McAfee Security Scan Plus is a freeware and basic malware protection application provided to home users by Intel's McAfee division.

The installation of the program is quick and simple and provides a few of the basic protections that will check your system to see whether there is installed antivirus software, a functioning firewall and whether web protection is currently enabled.

The tool will also check to see whether the currently installed antivirus and firewall software are up-to-date.

Though the application is similar to Windows' own tool to see whether the system is protected, it provides an alternative and also promotes its own McAfee Site Advisor along with promotion of McAfee's own antivirus program.

The term 'on-demand scan' refers to the possibility of performing a manual scan (by the user) on the entire computer/device, while 'on-access scan' refers to the ability of a product to automatically scan every file at its creation or subsequent modification. I have Windows Defender Security Center that contains McAfee Virus Scan and Firewall on my pc. I also have McAfee Security Scan Plus which came packaged with my pc when I bought it. I was told by someone who was fixing my computer that I do not need to have McAfee Scan Plus in addition to Windows Defender. McAfee Security Scan Plus is a free diagnostic tool that detects the security status of computers for Antivirus software, Firewall protection and Web security. It can co-exist with any existing security.

Overall, McAfee Security Scan Plus is not necessary software but can give a second opinion as to whether the system is sufficiently protected; not useful for anybody with a lot of experience.

Features and highlights

McAfee Security Scan Plus actively checks your computer for anti-virus software, firewall protection, and web security, and threats in your open applications. When the scan is complete, you’ll see a report detailing the presence and status of your security protection. From the Windows Start menu, click McAfee Security Scan Plus. Or, click the McAfee Security Scan Plus icon on your desktop. If you're asked to update your McAfee Security Scan Plus software, click Update now. After the update finishes, McAfee scans your computer automatically. View the results of your scan in the overall protection status bar.

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• Provides a level of virus protection
• Includes a few spyware protection tools
• Includes McAfee web protection
• Quick installation
• Automatically provides updates to definitions
• Can provide alerts of current threats

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McAfee Security Scan Plus 3.11.717.1 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from antivirus without restrictions. McAfee Security Scan Plus 3.11.717.1 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

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Mcafee Security Scan Plus Review

McAfee Security Scan Plus 3.11.717.1 is a freeware and basic malware protection application provided to home users by Intel's McAfee division. The installation of the program is quick and simple and provides a few of the basic protections that will check your system to see whether there is installed antivirus software, a functioning firewall and whether web protection is currently enabled. The tool will also check to see whether the currently installed antivirus and firewall software are up-to-date. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system/platform without restrictions. McAfee Security Scan Plus is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

We tested the file SecurityScan_Release.exe with 24 antivirus programs and it turned out 100% clean. It's good practice to test any downloads from the Internet with trustworthy antivirus software.

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Older versions of Windows often have trouble running modern software and thus McAfee Security Scan Plus may run into errors if you're running something like Windows XP. Conversely, much older software that hasn't been updated in years may run into errors while running on newer operating systems like Windows 10. You can always try running older programs in compatibility mode.

Officially supported operating systems include 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

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The current version of McAfee Security Scan Plus is 3.11.717.1 and is the latest version since we last checked. This is the full offline installer setup file for PC. This site has hosted other versions of it in the past such as 3.11.569.1 and 3.11.474.2. At the moment, only the latest version is available.

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