weekly scans of your hard drive
On the Symantec Antivirus
main screen, double-click the option for ‘Scheduled Scans’
located in the left window under the heading, “Symantec Antivirus
Corporate Edition” (see Figure 5.).
Click the underlined
link to ‘New Scheduled Scan’ (see Figure 5.)
Click the ‘Next’
button on the following screen (Figure 6.) to setup a new scheduled scan.
Figure
5.
Figure
6.
Use the options in
Figure 7. to set how often and at what time you want the computer antivirus
scan to occur. Make sure that the box beside ‘Enable Scan’ is checked.
Under the ‘Frequency’
heading (Figure 7.), select how often you would like Symantec Antivirus to run
a thorough scan of your computer files (example: Weekly).
Under the ‘When’
heading, select the day and time at which you want your scan to begin.
Please
keep in mind that your computer must be powered on during
the scheduled antivirus scan.
Click the ‘Next’
button to continue finalizing your new scheduled scan settings.
Figure
7.
Finally, place a
check in the box of the local drive(s) that you want to scan
(See Figure 8.). DO
If
you have a floppy diskette inserted in your computer’s floppy disk drive,
you can place a check in the box beside the 3 ½ Floppy drive (a:) to also
scan your floppy diskette for viruses.
When you have finished
selecting all the drives you wish to scan, click the ‘Save’ button to finalize
your settings .
Figure
8.
Checkpoint
5.
Running
a Symantec Antivirus manual scan
On the Symantec Antivirus
main screen (Figure 2.), click the [+] sign beside the ‘Scan’ option to expand
(if necessary) the manual scan options.
When the options
expand, choose either the ‘Scan a Floppy Disk’ or ‘Scan Computer’ option (see
Figure 9.).
Place a check in
the box beside the local drive(s) that you wish to scan for viruses. DO
If
you have a floppy diskette inserted in your computer’s floppy disk drive,
you can place a check in the box beside the 3 ½ Floppy drive (a:) to also
scan your floppy diskette for viruses.
Click the ‘Scan’
button to begin scanning your chosen drive(s) for viruses.
Figure
9.
Important
*If
after running a virus scan on your computer, Symantec Antivirus discovers a
virus(es) on your computer, please contact the Help Center,
immediately.
Phone:
404-651-4507 or Email: help@gsu.edu