The recent plan to install antivirus software for Mac, because of their Windows platform using the VSE, so Mac platform also preferred McAfee home things.
To the McAfee official website Download point, there are several versions available on your Mac:
A little freaked out, check it out. Endpoint Protection for Mac (EPM) version 1.2 is used on 10.6.X.
Versions 2.0 and 2.1 are used on 10.7.X, 10.8.X, and 10.9.X.
And the VirusScan for MAC (hereinafter referred to as VSM) is a latest version: 9.6
Look again at the difference between the two:
Look, it should be more clear.
But after looking at this picture, found that the VSM is already belong to the old version of the product
I also called the official, and also received official confirmation.
In order to understand the differences between the two versions in more detail (included components), I installed the two versions once.
This is the VSM:
Did you find anything in the picture? The original VSM is a separate component of the EPM 2.1 (anti-virus), the reason for the previous download page of the VSM version is 9.6, the original is based on the virus engine version number to name.
Again to the EPM:
This further determines the previous conclusion.
=============== about the uninstall =============== of VSM
With regard to the uninstallation of the VSM, tested and uninstalled with the EPM, the following commands are executed at the terminal:
Sudo/usr/local/mcafee/uninstall EPM
For the above test, I am using the standalone version.
The difference between McAfee two Mac versions