RSSMcAfee Seeks VirusScan 10 Testers
By Nate Mook and David Worthington | Published May 30, 2005, 11:20 AM
Security software maker McAfee is readying a slew of betas for the second half of 2005. Among the tests is the 10.0 release of McAfee's flagship VirusScan that improves instant messenger scanning, alerts for malicious scripts and worm-like activity, Windows Explorer integration, and Microsoft Outlook integration.
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 7.0, McAfee SpamKiller 7.0 and McAfee AntiSpyware 2.0 are also currently in beta. McAfee Privacy Service 8.0 and McAfee QuickClean 6.0, meanwhile, are on the docket for mid-June. Testers may participate by visiting McAfee's Beta Program Web site. Some incentives to test the software include free licenses and an iPod Shuffle giveaway.
McAff has beta testers a plenty right now, all of who have been complaining for the last 2-3 months waiting for a product to test
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|Eeek! Run and hide!
Not only do you need to install an ActiveX control to initiate the download (unsecure IE, here we come), it's not actually a 'download' like the link says: it's an installer.
So much for downloading the software and using on a testbox. Bugger that for a joke.
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|Sorry when it comes to antivirus protection i say hands down "AVAST" it's small and sleek. Also it's one of a few that offers a full dos virus scan of the entire system.
www.avast.com
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|I wasn't impressed. My main gripe is it deleted one of my files because it thought it was a virus. It didn't give me an option to quarrintine or anything, it just deleted it. I found no option or setting to prevent it from happening again.
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|The enterprise version uses close to 40 megs of ram, I am actually leaving McAfee in the corporate enviroment and going to nod32. Nod32's AV software uses at the most 14megs when running, but there server managment piece has a ways to go.
If McAfee would just listen to its customers and start giving a damn about them, they might see some positive spotlight from us.
I choose not to use it consumer or corporate wise any longer. McAfee is dead to me just like symantec is, they just dont know they are dead yet (even if they are making millions).
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|Memory usage isn't that good of an indicator in my opinion, especially since the OS scales the usage depending on how much memory you have. Memory usage + Virtual memory usage + CPU Time gives a clearer picture. Though nothing beats actually using. McAfee runs just as smooth as NOD32 for me (even better in some instances, though they both bog down for different things). One of the few AVs that I can say that about on my horrible PC (only other ones F-Prot, arcavir, Dr. Web). So with that respect, I tip my hat to them. Could it be better? Sure, but the enterprise version of McAfee is a heck of a lot better than a lot of other AVs I've tried.
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|Let's see if they will drop the Security Center.... (or if people can make them do it)
Edit: Ok, didn't get that far. Wanted to use activex just to install... I guess they learned nothing. Sheesh, why don't they just fire their consumer team, and just use the enterprise versions.
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|I dont like the ActiveX control to install either. But I must admit, for new users or users who arnt confident in their computing ability are going to find McAfee's install process incredibly easy. Unlike Symantecs which can be a bit confusing and messy. McAfee is a smooth installer.
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