McAfee VirusScan 2005 [Old Version]
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Sales Rank: 6057
McAfee
Released: 2004-09-13
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Media: CD-ROM (1)
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
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McAfee VirusScan 2005 [Old Version]
- Prevents viruses when emailing, downloading and surfing
- Quickly detects and helps delete potentially unwanted applications (PUPs) like key-loggers, Web dialers, pop-ups and adware that can rob personally identifiable information or slow your Web surfing.
- VirusScan scans Instant Message attachments sent via AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Messenger.
- Whenever new viruses attack, McAfee VirusScan automatically updates itself with the latest virus definitions (DATs), silently in the background without interrupting your work.
- More efficient at handling today's larger file sizes (e.g., MP3s, digital photos), VirusScan automatically scans inbound (POP3) and outbound (SMTP) email and email attachments for most popular email clients.
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Product Description
McAfee VirusScan provides advanced, real-time protection against viruses, mass-mailing worms, Trojans, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) such as spyware, adware and dialers. It protects against the threats that originate from e-mail, instant messaging, Internet downloads, file sharing programs, and Web surfing, automatically detecting and cleaning infected files before they can attack your system. Whether you're a novice computer user or a pro, McAfee VirusScan provides the ultimate in PC protection with its award-winning threat prevention technology. Automatic and virtually effortless, the software provides a safe and worry-free online experience.
Product Details
McAfee VirusScan 2005 [Old Version]
- CD-ROM: 0 pages (2004-09-13)
- Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
- Publisher: McAfee
- Label: McAfee
- Format: CD-ROM
- Studio: McAfee
- Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews
- Sales Rank in Software: #6057
Customer Reviews
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Summary: McAfee strengths and weaknesses 2006-07-31
Comment: I have been using McAfee for a couple of years and when the Security Suite is up and running it is very good. I added Quick Clean to it and find that very useful in tuning my PC. But there is a downside - every few months McAfee tell me that one of the products - say Spam Killer - is out of date. So I go on line for "chat" which is very tedious and rarther worse than watching paint drying. Inevitably they tell you to uninstall the product and reinstall and that results in mega problems. Today after manuall uninstalling the five items in the Security Suite I found that I had compeletely lost my Outlook - all gone - personal folders - email - contacts and calendar. A real nightmare. It took many phone calls and all day to resolve. Customer support and tech support are dreadful. Virus Scan does however work well and kept all sorts of nasty stuff at bay for me.
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Summary: Don't Buy This! It's Slow, a Resource Hog & Caused both browsers to Cease Functioning! Use [free] Spybot S&D 3.1 + free Hostman 2005-12-26
Comment: Awful,Awful,Awful,Terrible, Terrible,Terrible. I should have listened to the reviewers on here! Especially when the one guy here said that Macafee IS the virus. He was right. I just could not believe it could be soooo different from the recently discontinued 4.5.1 for school/corporations [enterprise]. Boy, was i wrong! Not only does it take minutes to start up, Most of the time, after that, you can hardly even move your mouse [even though a resource meter shows hardly much usage]. What a lemon! I Tried reinstalling 2 or 3 times, rebooted 6-7x, re-updated 3x's etc. Error. U can't adjust anything or uninstall its addware in 1 step & it doesn't tell u what it's doing. U cannot remove it's adware in 1 step. Never detected anything- or didn't tell me?! Try free sharewares: Spybot 3.1 Search&destroy, maybe add Hostman + a firewall. Goin' maybe 4 Panda. This or nothin? Gimme nothing.
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Summary: Now this is ONE McAfee product I like ! 2005-09-20
Comment: I have broadband and teenagers at home. My PC's were plagued with trojans and Viruses. I was formatting and re-building every 6 months. I installed McAfee Virusscan in April 2005 and have not had a SINGLE trojen or virus infect my 2 PCs. McAfee security center is constantly popping up (5 seconds) and telling me it has quarantined or deleted such and such program. . . a known virus or trojan. The pop up alerts are a small price to pay for a clean machine. I recommend McAfee Virusscan (but NOT the spamkiller combo pack. SK is a whole other ugly story !)
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Summary: Not the best 2005-09-05
Comment: I had the new Windows 2000 virus on my computer and this program could not detect it. I recommend PC Security Shield. It is much less expensive and comes with a firewall and anti spyware. A computer repairman said he does not recommend McAfee or Norton.
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Summary: McAfee-No stars...defective product...no support!! 2005-08-14
Comment: Installed McAfee VS 2005 9.0 on a perfectly good Dell 8200 Inspirion and it killed it dead. Don't buy this product...it didn't work on my PC where everything else worked fine. McAfee offers no warranty support and couldn't care less about customers. Stay away, very far away.