Steve, if you leave the options set to their defaults, Mcafee will automatically check e-mails and attachments. If, however, you want to change anything, go into the options menu of the Mcafee virus scan from the system tray ikon and change them from there. If a virus is detected during a routine scan, it is automatically cleaned, which I presume means deleted, and you'll be told at the end of the scan in the scan summary. This is my third year of using Mcafee and I have had no problems at all with it. Cheers, Sandra. ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq