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SecurityCenter 17.1.126 / May 31, 2018; 7 months ago ( 2018-05-31) Anti-Virus 20.9.139 / August 2, 2017; 16 months ago ( 2017-08-02), McAfee VirusScan is an program created and maintained by (formerly known as Intel Security, and prior to that). It is not available as a standalone package, but is included in McAfee LiveSafe, McAfee AntiVirus Plus and McAfee Total Protection. Additionally, and McAfee have previously produced a ' branded version of VirusScan, offered free to customers upon broadband modem installation. McAfee LiveSafe integrates antivirus, and anti-/anti- capabilities.
Contents. VirusScan Enterprise McAfee also produces an enterprise-level product named VirusScan Enterprise: McAfee has designed this for use on larger networks designed to make management of antivirus software on multiple computers easier. Unlike the home-user edition, the Enterprise edition consists of a client application for networked computers, and a server application, which the system installs updates and configures settings for all client programs. Clients can be controlled using the included ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), which is a unified console that can control VirusScan and other McAfee products. VirusScan for Mac In November 2008 McAfee announced VirusScan for Mac 8.6. (Earlier versions used the name, developed by HJC Software.) Key changes in VirusScan 8.6 included Leopard Compatibility, a universal binary package that ran on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs, On access scanning and Apple Mail support.
May 23, 2018 - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - Keep viruses out of your Windows operating systems. Antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and intrusion prevention.
Controversies Poor independent test results In tests by and other independent consumer-organizations, McAfee VirusScan has not fared well, frequently failing to detect some common viruses. A review of VirusScan 2006 by criticized the product due to 'pronounced performance hits in two of our three real-world performance tests' and some users reviewing the same product reported encountering technical problems. Some older versions of the VirusScan engine use all available CPU cycles.
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As of 2009 McAfee virus-scanning products did not handle false positives well, repeatedly removing or known clean files even after the user restores them. Customer support criticisms Reviewers have described customer support for McAfee products as lacking, with support staff slow to respond and unable to answer many questions.
2010 reboot problem On April 21, 2010, beginning approximately at 2 PM GMT, an erroneous virus definition file update from McAfee affected millions of computers worldwide running Windows XP Service Pack 3. The update resulted in the removal of a Windows system file ( ) on those machines, causing machines to lose network access and, in some cases, to enter a reboot loop. McAfee rectified this by removing and replacing the faulty DAT file, version 5958, with an emergency DAT file (version 5959) and has posted a fix for the affected machines in its consumer 'KnowledgeBase'.
2012 update issues An August 2012 update to McAfee antivirus caused the protection to become turned off and users to lose internet connections. McAfee was criticized for not notifying users promptly of the issues when they learned about it. Current standing McAfee, though well-known, continues to have mixed reviews by industry sources, and the company has prepared a 2015 release series to address current market conditions. This repositioning includes voice and facial recognition authentication for cloud-based data security. See also. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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