McAfee Virus

The McAfee Virus Information Center

The McAfee virus information center provides extensive coverage of the latest threats to surface on the Internet. As well as providing details of the viruses, including typical behavior and file names, it also provides links to the most beneficial tools to rid your system of them. However, the McAfee Virus Center also provides much more than the average virus information center. A virus map is joined by regional virus information and a virus calendar. As well as being informational these tools can help you plan for potential virus outbreaks at home or in the workplace.

●    The McAfee Virus Map gives a bird's eye view of viruses and where they are striking all around the world. Users have the ability to decide whether to track an individual virus or the whole of the top ten. A map is displayed that shows a heat map of the most highly affected areas. A color is assigned to each area determined by the number of individuals per million users. This can be a helpful tool to find the viruses that are most likely to affect computers in your region.

●    Regional Virus Information contains similar data to the virus map but in numerical, rather than graphical, form. Users are able to select the continent where they live and view the top ten figures according to the number of infected files that have been found in that continent. It is also possible to further select a time frame or view the top ten by the number of infected computers. Each virus within the top ten list is actually a link to a web page on that virus so you can gain more information if you are infected, or information on how best to prevent infection.

●    The McAfee Virus Calendar displays the current month broken down by date. Each date also has a list of viruses that are scheduled to deliver their payload on that day. Some of these payloads may be mischievous rather than dangerous, but they can still cause problems with your system if left to their own devices.

●    Virus Hoaxes can prove to be more than just an annoyance. Primarily they can lead users to drop their guard because once they have acted on a hoax virus they become loathed to trust virus warnings again. However, perhaps more importantly, they are also commonly used by spoof anti-virus applications. These applications typically display a list of false positives within their scan results in order to persuade users that they should pay for the full version of a particular anti-virus application. The McAfee Virus Hoax center lists the most rampant and recent hoaxes so you can check any information you receive against the official McAfee list.

●    The McAfee Virus Glossary is an extensive list of definitions pertaining to viruses and general online security. If you've ever wondered exactly what a Trojan is, or what ActiveX controls are then the McAfee virus glossary is the page to satiate this thirst for knowledge. This can be a helpful tool when combined with virus definitions and tips. 

The McAfee Virus Info Center also contains tips, tutorials, and general articles. It provides users with extensive supporting knowledge in order to ensure that they always have the greatest level of virus protection available to them. Even non-McAfee users can take advantage of the pages on the Virus Info site. You can run a free online scan and determine how high a risk your computer is based on demographic and other information.

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