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| MCAFEE Virus Scan 2013 |
McAfee VirusScan is an antivirus program created and maintained by McAfee Inc. (formerly known as Network Associates). McAfee markets VirusScan to home and home-office users; McAfee also develops VirusScan Enterprise for use in corporate environments. The product is not available as a standalone package, but is included in the McAfee VirusScan Plus package or as part of McAfee Internet Security Suite.McAfee also produces a similar product for Mac OS X under the name of VirusScan for Mac. Additionally, BSkyB and McAfee have produced a "Sky Broadband" branded version of VirusScan, offered free to Sky Digital customers upon broadband modem installation.
The 2010 edition of VirusScan Plus integrates antivirus, firewall and anti-spyware capabilities.
It includes, amongst other things;
- On-access file scanner (McAfee OAS)
- Inbound and outbound firewall protection
- Spyware protection
- Daily definition updates
- McAfee X-Ray rootkit detection
- McAfee SiteAdvisor - displays a safety rating for websites based on tests for evidence of spam, malware and phishing
- McAfee SystemGuards - monitors a computer for activity that may be caused by virus infection or hacker activity(discontinued: see below)
VirusScan Plus 2013 is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 only.
System Requirements:
- 1 GHz processor or higher
- 512 MB RAM or higher for Windows XP
- 1 GB RAM for Vista/Windows 7
- 500 MB of available free drive space
- Internet connection
