Data Sheet

McAfee VirusScan for Mac

Although ® systems have been targeted less frequently than Windows®-based systems, they are not immune. With the number of threats growing almost daily, it is critical that you guard all of your assets—including Macintosh-based computers—from viruses and malicious code.

Leverage the award-winning McAfee® scan approach is combined with negative heuristics, engine with McAfee VirusScan® for Mac,® which which searches for those things that are distinctly will allow you to proactively hunt down and kill non-virus-like. Macintosh and Windows viruses, worms, Trojans, and other threats. Automatic virus updating and Centralized Management cleaning protects you against infected Internet McAfee VirusScan for Mac can be managed downloads, such as spyware, adware, and other by McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™). unwanted threats. ePO provides centralized deployment, policy configuration, and enforcement as well as Users continue to work uninterrupted thanks detailed reporting for VirusScan for Mac clients. to non-intrusive, effective protection. Trusted Centralized management lets your business run by educational institutions and businesses efficiently and cost-effectively. alike, McAfee VirusScan for Mac has more than 2 million users worldwide. Universal Deployment McAfee VirusScan for Mac uses Macintosh’s Complete, Proactive Threat Protection , which allows you to install on McAfee VirusScan for Mac uses on-access either -based or Power PC-based Macintosh scanning to search for viruses and malicious systems. Now you can get the same level of threats every time a is accessed. It protection regardless of which processor you are automatically detects viral infections as they running. This universal binary makes it easy to attempt to infect a system and protects against deploy; just install it and VirusScan for Mac will Macintosh, PC, and UNIX viruses. In addition, it automatically run at peak performance to protect has the ability to scan Apple® Mail and your systems. attachments for malicious threats. It will also protect your users when they save or open files Flexible Scheduling Options for from network share drives. On-Demand Scans and Updating Schedule tasks easily with McAfee VirusScan Protection from Tomorrow’s Threats for Mac. You will save time and help keep tasks McAfee VirusScan for Mac uses heuristic analysis from being forgotten. You can also schedule full and generic detection that proactively protects disk scans to run at convenient intervals, such as against new and previously unknown viruses. The overnight or during off-peak hours. The manual advanced heuristic analysis looks through the code option of McAfee VirusScan for Mac or the in a file to determine if the actions it takes are scheduler task can be used to scan disk volumes typical of a virus. The more virus-like code found, and folders to search out hidden threats. the more likely the file is to be infected. To reduce the risk of false alarms, our positive heuristics Data Sheet McAfee VirusScan for Mac

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