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McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 1-User [OLD VERSION]
Essential Easy-to-Use PC Protection with PowerfulWeb Site Safety AdvisorProduct InformationWith the daily emergence of new and more sophisticated Internet threats that could disrupt your digital life you need more than a simple anti-virus program toprotect yourself your computer and your identity. You need McAfee VirusScan Plus2009 - the essential feature-rich and simple-to-use security software.  The McAfee Advantage - McAfee’s security products useaward-winning technology are easy to install and come with unlimited email andchat assistance. With continuous and automatic updates McAfee helps ensure thatyou are running the most current security to combat the ever-evolving Internetthreats for the duration of your subscription.New Features QuickScan: Checks for threats in the areas of your computer that are most often attacked Simplified Set-up: Installation is now easier and faster with improved detection and with removal of malware that tries to halt the set-up Friendly Alerts: Provides you with easy to understand alerts regarding your protectionProduct Features Two-way Firewall Protection: Confidently use the Internet 24/7 knowing hackers can’t get access to your PCs Anti-virus/Anti-spyware: Detects blocks and removes viruses spyware and adware Anti-phishing: Alerts you to Web sites that may try to steal your identity McAfee SiteAdvisor: Warns with color-coded ratings about unsafe Web sites McAfee SecurityCenter: Provides an easy-to-read security status screen and puts you in control with fully customizable options McAfee SystemGuards: Warns you when your computer shows specific behaviors that may signal virus spyware or hacker activity Stealth Mode: Makes your computer invisible to intruders from the Internet Shredder: Allows you to effectively remove any and all traces of conf
Product Feature: - QuickScan--Checks for threats in the areas of your computer that are most often attacked
- Anti-virus/Anti-spyware--Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, and adware
- Anti-phishing--Alerts you to web sites that may try to steal your identity
- 2-way Firewall Protection
- SiteAdvisor--Warns about unsafe web sites
publisher: McAfee
Real User Review: Name: John Harrison Location: Ohio Review Summary : Extra charge to actually remove virus. Review : I owned this piece of crap several years ago. It worked fine, till I actually got a virus. McAfee Anti-Virus wouldn't remove the virus. Tech support said they could do it over the phone, for $[...]. I uninstalled McAfee and bought Norton, which--get this--removed the virus.
Now I have a year old Dell which came it McAfee installed. Now I have another virus. And again, McAfee won't remove it. Their web site says, No, we don't remove that one. Turns out they know how to remove it, but they choose not to. To actually remove the virus, I have to buy a fancy expensive version. Silly me. I bought the kind of McAfee anti-virus software that doesn't actually remove viruses.
What a bunch of f@$*&ing cheats.
Name: fms4ju Location: NJ, USA Review Summary : Slows computer down Review : It seems like the virusscan is always performing some function behind the sceens and slows down the performance of my computer. I am thinking about switching back to Norton.
Name: Jonathan Mcneill Location: Raleigh, NC USA Review Summary : Obnoxious Review : Disclaimer: The time-limited trial came with a computer I bought. Some of the annoyances I discuss may be related to the time-limited trial.
I really hate needy programs or electronics. Constantly demanding my attention is completely inappropriate for any sort of computer program. McAfee does exactly that all the time. Some of the messages are trying to convince me to buy the program, of course, but most are demands to reboot my computer every other second due to new versions of the program. I don't know if they dumbed down the language, or if they seriously stop scanning for viruses after they download definitions, but sheesh.
With how obnoxious it is, I have no interest in buying any McAfee products.
The other annoying thing is that there is no way to unsubscribe from the e-mails they send me. At the bottom of every one is a little note saying that the e-mail isn't unsolicited, it was a condition of the agreement I signed when I installed the software. Does the non-trialware version do that? No clue.
I'm sorry, folks, but spam is spam even if you did trick me into agreeing to it.
Does it work as an anti-virus? Maybe. No real way of telling until it misses one and your computer gets hosed. Is it more annoying than most other pieces of software I come in contact with? Yeah, I think that's a reasonable assessment.
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