McAfee Antivirus Review

McAfee Antivirus VirusScan Online

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Pros - McAfee Antivirus:

A great product with great virus detection
Very easy to install
Simplified features
Easier to use than most other antivirus applications
Virus definition files are often updated, which means you're better protected
Detects and removes viruses inside zip files

Cons - McAfee Antivirus:

Doesn't scan email streams (POP3, SMTP)
Slow on full scan

Major flaws - McAfee Antivirus:

Limited support for common archive formats

Email clients supported - McAfee Antivirus:

None listed

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Review - McAfee AntiVirus

VirusScan Online is an online subscription service which protects against viruses, worms, trojan horses, malicious scripts, and hybrid attacks. This means you don't actually buy the program, you only buy a subscription service. The software itself is free. The new version also supports offline scanning and you can now use VirusScan Online without a connection to the Internet. (Previous versions required you to be connected to the website).

The user interface is excellent, and requires little user attention. Virus detection is also good, however McAfee VirusScanOnline should have included support for additional archive formats.

VirusScan Online are not upgrades from McAfee VirusScan v4.x, 5.x, or 6.x. If you have McAfee VirusScan on your computer, you must remove it for VirusScan Online to run flawlessly.

Both Norton Anti-Virus and McAfee VirusScan Online checks for new updates by default every fourth hour. However, while Norton usually only updates their virus definition files weekly, McAfee VirusScan Online does so more frequently. VirusScan Online uses more than 8,000 Akamai servers worldwide to ensure you have the latest updates and upgrades, even during virus outbreaks

Our verdict: Simple, reliable, and easy to use. Once again it is proven that less is more. But be aware, you are not as protected using McAfee VirusScan Online as you would be using some of the other programs on our recommended list.

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Other reviews - McAfee AntiVirus

VUNET Network
March, 2002
No rating used

McAfee is well known for its antivirus (AV) product, VirusScan, which enjoys Level 1 Checkmark accreditation from AV testing specialists West Coast Labs. This means it can detect all viruses known to be in the wild. Virusscan Online uses the same AV engine, but has a simplified front end. The program offers a background check of incoming and outgoing traffic, plus an on-demand scan facility. ... VirusScan Online is an unobtrusive application that gets on with its crucial job with a minimum of fuss.
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ConsumerGuide
Editors rating: Recommended

Given that the vast majority of computer viruses propagate themselves across the Internet, it only makes sense that, sooner or later, someone would come up with an Internet-based method to guard against virus infection. McAfee.com, long a leader in anti-virus software, is the logical candidate to have done so.
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