Mcafee

McAfee VirusScan 9.0 has many features that will protect your computer and your data from threats lurking on the Internet

McAfee VirusScan 9.0 is better at detecting and deleting troublesome spyware programs as compared to last year's impressive edition, plus it's faster at scanning outbound email attachments and has retained their excellent Security Center interface.

Like NAV (Norton’s AntiVirus), VirusScan 9.0 lacks a firewall, so you could be vulnerable to some inbound hacker threats.

VirusScan isn't too much of a hog when it comes to chewing up your computer resources during system scans, so you'll still be able to use your PC as you normally would to open your programs and files, surf the Internet, etc. without a significant impact on performance.

VirusScan 8.0 users should upgrade for the improved spyware detection, while new users of McAfee VirusScan should consider including some form of firewall protection.

In an informal test, VirusScan 9.0 installed in less than 5 minutes, which is comparatively fast. However, VirusScan 9.0 didn't run a scan before or after installation, which, in other antivirus programs, typically catches viruses during setup.

This is not a major issue as you can always run a manual scan via their Security Center.

Outlook users will like the VirusScan icon that inserts itself on the standard toolbar. You can now run a quick email scan simply by clicking this icon.

Like leading competitors Norton AntiVirus and PC-cillin Internet Security, McAfee VirusScan automatically scans both inbound and outbound email.

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