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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
Pros: Everything...it works smoothly with my computer at home...you wouldn't know if there is a virus until it tell's you...realy blocks malware...easy to use interface. I would consider getting Mcafee Internet Security Suite...
Cons: i don't like its firewall, i uninstalled the firewall and it used less system resources..other than that, none
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
"slow down your pc to a halt."
Pros: nothing
Cons: it really slowed down my pc and why would any one want to pay for this when you can get avast for free!. i had mcafee as part of my deal with my pc so i used it for a couple of months and it never found a thing so i gave avast a go and 1st full scan it found 2 trojans that mcafee had missed! get avast and back it up with bitdefender free as a scanner only to find anything that avast might miss and kiss goodbye to virus 4 ever. leave this garbadge alone.
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
Pros: Mcafee VirusScan plus gives you antivirus, antispyware and firewall coverage for a fairly decent (39.99 USD) price which was perfect for me being an average pc user. McAfee VirusScan Plus's real-time protection is very swift at blocking viruses and took just under an hour to do a full scan. The antispyware mechanism didn't seem to pick up very much other than tracking cookies and a couple of more serious spywares. The firewall seems to work quite well and I did not experience any connectivity problems while it was on. McAfee's products are known for hogging system resources, but I can't actually say I noticed much of that moreso than any other antivirus program I've used before. I had it installed on my Dell Inspiron 6400 Vista pc...
Cons: The interface can be a little bit confusing at first and doesn't seem very "friendly." Can obviously bog down a somewhat older machine. McAfee's renewal policy is very stubborn and I had to basically argue with them on the phone to get my subscription cancelled. I know that's not specifically an issue with the product, but it's a good thing to know if you only plan on using their products for a limited time.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
"McAffee VirusScan Plus; Endurable and User-Friendly"
Pros: Hi,
I would like to comment on my use of McAffe VirusScan Plus.
I began work in telecommunications in the mid-seventies. I worked multitudes of networks. I have experienced many attacks. During many of them the systems failed abysmally. I am a very active surfer privately. Plus recovered from all of the attacks. It performed better than any other software I have used. Thank you for granting me the opportunity to use it. I found it both user-friendly and very enduring, An asset to any system it is loaded onto.
Cons: This problem I present to you is less a problem with the Plus software and more of the shortcommings of the platform used. The machine I was using belonged to my brother and had only 256 mb of ram. So when updates were downloaded the machine functions slowed considerably.
Other than this< I experienced no problems with it and hardly noticed it's "mighty useful presence."
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
Pros: Easy using .. easy update .. covering a lot ..
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