McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 now contains Web Security Advisor, a new feature that displays safety ratings alongside your search results.
If a website is marked unsafe, you can navigate away or simply not visit the affected website to avoid potential security problems.
McAfee VirusScan Plus takes the worry of essential PC protection. Just install, and forget and you are protected from all online threats.
Description
Using McAfee SiteAdvisor is easy: every time you perform a Google or Yahoo search, a small safety ranking is displayed alongside your search results. To get more information about the dangers residing on a website, simply hover your mouse cursor over the rating.
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 now includes the new feature called QuickScan, that identifies the regions of your system that are most vulnerable to attacks, and scans them first omitting other files that are potentially safe.
Installation of McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 is quick and easy. Upon installation, the programme will scan disk and remove any existing malicious software and viruses before it proceeds. Some malware may attempt to prevent antivirus software from being installed on a system. Luckily, McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 uses advanced techniques to workaround this.
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 includes two-way Firewall Protection that stops illegitimate traffic and hackers attempting to break into your computer. It also contains advanced antivirus, antispyware, and antiphishing features.
Usage of McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 is easy even for novice users. The main window called McAfee SecurityCenter provides an overview over all features you can customise.
Another useful tools are McAfee SystemGuards, Stealth Mode that makes your PC invisible to hackers and Shredder that enables you to irrecoverably remove any confidential files from your computer.
Key Features
McAfee Virus Scan Key Features:
- Blocks, and removes viruses, spyware and adware
- The QuickScan feature runs scans in the most sensitive areas of the system
- Includes anti-phishing features that block phishing, fake websites
- Includes bidirectional firewall
- Contains McAfee SiteAdvisor, that displays warnings alongside unsafe sites
System Requirements
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 System Requirements:
- Requires one of the following operating systems:
Windows Vista (both 32 and 64-bit versions supported) / Vista with SP1 or newer, Windows XP 32-bit with SP1 or newer, Windows 2000 32-bi) with SP4 - At least 256 MB RAM
- 75 MB HDD freespace
- Working Internet connection
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer or compatible Web browser
- Following email clients are supported for email scanning:
Mozilla Thunderbird, Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Eudora, Netscape, IncrediMail
