During the test, McAfee snagged an impact score of 2.6 (lower impact score means the AV is faster), making it the most ...

Here at work, we run Mcafee 4.03 on our Winnt systems (Latest Dat Files). So I start copying the files over and McAfee blows up in my face and tells me I have a virus called Multidropper.af.

McAfee did have a low offline detection rate of 79.3%, but it did slightly outpace Bitdefender in online detection rates, scoring a commendable 99.6%, with a 99.96% online protection (only 0.01% ...

McAfee released an updated virus definition (DAT) file within a few hours following the incident which suppressed the detection, but didn't repair the glitch.

McAfee has apologized for its anti-virus update that took down Windows XP computers around the world, but says it affected a small percentage of its customers.