McAfee AntiVirus 2010 Netbook Edition

by McAfee

Product Features

• Essential, Easy-to-Use PC Protection for care-free computing
• Anti-virus with Active Protection and Super Mode
• Anti-spyware, Anti-phishing, Two-way Firewall and Web Security
• QuickClean to help optimize your PC and Battery Mode

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002NR6J9O
• Item model number: MAV10EEC1RAA
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 15, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,702 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #55 in Software > Computer Security > Antivirus

Product Description

McAfee AntiVirus Plus software offers essential PC security with accelerated performance and helps keep you safe online. It’s now available with revolutionary Active Protection technology, enabling the fastest updates and highest levels of detection against malicious threats. It provides anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and two-way firewall protection and includes a powerful website safety advisor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars New Netbook unusable due to persistently high CPU consumption., February 16, 2010

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J. Barron "El Gallo" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: McAfee AntiVirus 2010 Netbook Edition (CD-ROM)

I bought this software because it was advertised as "runs silently in the background without slowing down your PC." Netbooks generally have limited resources (1GB RAM for example), so I was happy to see McAfee offer a product designed to work within the resource limits of a netbook. However, on the latest generation Dell Mini 10 - ("1012" model - 450 processor, 1GB RAM) - the product persistently uses 50% of CPU, thereby making web browsing impossibly slow. The CPU utilization remains at 50% for hours, endlessly, even after initial scan is completed and even persists with real-time access scanner disabled and no other applications running. My advice - don't believe the hype: this is not a product designed for new Netbooks - look elsewhere for a web security solution.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anti Virus software for Netbook, December 9, 2009

By 

Hope - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: McAfee AntiVirus 2010 Netbook Edition (CD-ROM)

The software was easy to load onto my Sony Vaio netbook, as I could not use a CD. No problems getting rid of the previously loaded anti virus software.
No problems with the day to day use.
I recommend this product.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars buy this if you don't like having CD-rom's cluttering up your house, October 13, 2009

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R. Jenner "gamer" (Wilmington) - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: McAfee AntiVirus 2010 Netbook Edition (CD-ROM)

I bought this item and to my amazment there was no CR-Rom in the box, it turns out that McAfee is selling the idea that you buy a card and then you go to there web sight you entren the number on the card and then download the software, and they keep the software you don't have a hard copy of the sofeware on CD-Rom for encase say for example your hard drive crashes and you need to re-install the anti-virus software, or you upgrade your O/S software and if you have a slow Iethernet have fun downloading it. Then it doesn't even tell you how many times you can use that card before you can't, and, no ware on the box does it say NO CD-ROM, as I said if you like feeling that you can use the card in the box once then it is fee city, them buy all means buy this product enjoy.