McAfee Virus Protection For Your Laptop In College

McAfee has released an update on their AntiVirus Plus line for 2010, which has improved performance, along with a faster scanning interface. Students seeking to buy, or protect their laptop for college use, will definitely like the protection offered by this years improvements.

Antivirus Plus 2010 Overview

McAfee insists this year's model is ten times faster than last year's model, even though they have integrated a two-way personal firewall into the mix with this version. We set out to test their claim, to see how it would perform on a laptop in college dorm environments.

Installation Download

Our student tester James used his laptop for college design courses to download the product; and was surprised the 90MB download completed super-quick with McAfee's on-site download manager. The inexpensive, yet robust system took just 5 minutes to install after the files downloaded, and even more to his surprise - required no system restart. He immediately turned to look at the updated interface.

Updated Interface in 2010

McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 has revamped their interface, and James was quick to comment on how slick it was - compared to the "functional" 2009 look. AntiVirus Plus recognizes protecting a laptop in college, means looking cool while you're doing it! There is no more useless information displayed, as the 2010 release seeks to give you information on a "need to know" basis.

Ability To Catch Viruses

We sent our virus "guru" over to James' house to test McAfee's 2010 version's ability to capture threats. James told him the protection suite had mainly ran, and updated itself quietly in the background of his laptop for college use. He wasn't sure if anything was being detected or not, so our "guru" got to work. He downloaded a couple of known virus files from an IT security forum (these files are used to test firewall effectiveness) and both were immediately quarantined.

Conclusion

If you use a laptop in college, and need something that protects - while staying in the background, out of your way...McAfee Antivirus Plus 2010 will do the job just fine. It catches the bad stuff, and lets your laptop get the job done - with no hiccups. Highly recommended!