Manufacturer's Description
McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 8.0 Stop viruses and keep your PC safe with McAfee VirusScan! VirusScan is an easy-to-use antivirus solution that ensures your PC is protected from viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, and other malicious threats. VirusScan stops threats coming from email, instant messaging, Internet downloads, shared files, and more. It automatically cleans infected files before they can attack your system, and stops hostile activity that may indicate the presence of new threats attempting to spread. Whether youre a new computer user, or an advanced professional, VirusScan provides ultimate protection with the added assurance of proven and tested detection technology.
Comprehensive protection. McAfee VirusScan detects and removes viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware from inbound and outbound e-mail, instant message attachments, program files, shared files, and more.
Automatic file protection. VirusScan provides continuous protection and automatically scans for viruses when you save, modify, and access PC files and programs.
Reduces manual tasks. Computer users are bombarded by pop-ups, warnings, and reminders. VirusScan is designed to reduce the number of tasks that require your interaction; and it displays messages only when urgent security-related information is available for your PC.
Easy to use. VirusScan can be accessed directly from Windows Explorer so you can quickly scan files from the familiar Explorer screen. And, you can scan e-mail and folders directly from MS Outlook.
Reliable virus protection. Virus protection is updated automatically when you are connected to the Internet.
Advanced scanning options. VirusScan provides many advanced options including a quarantine feature for suspicious files, and an easy method for creating a rescue disk to clean boot sector infections.
Proactive security information. VirusScan integrates with McAfee Security Center to provide up-to-date security information during virus outbreaks.
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 5.0
Protect yourself while online with the advanced security of McAfee Personal Firewall Plus. Easy-to-use, yet highly configurable, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus secures your PCs connection to the Internet whether you connect via DSL, cable modem or dial-up. With intrusion detection, color coded security alerts, customizable audible alerts, detailed logging, and an application scan for Internet enabled applications, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus gives you the power you need to control the communications into and out of your PC, ensuring that your online experience is as safe as it is enjoyable.
Identity Theft Prevention. Places an easy-to-use, always on-guard barrier between hackers and your hard drive, blocking access to sensitive files, financial records and personal data.
Immediate Alerts. Records potentially hostile Internet traffic, providing clear response options for each threat.
Intrusion Prevention. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) detects and prevents common attack types and other suspicious activity. Intrusion prevention monitors every inbound or outbound data packet for suspicious data transfers or transfer methods.
Enhanced Intelligent Application Handling. Denies outbound Internet access to malicious applications (spyware, trojans and remote-control agents) that might surreptitiously transmit personal data to hackers.
Enhanced Intrusion Tracing. Features easy-to-read graphical maps showing the source of hostile attacks and traffic worldwide.
Enhanced Summary Page. Shows most frequently blocked Internet and network traffic (in real time) along with a graph of port activity on your local computer.
Traffic Monitoring. Shows both incoming and outgoing data across your Internet connection plus the Internet bandwidth of certain applications. Also displays, in real time, IP addresses applications are connecting to.