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