About McAfee Total Protection 200X

Question

i just want to ask if McAfee Total Protection needs SDAT's like the other versions before? I'm thinking if I should try out this version. And what are your comments on this Anti-virus.

Answer 1

From their FAQ:

What types of updates does the Total Protection Service automatically provide?

An update may contain one or more of the following:

• Daily virus definition (DAT) files: Signatures for existing and new viruses and new security-risked spyware.
• Agent updates: Software changes to address a known issue or add a new scanning feature.
• Policy changes: Custom policies that apply to a group of computers (for example, scheduling an on-demand scan).

So I suppose the answer to your question is Yes, it still needs DAT files.

BTW, I suppose you mean DAT-files in stead of SDAT's? (SDAT stands for SuperDAT which is actually the utility that updates the DAT files.)

I cannot really comment on this new product, as I haven't used it before (Actually this post brought it to my attention ;-).
I do know standard McAfee crap-ware (I have to deal with its inefficiencies on a daily basis). And as a general rule of thumb: there's only one anti-virus software that is worse than McAfee's, and that's Norton's (IMHO).