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Download the shareware version of McAfee ViruScan from a BBS, I imagine, and then maybe buy a virus cleaner? Or, more likely, make an illegal copy of one.

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I’m pretty sure McAfee scanned AND cleaned viruses? That’s what I remember anyways.

I think in the time period in question, those were two separate McAfee programs, and only one of them was shareware.

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