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Cheap Software - McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 - 3 User [Newest Version]
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Manufacturer: McAfee
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: McAfee
EAN: 0731944568355
Feature: 3-in-1 PC protection from viruses, hackers, and spyware
Format: CD
Label: McAfee
Manufacturer: McAfee
Model: VSF08EMB3RUA
Platform: Windows 2000
Publisher: McAfee
Release Date: 2007-08-27
Studio: McAfee
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Features
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3-in-1 PC protection from viruses, hackers, and spyware
Integrated anti-virus, firewall, and anti-spyware technologies
Essential protection for surfing the Web and downloading files safely
Simplifies security with the new and improved McAfee SecurityCenter
Blocks and removes threats automatically; shields PC around the clock
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Comprehensive protection, little or no user performance impact
Comment: Here is a note before I start off on the detailed review: I noticed another review which complained about his computer being very slow after installing McAfee antivirus - even I did noticed the slowness but that was only on the second day, maybe McAfee is trying to do some additional scanning or something like that, after 1 or 2 days, the system will be normal
Antivirus software market is very mature - both the market leaders in Antivirus - McAfee and Norton/Symantec offer equally good virus updates and protection.
But there are a few factors which make McAfee stand out:
* Cost - McAfee 3 user license costs $42 compared to $85 for Symantec(atleast as of this this day)
* Comprehensive protection - McAfee protects against Spamware and Viruses
* On access scan - This is something which you will hate as well as equally like : The Antivirus will always keep running in the background and scan each and every website you visit, each and every program you run. This will slow down things a little bit, but the protection is comprehensive.
I have noticed that McShield much faster than Symantic in On-Access scanning
* Easy to share : A 3-user license is very easy to share, you get to create an online account with McAfee with which you can download the latest version of antivirus on any computer and install it
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works as advertised
Comment: McAfee has always been a good brand in my mind. I've tried a few other brands such as MS and Norton and seem to still like McAfee the best. The MS product is terrible and just slows your pc down with useless performance improvement software that they force you to have run automatically. Norton isn't bad but McAfee has been a solid brand for a long time so I stick with them.
Installation is a breeze and having the 3 license ability is nice with a multiple PC home. I would recommend this version to anyone who has multiple PC's at home and is looking for a good stable non intrusive virus product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I Can't Puttz Around. This is It. I Have Finally Found My AntiVirus Dream Program
Comment: Look, I could write a review that tries to coddle those who are having a problem with this McAfee Virus Scan program, but for me, it is like finally arriving after a sea of disappointments. (I am talking about McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008-3 User Newest Version) Make sure you remove all other antivirus programs, and firewalls first before loading this McAfee Virus application. I have never seen an antivirus program that works properly with a 2nd antivirus program loaded at the same time.
It includes a Security Center, Virus Scan, Personal Firewall, Easy Network, and Site Advisor.
First of all forgive me for writing such a long review, but there is a lot of ground to cover. For those who like the short version, with less information here it is: Norton slowed my DSL connection down by a third. I spent a day with Verizon, couldn't figure out why all of my other machines in the network were getting 756k, and this one got only 4 or 500 tops. Then I removed Norton, and bingo, instant 756k. AVG free edition is nice but takes a lot of boot up time while it updates upon every single boot up, unless you disable that feature, then it sends out your Outlook email with a message that your antivirus is out of date, and this email could be dangerous, or something like that. Zone Alarm used to be the best, now they are nearing the worst. My Windows 2000 machine went blue screen after an update, took me 2 days to figure out that was the problem, so I removed it after discovering the problem in a forum, and it solved it. Also ZA after recommending it to my friend, would not work at all in a Windows XP Media Center machine. Ask ZA and they say they no longer support it in Media Center. 50 bucks down the drain. Now it takes my XP regular edition SP2 well over 5 minutes to boot with Zone Alarm Security Suite, and I mean WELL over 5 minutes; it's ridiculous. I removed it to load this McAfee Virus Scan (MVS), and the machine immediately booted in only 2 minutes and 15 seconds to the point I was able to bring a Google page up. So I loaded this MVS and the machine booted in only 2 minutes and 45 seconds, once again to a Google page appearing. In both cases I clicked on a Google desktop icon as soon as it appeared, and then waited for the results. It clicks, goes dark blue, and waits for everything else to load, including MVS before it will allow a page to appear. So MVS took only 30 additional seconds to load, and according to Scotty the watchdog in WinPatrol, it loads about 7 .exe files. So that is fast. Now that is with a machine that is loaded up with a ton of programs.
I first loaded MVS in my home office machine, in the same network, with the same configuration, Asus A8N SLI, AMD 64 3200+, 1Gb ram. The home office machine with MVS loaded, gave me the same results but in approximately one minute before I could get a Google page up. (This is an edit, I actually timed the boot up, and not counting the time to type in my password, it booted in exactly 42 seconds) Boot up to Google in only a minute with MVS, and in 2 minutes and 45 seconds in my overloaded machine that used to take well over 5 minutes with Zone Alarm. I'm sold.
While performing a scan it did not affect the performance of the machine, either in surfing the web, or opening programs, even the intensive programs like Dreamweaver MX 2004, or Photoshop CS2.
When loading do as the quick start guide says, put in the CD, then choose the option of loading from the web. It's a 45 Meg download, but it's the latest.
Manage network feature, it recognized all of the other machines, and components with an IP address in my network. It recognized my Windows Server 2003 R2 Edition, but gave me a status message of a request to upgrade to an operating system of at least W2000 or later. I guess that is because of W2003 security, blocking scans.
Before I even acquired MVS I did not understand exactly what they meant by the 3 user allowance, and couldn't find anything on it, so I want to share that with you. Did they mean that you could load it on one machine sharing a network, and then scan individual drives across the network, the same way early ZA did, or does this mean you can put it in more than one machine for full protection at all times. Fortunately it means the latter. I loaded it in the home office machine, registering it in my name to be able to get virus updates, and created a user name and password. Then I went into the other machine, dropped in the CD, did a complete install, but when the registration page came up, I logged in instead, and it instantly completed the registration for me, reminding me of my user name and password, and congratulating me on the installation. So it is a 3 machine complete install, that is cool, or should I say way cool.
I know this isn't about MVS but I advise you to get a free copy of CCleaner from the web. (Google it.) It cleans all the junk out of your computer and you can run it quickly before entering sensitive password sites for example. It cleans out your cache, cookies, etc. in only a few seconds. When you run it for the first time, it will take several minutes to remove it all, for example a ton of web pages you have been surfing, that your machine checks first, before drawing it from the distant server. A slooooow way for your machine to have to work.
McAfee has been around for a zillion years, they have been a leader, and from the performance of this product so far, they have totally aced it. You can see all of the other antivirus and firewall programs I have tried, and this one according to boot up time, and scan speed is the best. It scanned my office machine quickly, although I did not time it accurately. It scanned several gigs of data in what seemed like 10 minutes. My other machine with 230 Gigs of data takes about 5 hours with Zone Alarm, because I am using their older 7.0 version, it took 3 times that long with their newer version that works with Vista and XP. I am using it on an XP machine. Once again, had to get rid of the update, and go back to an earlier version.
Look I can't speak for everyone, or everyone's machine, but all I know is I am totally impressed with this McAfee product, and hope and pray they don't go down the tubes like Norton, and Zone Alarm did. (I have not used any recent Norton products, but Norton was the best when Peter Norton was there solving the DOS problems, almost like a miracle man, then from about 10 years ago, everything of theirs I tried was junk.) Sorry for the pointed remarks, but sometimes you find a product, after spending years in frustration, or at least you find something that works, then it goes bad, and finally, finally, something that really works great like this MVS. For me, my hat is off to McAfee. 150 Stars and counting. Highly recommended to say the least.
PS: I noticed another reviewer was having problems logging onto online acounts, so I put it to the test, logged into my bank account, which is a 3 step process, and also my online server, and did not have any problems. If I have any, or notice anything after using this product more, I will come back and edit the review. All of the essentials place this one at the top for now.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pleasantly surprised
Comment: I have had some bad experiences with McAfee products in the past and I started examining McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 (I'll just call it VSP hereafter) with a skeptical eye. Reading the reviews of others made me uncomfortable with running this application on my system. Furthermore, I have been using another Internet security suite for quite a while now and I was loathe to uninstall it just to load up something by McAfee. I bit the bullet, however, and I can say that I have been pleasantly surprised.
Not everyone has had good fortune with this product - in fact quite a few people have horror stories to share. My experience is mostly positive and as such I have a positive spin to add to the mix.
I had absolutely no difficulty installing VSP. Installation was smooth, painless and relatively quick. Having never loaded up anything by Symantec on my computer, I did not encounter the problem of McAfee refusing to install because of remnants of Norton AV being left behind. After installing, VSP asked for the expected reboot and my system came up without too much difficulty.
My first real issue arrived after that initial reboot. Connecting to the internet, VSP immediately decided it was time to update everything. If I had a high-speed connection I wouldn't care too much, but a 50+ MB download via dial-up took a long time. In fact, it took over 2 hours. The updates are daily, and the main update - AV definitions - is also a sizable download. I can say with absolute conviction that this is NOT a good product for dial-up users.
Once all of the updates were installed, the computer rebooted and I did observe that Windows XP did come up noticeably slower, though not enough to seriously impact anything. The difference was perhaps an extra minute in boot time, which in the grand scheme of things is acceptable though some may get impatient.
I can't complain too much about the antivirus portion of VSP. Though it eats some processing cycles and runs quite slowly, it does not bring the computer to its knees and as a result I can do other things while the scan runs in the background with a minimum of impact. If you tend to run scans in the background, this is by far the most cooperative AV I have used for that specific purpose (and I have used quite a few different ones).
The SiteAdvisor is an interesting animal, and I can say I get varied results. It does not seem to impact surfing speed in my case, but it has a drastic impact on FireFox startup. Once loaded, though, the SiteAdvisor changes color when I hit a potentially dangerous site but stays green for most websites. When searching, however, it updates the links to show the perceived danger level for each site in the list. When on a site that is perceived to be a source of dangerous material, SiteAdvisor provides a detailed analysis of the site with a list of potential danger spots.
The firewall's default settings are weak and permissive, but this is something that can be remedied with a few mouse clicks... After setting the level to "Stealth" - one level above total lockdown - I went in search of firewall tests. Every test I tried showed that the firewall protected the system admirably and really hid my computer while connected to the net.
The firewall works like most others on the market. It allows you to block ports, lock down applications, and other related activities. Overall, working with this firewall is unremarkable in that it is similar to others on the market in terms of features and configuration.
I admittedly have not used the email protection features of VSP. I have a low-bandwidth email address so I do not get too many emails that contain malware. Until someone finds me and sends me something, I cannot test this easily.
A disappointment I encountered occurred with the SecurityCenter. Listed on the basic menu is Parental Controls, something I value as I have computer-savvy kids that have been taking more interest in the net. When I went to explore this feature, I found out that it is not installed and that I have to upgrade to a different application suite to get it. In my opinion this should not even be listed on the menu if it is not even available with this edition. The same holds true with the antispam component - it's not available in this edition so it should not even be mentioned in the menus.
VSP has never crashed my computer, and it hasn't broken any applications. It has not broken my connectivity and my printer still works.
I loaded up McAfee VirusScan Plus, fully expecting to add to the horror stories about it. Instead, it surprised me with a pleasant and stable experience. Because of the long update times due to being a dial-up user I will go back to my other solution, but given a broadband connection I would seriously consider leaving it on my system. It appears that maybe McAfee has learned from past mistakes and has put out a workable solution - at least from my perspective. Based on my own experience I can say this is a decent product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: McAfee > Norton
Comment: After having bad experiences with Norton AntiVirus, I was happy to go back to a computer protected by McAfee. Norton seems to offer BARE MINIMAL protection against viruses and spyware. I'd rather put my trust in McAfee. It updates regularly, and unlike "some" virus protection softwares, it doesn't insist on annoying you every time you restart your computer.
I feel protected with McAfee, and I've never had any problems while it's been on my computer. And it's nice to know you can put this software on 3 computers! I'm using it on my PC and my laptop, which is a bonus.
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Editorial Reviews:
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You love cruising and using the Internet. There are hackers out there ready to pounce on you and your computer - causing in all sorts of harm. McAfee 3-in-1 VirusScan Plus AntiVirus Firewall AntiSpyware PC Protection 2008 software is necessary to safeguard your PC from viruses, hackers, and other culprits that want to harm it and you. It offers 1-Year of protection, constantly updated, to keep your system's protection current. So cruise and use the web in comfort. Be assured that you're protected by a leader in PC and Internet security. Stops Viruses - Automatically blocks, cleans, and removes viruses so you can surf the Web safely and download files Blocks Spyware - Blocks spyware before it installs on your computer and removes existing spyware so you can surf the Web safely Stops Hackers. Protects and conceals your computer from hackers Always On and working in the background providing updates for 1 year after installation to your PC. 24/7 virus and threat protection from McAfee AVERT Labs continuously monitors worldwide virus activities and provides immediate, anti-virus protection and removal solutions Daily updates are installed automatically. When a new version of McAfee is available, you get it automatically at no charge during your subscription, ensuring that you always have up-to-date protection - for up to 1-Year (renewable) McAfee SystemGuards watches your computer for specific behaviors that may signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity SiteAdvisor adds safety ratings to sites and search engine results based on comprehensive spam, adware, and online scam safety tests Stealth mode can hide your presence on the Internet, making your computer invisible to hackers McAfee SecurityCenter makes it simple to review your computer's security status, check for updates, and fix potential security issues
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