What is the assigned task of McAfee security scan?

It is often observed that the user gets confuses McAfee security scan as a antivirus but it is actually not antivirus we can say it is just a scanner that helps the user in identifying that when and at which point his or her system is vulnerable to viruses and other such unwanted harmful elements and threats do not expect your McAfee security scan to remove malware, spyware and other such elements from your system that’s not its assigned task. Its only assigned duty is to warn you as to when your system is prone to dangers. McAfee Support