Home Reviews HowTo	Virus Protection - Which Software? The two products we will be discussing in this article are: McAfee VirusScan          Norton AntiVirus
	McAfee VirusScan McAfee VirusScan is slower than other products, but does an excellent job for people who use the Internet often. McAfee VirusScan has been shown to be very reliable in catching viruses in Internet downloads,
but misses some file and E-mail based viruses. Another disadvantage to McAfee VirusScan is that E-mail attachments won't be checked for viruses until you try to save the file. Norton AntiVirus Norton AntiVirus is a very reliable and easy-to-use anti-virus product. It's the best anti-virus product for catching viruses in downloaded files and E-mail. However, it doesn't provide the protection for Internet based viruses as McAfee VirusScan does. Norton AntiVirus is also more expensive than McAfee VirusScan. Norton AntiVirus includes many tools that can be run in the background, including watching suspicious PC activity and automatically checking downloaded files for viruses. Norton AntiVirus can also automatically configure itself to handle E-mail virus scanning.