McAfee Anti-Virus for Beginners with CDROM (Beginner's Series) [Paperback]

Brian Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997 | Series: Beginner's Series

In 1986 there was one virus; today there are 7400! McAfee Anti-Virus for Beginners offers an introduction to protecting and securing your information. The first step toward creating a safe system is understanding what a virus is, how they replicate, how they're contracted, hide from your detection, what triggers are, and what the payload is--what happens! Newcomers will learn how to recognize viruses and learn to use VirusScan and WebScan.

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When it comes to name recognition in the computer virus realm, one name stands out: John McAfee, whose Scan and Clean programs were one of the earliest shareware success stories. McAfee's commercial packages, VirusScan and WebScan, are some of the hottest selling products in the anti-virus market. If you own VirusScan and it's still sitting in the shrink-wrap or you are searching for an entry-level quick fix, then look no further. Brian Howard's book will show you how to make the most of the McAfee software; it even comes with a free trial version. This brief introduction to viruses and their history provides the virus basics: what they are, how they are contracted, how to avoid them, and what to do if your computer catches one. The purpose of this book is to train novices in a particular software package. The concise and easy-to-read text achieves this goal in an efficient and interesting fashion. The FAQ and the glossary both provide good references. The book is more than adequate for helping the beginner to correctly implement a powerful security measure, but if you are looking for a more academic approach to the topic, you will have to look elsewhere.

Product Details

• Paperback: 169 pages
• Publisher: Abacus Publishing Company (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557553181
• ISBN-13: 978-1557553188
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,753,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for what it tries to do., March 26, 1998

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This review is from: McAfee Anti-Virus for Beginners with CDROM (Beginner's Series) (Paperback)

While the book claims to show you how to reconize a compute virus, what is actaul does is show you how to be more aware of your computer. Through using Mcafee's software how to hopefully detect and remove the virus.Problay cheaper and better off to buy the newest version of McAfee's program anf read the directions that come with it. If you are not going to by McAfee'software this book is useless.