McAfee VirusScan

McAfee VirusScan is a popular antivirus program from McAfee (formerly also known as Network Associates known). VirusScan is designed for use on personal computers - for use in large enterprises VirusScan Enterprise is developed. For Mac OS X is a standalone program with the name of VirusScan for Mac was developed.

The virus scanner can not be obtained as a so called " standalone package " in the trade, but only in the McAfee VirusScan Plus package or in the McAfee Internet Security Suite.

Functionality

Add McAfee VirusScan Plus (name, version 2010: McAfee AntiVirus Plus ) next to the virus scanner itself a spyware scanner and a firewall is installed.

  • "On- access" file scanner
  • Firewall protection for incoming and outgoing connections
  • Spyware Protection
  • Daily virus definition updates
  • McAfee X - Ray Detection ( protection against rootkits)
  • McAfee SiteAdvisor - Displays safety ratings of web pages in the browser
  • McAfee System Guards - monitors your computer for activities that could be caused by virus infection or hacker attacks.

The program is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

VirusScan Enterprise

McAfee releases a virus scanner for large enterprises under the name " VirusScan Enterprise ". The scanner includes special functions for use in larger networks, especially for the management on multiple computers. It also contains a client version for use on individual computers on the network and a version for servers ( with these updates are centrally recorded in the company, as well as the configuration of each client can be changed centrally ).

VirusScan for Mac

Formerly known as Virex, the latest version was released by McAfee in November 2007.

  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
  • Universal Code: First version that runs on both platforms, so Intel and PowerPC Macs
  • On Access Scanner
  • 5300 Scanner Engine
  • Apple Mail Scanner: It also mails within the Apple Mail application will now be reviewed

History

McAfee VirusScan can look back on a long history. The virus scanner has been around since the late 1980s, at that time as a pure command line program for MS -DOS. At that time there were only a few hundred viruses and few alternative virus scanner. Accordingly, the program was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was still being distributed as shareware and was, for example, via mailboxes (BBS ) available. Except for the indication that it is an unregistered version, but there was hardly user features. In addition to this there was a separate program the " virus guard " VShield some background on-access scanner.

Criticism

In tests of Virus Bulletin is to be read from a lack of recognition rate with some known viruses. In a report by CNET VirusScan 2006 is mentioned, that the performance to be desired and a complete system scan would take a long time. PC World called as positive in McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 a good signature-based malware detection, but also criticizes existing performance problems.

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