Features

Exclusive McAfee Active Protection™ technology
McAfee Active Protection™ technology instantly analyzes and blocks new and emerging threats in milliseconds, so there’s virtually no gap in your protection. Unlike the competition, threats are analyzed and blocked in milliseconds, so you don’t have to wait for regular updates to arrive.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware
Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, adware, even rootkits—insidious programs designed to tamper with your PC.

Two-Way Firewall
Blocks outsiders from hacking into your PC.

McAfee® SiteAdvisor®
Helps you know about a website's risks before you click to stop malware threats. Advanced phishing protection alerts you to websites that may try to steal your identity or gain access to your financial information. Provides site ratings in 22 popular search engines.

Scan Time
Rely on real time scanning to automatically protect you against threats to your PC. Enjoy fast subsequent full system scan time which won’t slow you down.

Memory Utilization
Small memory footprint means less impact on your day-to-day PC activity.

Installation
Small download size enables you to quickly get up and running.

Home Screen
Easily check the status of your protection, monitor how many threats have been blocked, and manage your security—all from the McAfee home screen.

Idle Timer & Scheduler
Reserve security scans and updates for when you are not using your PC, for less disruptions.

Alert System
Alerts are unintrusive and easy to understand

McAfee® QuickClean
Safely removes junk files that slow down your PC.

McAfee® Shredder™
Digitally destroys no-longer-needed sensitive files to prevent anyone from accessing them.

Disk Defragmenter
Get quick access to consolidate fragmented files and folders.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows XP (32-bit) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
  • Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

System Requirements

  • 1 GHz processor or higher
  • 800 × 600 or higher resolution
  • 256 MB RAM or higher for Windows XP (512 MB recommended)
  • 512 MB RAM for Vista/Windows 7 (2GB recommended)
  • 200 MB of available free drive space
  • Internet connection

Supported Browsers

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Optional: Mozilla Firefox 2 or later
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$ 49.99

McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2012

Pros
McAfee is tested by independent test labs: AV-Test, Virus Bulletin 100, ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs.

Cons
McAfee does not let you make a bootable rescue CD.

The Verdict

Unconvincing performance results from AV-Test make McAfee difficult to recommend.