jmorlan
Hmm... That's funny.
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join:2001-02-05
Pacifica, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | Any opinions on McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Version : 8.0.0?
My employer has a licence agreement with McAfee that allows me free use of the following software on my home computer:
McAfee, Inc.
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VirusScan Enterprise
Release Type : PATCH 13
Package Type : LICENSED
Suite : N/A
Version : 8.0.0
Build : 912
Package : 384
Date/Time : 06/08/2006 8:00
Is this something I should do? I currently use Avast free. The McAfee package seems to include some firewall-like support (intrusion detection) although I'm not sure if it's a full firewall or not. I am currently using the Comodo Firewall (free).
I'm a bit worried that this McAfee program will turn out to be a bloated overblown disaster that will infiltrate every corner of my system and result in noticeable performance degradation.
Is that fear justified? I'm looking for feedback from those familiar with this program.
Thanks in advance. |
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RXDOC
You want what?
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join:2002-03-13
Palatine, IL
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| I currently use it on my corporate laptop. It performs well and only takes up about 30 megs of RAM.
It does have some port blocking, email scanning, buffer overflow and "unwanted program" protection.
It has managed to catch all that has almost got me. |
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dyoddyowel
join:2004-07-15 | reply to jmorlan
its a very good av, much simpler and more configurable than their home versions... |
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johnII
@mchsi.com | reply to jmorlan
McAfee Enterprise is very good! |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to jmorlan
I am using that. It has not caused me any problems.
I'm tend to not be hit by viruses anyway, so I haven't tested its virus catching capabilities. Hmm, I did test an earlier version in 2003, when I deliberately sent my system a virus (sobig.f) infected email. The scanner did just fine in catching it. |
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b80211
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join:2003-09-13
Cedarhurst, NY | My campus makes us use the same exact version, I think its pretty good. |
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Dave54321
join:2005-10-25
| reply to jmorlan
I am also able to use this same version from my place of work, but I do not use it anymore.
- unfortunately McAfee still does not do incremental updates, as most other AV's do now (5+ MB's is rough on a slow connection)
- program updates do not go through automatic updates (example, Patch 13 is done seperately)
- McAfee has dropped lower recently on AV-Comparatives while avast! has gotten better; both near equal now
On the plus side, McAfee Enterprise is very smooth running on the system and not bloated at all compared to the home versions and so on. It runs very well. |
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uroberto
join:2001-05-01
Piscataway, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| While I agree that the enterprise version is not as bloated as the home one, I've seen this product have trouble with trojan horses. Mcafee Viruscan seems to be a passive scanner at times. This is my experience from work.
I do believe there are better products out there. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Dave54321
unfortunately McAfee still does not do incremental updates, as most other AV's do now Are you sure about that.
It sure looks incremental to me. If I do the update interactively (as I do on my laptop), then the session transcript shows it downloading several "delta" files, one for each version of the table beyond what I have. It then appears to apply these deltas. That sure looks incremental to me. |
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Dave54321
join:2005-10-25
| reply to jmorlan
nwrickert,
It looks like I was wrong about the incremental updates. I did some browsing around their server and found what you were talking about.
When I was using McAfee Enterprise 8.0i about a year ago I was on a slow 128kbps connection and it always seemed to download about 5mb or so for the DAT files and being on that slow connection I always hated those updates. I don't know why it wasn't incremental for me at that time. Oh well. Either way, I am glad to find out that they do have incremental updates after all. |
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secured2k
join:2001-03-06
Petersburg, VA
| reply to jmorlan
McAfee AntiVirus 8.0i is a great AV product. I would definitely use it over Avast.
McAfee seems to have a very complete Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) or Adware/Spyware database now and effectively can protect you from viruses and adware. It has the features to protect your system using signatures, heuristics, and behavior blocking. This allows the software multiple levels of protection that can prevent malicious software from getting on the system, installing properly, and spreading to other systems.
The great features of this AV is the Access Protection. Buffer Overflow protection on major applications prevent a potential security exploit from working.
The firewall is basic but good enough to shutdown any downloaders or email viruses from spreading if they ever get activated on your system.
The Access Control can be set up to prevent some common virus behaviors and stop malicious software from even installing or working properly.
Unfortunately, these advanced options require somewhat advanced knowledge to configure properly and setting security too tight will effectively lock a system down to a point where even legitimate programs begin to choke.
McAfee does have incremental updates, but only if your DAT files are not 15 days out of date. Currently, the incremental updates are still fairly large, but the next version (8.5i) uses a new DAT format which makes updates super small.
My only wishlist for McAfee is to move PreScan into the repair options of the new McAfee products. PreScan is just like Avast's bootup/kernel mode scanner. As far as I know, Avast is the only AV to have this available to home users. |
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