Virusscan Professional 7.0

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Product Details

Platform : Windows XP Professional
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 0731944515120
Manufacturer : McAfee
Product Group : Software
UPC : 731944515120

ASIN : B00006IW4Z

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.ca Product Description

Stop viruses and keep your PC safe with McAfee VirusScan Professional 7.0. When you're surfing the Internet there's more to worry about than just viruses. VirusScan includes extra firewall protection to keep your computer safe from worms, Trojan horses, as well as viruses, when you're online. It destroys threats at all entry points to your PC, including e-mail and synchronization with your PDA. It constantly monitors and stops virus-like activity on your computer to prevent any new threats from spreading.

VirusScan Professional Edition also includes quick cleanup of your PC, complete shredding for privacy, and more.

Customer Reviews

Don't even think about buying this piece of absolute junk! (2003-10-02)

Unfortunately, I get a lot of viruses sent to me by mail. I use the Eudora Light mail client. McAfee VirusScan discovers the viruses Ok, but that's unfortunately not the end of the story. For each single incoming virus, this is what happens: 1) The pop-up window that's supposed to pop up and ask me what to do, actually does exactly so, and I click either "delete" or "clean", to get rid of the virus. 2) However, McAfee VirusScan fails doing so, and the pop-up window pops up again, with fewer alternatives. 3-10) This strange procedure with something failing and a new pop-up-window popping up is repeated about 10 times (note that we're still on the same virus!). 11) McAfee VirusScan makes the mail client lose contact with the server. 12) Checking mail again, the mail containg the virus is downloaded again, since McAfee VirusScan made Eudora lost contact with the server, and the server thus tries to re-send that mail. 13) Thus, step 1-12 are repeated forever! 14) I.e. the only way to check mail, is to deliberatly TURN OFF McAfee VirusScan, check the mail, and manually delete everything that look suspicous! 14) It seems IMPOSSIBLE to get any support from McAfee: I tried to use the web form, but I didn't get an answer; I tried the web chat alternative, but was disconnected after I'd first waited 30 minutes in the queue and then had typed in the entire description of my problem. I will NEVER EVER buy any product from McAfee again, that's for sure! This is the absolutely worst piece of junk that I've ever bought.

Worst thing I have ever downloaded, no tech support! (2003-09-01)

What a waste of time & money. I downloaded & installed the product & then when I scanned my computer it said I had a few viruses, but it couldn't delete or quarantine them. Also, around this time the Mcafee icon & shortcut disappeared from my desktop. Tried the on-line support, but after waiting 1 hour gave up. Called the phone support (which costs $2.95/minute)and the technician helped me delete the viruses (very complicated & the call took 20 min); then I was going to have to reinstall Mcafee. It didn't work (& of course I was off the phone help line by then)! I spent many hours seaching the Mcafee website for helpful info and searching through my computer c drive uninstalling Mcafee so I could reinstall it. It never worked,I kept getting different error messages.. Mcafee is like a virus itself getting in and causing different system problems. I then went to on-line support where I waited 2 1/2 hours in queue until I got a technician who lead me thru a few steps & then told me to reboot (even though I told her I would loose her, she reassured me the problem would now be solved). It wasn't and she was gone! Even their credit card refund request site would not work right! I thought the problems might be specific to Windows ME system, but from the other reviews it doesn't seem to be. Worst product I have ever purchased on-line; I want back my 10 hours I spent trying to get it to work. If you are thinking of buying this product, don't, you'll be sorry! After reading the reviews of different products, I am going to get PC-cillin instead.

Mc.Afee professional 7.0 review (2003-08-25)

What can i say...i love Mc.Afee professional 7.0. It allows me to monitore all trafic in and out of my computer. The Virus Scan feature is constantly monitoring my computer for viruses and worms. Mc.Afee professional 7.0 is easy to set up and easy to use. Product upgrades are fast and walks you through the process. After you register Mc.Afee professional 7.0, you are signed up for 24/7 product updates and the best part is that it is free. I prefer it over any-other product and suggest it to anyone who wants to protect thee computer form hackers.

I RESPECT the positive reviews--but I'm going neutral... (2003-07-30)

This program works very well--it was able to detect some viruses on my computer as soon as it was installed.

It also helps greatly when downloading, as it IMMEDIATELY notifies you if you have a "worm" or other sort of virus. It has even saved me from other viruses sent to my computer over p2p software.

I have a decent knowledge of anti-virus software, but I haven't used Norton since Windows 3.11 (YES, 3.11 not 3.1) in 1994.

The software works as it's supposed to--it can scan every single file on your computer, skip certain ones if [for some reason] you want, you can query tasks, etc. It also has options like "file shredder" to totally erase data off your HD if you need that much security.

I honestly haven't tried auto-update with this version, I manually installed; but I have done auto-update with versions in the past.

The BAD is that although this program seems to use little resources--ocassionally (TWICE A DAY!) it eats up a TON of your virtual memory for no apparent reason. At first I thought it was some large files I was moving but I've done that several times after and the problem is not specific to that. This problem lasts at least 3 minutes--where your computer will slow to a crawl. CPU usage in "Task Manager" will remain low--like 10% or 12% but your "Page File" will be huge (500+ mb).

This may have something to do with the size of your page file--but that's a ridiculous glitch.

OTHERWISE the program is easy to install and maintain, it uses very little resources* except for that HUGE glitch imo. [Windows XP seems to operate at the same level as it does without the program.] The options on how to set this program up are fairly simple, e.g. "enable system scanning" to scan downloads, system files, etc.

*(The important specs--my computer has an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 256MB DDR 2100, 40GB 7200 rpm HD + 20GB 5400 rpm HD, GeForce 4 Ti4200)

***EDIT: In case anyone was confused I meant I have used McAfee in Windows 3.11 and stopped using Norton's antivirus programs at that time. I've stopped using this program, but it can come in handy when getting rid viruses.

Also I meant that I manually installed the program and disabled auto-update [for virus database files] but kept it up to date. Auto-updating in previous software seems to have worked correctly.

More like a virus than a scanner (2003-07-02)

I upgraded from 6.0 which I liked. Initially this product pops up every day with a dialog box which must then be dismissed, asking if you would like to upgrade your product. If you say yes, it takes you to a promotional page which does not actually provide upgrades. Then a couple months ago, a software upgrade included "Security Center". With this, the promotional popups grew worse. This included a "Security rating" which is nothing more than an index of how much McAffee stuff you have and NOT how secure your system really is. They make it look more "scientific" with numbers such as "5.8" if you have virus scan and not the rest, but this is not a real metric.

The software is very intrusive and interferes with using my computer.

I have had NUMEROUS dialogs with McAfee to turn off these undesirable features. They do not read the complaint, provide incorrect information, question whether I purchased it (I did and from their page) and generally not even really acknowledge what is wrong.

I have nine months left to go on the update subscription. I am ripping it out and buying Norton .. that's how much I hate it.

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