McAfee Antivirus Plus 2011
- Elemental, award-winning PC protection for carefree computing
- Exclusive McAfee Active Protection technology; anti-virus/anti-spyware; improved 2-way firewall
- Home screen with simple-to-know security bar and status area; quicker scan time
- Less intrusive alert system; better protection against perilous websites
- Improved Microsoft Outlook 2010 integration; simple account management settings
McAfee AntiVirus Plus instantly detects and blocks viruses and has been reengineered for the fastest PC performance ever. The innovative design simplifies your security experience.
Elemental, award-winning PC protection for carefree computing
With thousands of new viruses made every day, relying on traditional security updates isn’t enough anymore. McAfee AntiVirus Plus instantly detects and blocks viruses–and stops web threats before they are downloaded to your PC. Reengineered to be quicker than ever before, the software’s innovative design simplifies your security experience while offering you elemental protection.
2011 Features and Highlights
Award-winning anti-virus, firewall, spyware, and online protection
Exclusive McAfee Active Protection technology
Unlike the struggle, McAfee Active Protection analyzes and blocks new and emerging threats in milliseconds, so you don’t have to wait for fixed updates to arrive. The result: virtually no gap in your protection.
Anti-virus/anti-spyware
Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, adware, even rootkits, insidious programs designed to tamper with your PC.
(Improved) Two-way firewall
endeavor-grade firewall blocks outsiders from hacking into your PC.
Simpler to use
McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011 is all about ease of use. The completely redesigned home screen gives you all the information you need at a glance.
(New) Home screen
Completely redesigned to update your security experience. Easily check the status of your protection, monitor how many threats have been blocked, and manage your security–all from the home screen.
(New) Idle timer and scheduler
Reserve security scans and updates for when you are not by your PC, minimizing disruptions.
My home network
Manage security settings within your home network.
(Improved) Alert system
Alerts are less intrusive and simpler to know.
(Improved) Help center
Smarter and more intuitive–get accurate answers specifically related to the tasks you’re trying to accomplish with contextual help.
(New) Simple account management settings
Make machine aliases, and easily activate, deactivate, or upgrade PC subscriptions.
(New) Advanced firewall integration
Settings made in Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows Outlook Network Administrator will involuntarily update the McAfee firewall settings.
(Improved) Microsoft Outlook 2010 integration
For added convenience, the McAfee anti-spam tool will now be shown in a separate tab rather than within the toolbar.
Quicker than ever
This year McAfee AntiVirus Plus has been completely re-engineered so it’s quicker than ever.
(Improved) Scan time
Full system scan speed is quicker so you won’t be slowed down.
(Improved) Installation
Well-organized download enables you to get up and running in a snap.
(New) Scheduled activity throttling
Updates initiate or resume when your PC is idle, minimizing interruptions.
Better protection against perilous websites
(Improved) McAfee SiteAdvisor
Helps you know whether a website is safe before you click to stop malware threats. Advanced “phishing” protection alerts you to websites that may try to steal your identity or gain access to your financial information.
Better PC health
McAfee QuickClean
Safely removes junk files that slow down your PC.
McAfee Shredder
Digitally destroys no-longer-needed sensitive files to prevent anyone from accessing them.
Disk defragmenter
Get quick access to consolidate fragmented files and folders.
The McAfee advantage
- McAfee is the world’s largest dedicated security company
- 30-day free phone support and unlimited email and chat help
- Continuous and automatic updates for the life of your subscription
Rating: 
(out of 5 reviews)
symantec review
I ordered this product from Amazon because it was on sale and we needed to have some sort of Antivirus software on our computer. Although our computer was running fantastic, I wanted it protected. I read one review which stated that the product was pretty excellent. Since then, I see there are more reviews online. I typically don’t rate harvest, but felt the need to share with everyone my experience. After installing McAfee, it has been one problem after another. Mcafee identified a “virus” which really was a fake clear. Everytime I log on it says to remove it and restart, after restart, the same message appears. After contacting McAfee about the problem, I was told I may possibly pay $89.99 to have them remove viruses from the computer. What a coincidence. . . Fascinating how the only way to fix it is for me to pay them money!
On top of all of that, Mcafee identified ‘explore.exe’ as a malicious file and removed it. Well ‘explore.exe’ is necessary for a computer to work. So without it, I now have no desktop icons and no start menu.
Bottom line, I thought I was getting a deal, instead I got a broken computer and will have to spend even more money to backup the hard drive and do an entire system install back to factory settings. Thanks a lot Mcafee.
This is additional information learned since my initial review of this product.
McAfee Antivirus Plus 2011 seemingly does a excellent job of preventing infections, intrusions, etc. But, McAfee has apparently chose that the fact that you have bought a license to use their software gives them a license to use direct marketing for some of their other harvest through the use of pop-up messages even when you do not have a browser open. It is the same type of practice utilized by “shareware” and downloaded “trial” software. These pop-up ads are rather large. They have been as large as 3 x 5 inches on my 24 inch monitor. There seems to be no way to disable these annoyances. You may also receive, by the same method, notices to “renew” your current license. This supposedly can be resolved by clicking “Verify Subscription”. It is not always 100% effectual but.
If you don’t mind the annoyances mentioned above McAfee is a excellent choice. Personally, I will be looking at Internet security software from other publishers.
I always had Norton for years and had nothing but hassles, finally last year I said “enough” and got McAfee. It has been fantastic, it was more affordable, simple to install and worked fantastic. I had no problems. I bought this years version and look forward to the same fantastic performance. In fact I am just loading it at present and it’s going very well. I reflect you will be reasonably pleased with McAfee’s Antivirus programs!
I have owned Norton and McAfee both and have had Norton lock up several PC’s just on install, I gave up on Norton a few years ago. McAfee has worked fantastic except on older slower pc’s. I have a desktop that is nearly always on, it’s new and quick and I don’t even notice the software updates/installs/virus scans – it’s all in the background. I have a 4 year ancient laptop that I seldom use, everytime I turn it on it slows way down as McAfee does its updates and installs and it’s slow when it does it’s virus scans. I’d recommend this software even if you have a slow pc, just leave it on overnight 1 day a week so that it can do all the updates/installs/virus scans while you sleep then you won’t have the slowdown when you go to use it.
I do not personally own this version, but I do have McAfee software on my desktop computer, and I HATE it. It is constantly running unnecessary scans and installations that slow down the computer by approximately 80 percent. I have had several viruses on my computer since I got the software, and MUCH prefer Norton Security. I have Norton on my laptop. I always have speed and never a virus.
P.S. Although it says one star from this review, I give it a zero.