McAfee announces Virex 7.5
updated 07:30 pm EDT, Tue July 20, 2004
McAfee debuts Virex 7.5
today announced Virex 7.5 for Mac OS X, offering improvements over its predecessors such as real-time "on access" scanning, automatic eUpdate functionality, scheduling options for On Demand Scans and updating, and the latest McAfee anti-virus scan engine. Update: McAfee today told MacNN that it expects to ship McAfee Virex 7.5 in August (contrary to wording in its press released issued yesterday). Several readers note that the company has made another beta available to some customers. McAfee also said the product, designed for small businesses and enterprise customers, will start at $37 for an 11-user license. This includes a PerpetualPlus License with 1 year of PriorityPlus Support, according to the company. [first posted 07/19/04]
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07/19, 09:29am reply
c*** 7.5.
Virex is s***, and I'll never use it again, not after if fucked up my computer.
z10n
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Joined: Oct 2003
virex beats nav
07/19, 04:28pm reply
"z10n" wrote:
> Virex is s**t, and I'll never use it again, not after it
> f**k*d up my computer.
i would like to counter that idiotic statement. as a macsysadmin, i find virex 7.2 and now 7.5 to be the best mac solution out there. you can run virex via shell script which means virex is head and shoulders above nav or any other solution.
for home users, virex has always been the smart solution. norton is a company with a bad reputation for creating dangerous, bloated and otherwise poorly written applications for the macintosh platform.
poolmouse, nyc
poolmouse
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Joined: Mar 2004
No Mac antivirus software
07/20, 08:18pm reply
Nav is intrusive, bulky, ugly, bloated, and scary to use
Virex is sloooow, never works properly, and the updater is the worst in the world
There is no acceptable antivirus program for the Mac platform today. Luckily there are no viruses either, but boy do I miss Disinfectant...
Meövv
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Joined: May 2001
Virex
07/21, 09:30am reply
7.5 is feature rich and the FC is promising once the final bugs have been squished!
johnhood
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