McAfee VirusScan
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McAfee VirusScan is an antivirus software created and maintained by McAfee (formerly known as Intel Security, and Network Associates prior to that). Originally marketed as a standalone product, it has been bundled with McAfee LiveSafe, McAfee AntiVirus Plus,[1] McAfee Total Protection and McAfee Gamer Security since 2010. McAfee LiveSafe is antivirus protection that defends against viruses, online threats, and ransomware with online and offline protection integrates antivirus, firewall and anti-spyware/anti-ransomware capabilities.[2]
In 2006, British telecom company BSkyB started offering Sky Broadband customers a branded version of VirusScan for free upon broadband modem installation.[3]
Developer(s) | McAfee | ||||||||||||||||
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Initial release | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) | ||||||||||||||||
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Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, IOS | ||||||||||||||||
Type | Antivirus | ||||||||||||||||
License | Proprietary |