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McAfee® VirusScan® Plus -- Special edition from AOL

Gives you the most comprehensive free set of safety tools available. We've partnered with a leading name in Internet security to deliver the essential protection you need:

  • Virus protection guards your whole PC
  • Spyware Protection blocks potentially unwanted programs
  • Firewall helps keep hackers out

Since it's automatically on-guard and up-to-date, it helps protect you against today's attacks and tomorrow's threats, too.

Buy this protection yourself, and you could spend as much as $39.99, but with an aol.com email address, you can receive this comprehensive set of safety tools free.

System Requirements
Windows Vista Windows 2000 (SP4+), XP (SP1+)
- 800 MHz or higher processor - 500 MHz or higher processor
- 512MB RAM - 256MB RAM
- 200MB hard disk space - 200MB hard disk space
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McAfee® VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL Features

PC Safety Feature

McAfee® VirusScan® Plus
- Special edition from AOL

Anti-Virus

On Demand & Scheduled Scans

X

Real-time Virus Scanning

X

E-mail Attachment Scanning

X

IM Attachment Scanning

X

Heuristic-Based Detection

X

Drive/Folder Selection
for Scanning

X

Rootkit Detection

X

Script Blocking

X

Scan Compressed Files

X

Auto-clean Infected Files

X

Quarantine Files

X

Link to Virus Map

X

Auto-updating Virus Definitions

X

Pass ICSA Tests

X

Firewall

Automatic Whitelist Updates

X

Intrusion Detection (IDS/IPS)

X

Stealth Mode

X

Boot-Time Protection

X

Smart Alerts

X

Security Level Settings

X

Inbound/Outbound Blocking

X

Program Permissions

X

IP Address Permissions

X

Inbound Events History Logging

X

PC Lockdown

X

Cookie Blocking

X

Visual Tracking of Attacks

X

Password Protection

X

Privacy Control

X

Network Detection

X

Anti-Spyware

On Demand & Scheduled Scans

X

Heuristic-Based Detection

X

Real-time Protection

X

Auto-Updating Spyware
Definitions

X

Drive/Folder Selection
for Scanning

X

Cookie Detection, Blocking,
Acceptance

X

Other Features

Safety Console

X

Safety Alerts/Notifications

X

One-Click Fixes, Scans, Updates

X

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