In addition to antivirus, antiphishing, antispyware, and a personal firewall, McAfee provides a backup-and-restore feature and several handy utilities.
We still have minor issues with McAfee's technical support, although it has improved over last year. For a full protection suite, we were impressed with McAfee Internet Security McAfee continues to use a bootstrap method of downloading code to your machine, it then installs the suite module by module.
This year, the process was much faster in our informal tests. According to McAfee, this method allows it to offer the latest build; the alternative is to install the product, then immediately update. We experienced an unusual problem, one that most users won't. We found that by having Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 installed on our test machine, we could launch McAfee Internet Security but not see or use any of its features; the Security Center interface was blank.
By removing IE 8 Beta 2, we were able to use the product. While this is not expected to be a problem once the final version of IE8 is released, it is worth noting.
Again this year, after a reboot, we were pleased to find little evidence on our machine. Interface We continue to like that McAfee integrates all of its tools--security, utility, and networking--in one interface. The McAfee Security Center offers a left-hand navigation for all tools, with a right-hand windowpane for system status. However, True Key is a good basic password manager. I found it very easy to generate, save, and auto-fill passwords — you can set True Key to auto-fill passwords with a single click, or even to automatically enter your login information when you navigate to a saved website which is a good time-saver, but not a great feature to use from a security perspective.
True Key also offers simple master password recovery — if you forget your master password, McAfee will send you an email to change your password. Overall, I like how user-friendly True Key is — even if its features are limited when compared with the best standalone password managers, True Key is still a useful addition to Total Protection that can help generate and store unique passwords using advanced encryption. Safe Family is offered as a separate download with purchases of the top-tier McAfee Total Protection plans.
When I tested Safe Family, I found its interface very intuitive and uncluttered. McAfee Safe Family worked well during my tests, blocking all unwanted web content and apps. I tested Safe Family against a variety of content, including pornographic websites, violent games, social media sites, and sites hosting hate speech — Safe Family blocked all of these unsafe sites, and it also logged my searches this is really helpful for parents that want to stay informed about what kinds of content their kids are searching for.
Unfortunately, these protections are only available to US users. After you create your account and fill in your personal information, McAfee starts monitoring the dark web for any leaks of your sensitive data. You can also set up Change of Address Monitoring to watch out for any attempts to redirect your mail. There are a few different levels of identity theft protection offered by McAfee. Auto-renewal Total Protection plans also add monitoring the dark web for 55 pieces of PII including phone numbers and more.
All of these statistics are logged, allowing users to analyze what factors are impacting their CPU performance, which is very useful for both gamers and non-gamers. The anti-spam feature may have been useful a decade ago, but Gmail and other prominent email services all offer excellent anti-spam protections.
The vulnerability scanner is another really useful tool — it analyzes all of the apps on your device, and gives a notification if you need to update any of your programs this is especially important because of the growing threat of zero-day attacks and software exploits in McAfee currently offers 4 different pricing tiers for its Total Protection plans, and its Multi-Device and Family plans are both available for a massive bargain for users that buy the 2-year subscription plans.
Also, all McAfee plans include some extra features which are available only to the customers who subscribe for auto-renewal the VPN, ID theft protection, and Gamer Security. Those features include:. Plus, McAfee offers huge discounts for users who subscribe for 2 years, making it one of the best deals around. McAfee Ultimate Coverage is an excellent plan for users with a large number of devices — in addition to offering all of the features of the previous plan, it will cover as many devices as you install it on I can confirm I was able to install it on 22 devices during my testing.
This plan is a great option for users with a large number of devices, as well as users who want their identity theft protection backed up by a substantial insurance policy. Immediately after installation, McAfee offered to run an antivirus scan, which only took about 45 minutes on my PC.
Clicking on each button brings you to a new window that lists the main features for each category. You can access a range of different options by clicking on each button. I had some frustration finding the system tune-up features, and I wish that the Gamer Security and Safe Family apps were included in the McAfee dashboard, but overall McAfee has designed an antivirus program that bundles over a dozen separate features in an intuitive and easy-to-use package.
You can activate some tools using the buttons on the screen, and the rest can be accessed from the menu at the top right corner. McAfee detected all of the Android-specific malware on my device after a 10 minute scan. I was pretty impressed with the speed and accuracy of this scan — many competitors fail to catch files like rootkits, adware, and data-gathering spyware apps. Here are some of my favorites:. I really like being able to contact McAfee via telephone for pressing concerns.
When I had an issue with my plan, the phone support team was able to upgrade my plan, refund my purchase, and give me a discount on McAfee Total Protection — Family in just a few minutes. Before I could access the chat, I had to fill in a form with my details and submit my question in writing. Then I had to wait for an available support person.
Every McAfee support person I chatted with was knowledgeable, polite, and to the point. My questions were always answered in detail, and I was given a case number for every inquiry in case I needed to follow up on it. Both McAfee support staff and the community of McAfee users are available to answer your questions there.
I got my question answered in less than 5 hours — which is pretty quick! A lot of the FAQ answers only pertain to older versions of the software, which makes it basically impossible to get the answers you need without connecting with a live support person.
However, with the huge amount of useful features it provides, along with super-affordable plans for individuals and families, McAfee is one of the best value premium internet security suites on the market.
Overall, McAfee is a comprehensive antivirus that comes with high-quality protection for PCs, Macs, Androids, and iOS devices, excellent customer support, and a risk-free day money-back guarantee. McAfee offers affordable antivirus plans for individuals and families across a range of devices — you can check out the Plans and Pricing section of this review to find out more. McAfee is a reliable antivirus that you can use to scan your PC for viruses and protect it in real-time.
McAfee performed consistently well in my tests, detecting all kinds of malware, such as ransomware, spyware, cryptojackers, adware, etc. Also, this antivirus is backed by McAfee Virus Pledge. This means that the company promises to give users their money back at any time during their subscription if McAfee is unable to remove malware from their devices Norton has a similar deal with their products, as well. McAfee also includes a real-time protection engine in all of its plans, which can block malware files — like spyware — from being downloaded or opened on your device.
Mcafee slowed down my PC during a full system scan, but users can also schedule scans during the night and avoid any slowdown whatsoever. McAfee Total Protection also includes some decent system tune-up tools , which can help optimize your system startup, clean up junk files, and get a slow computer running faster.
Mobile Security also features advanced anti-theft protection. People with 5 or less devices that want coverage on multiple computers or mobile devices should check out the Multi-Device plan, while parents who want parental controls and coverage for up to 10 devices will want to buy the Family plan. US users looking to protect more than 10 devices should take a look at the Ultimate Coverage plan, which lets you install McAfee on an unlimited number of devices.
McAfee is one of the best antiviruses in There's the security center, which you download first, then, depending on the product you purchased, the product itself is downloaded from McAfee to your computer. McAfee claims it can offer the latest build; the alternative is to install the product, then immediately update. Unlike last year--when McAfee left a mess--after our reboot, we were pleased to find no evidence left on our machine.
In comparison, Norton Internet Security leaves behind registry files and some system files. Interface Although it hasn't changed from last year, McAfee's interface is more intuitive and better designed than Norton's. The McAfee Protection Center still offers a left-hand navigation for all tools, with a right-hand window pane for system status.
We like this better. There are two tables of contents; one lists basic features, while a second lists more advanced tools. We do like that McAfee has blended all of its tools--security, utility, and networking--together so that the overall product feels integrated and whole. Norton still feels like a collection of standalone applications repackaged.
This year McAfee appears to have rewritten some of its code; it doesn't feel as heavy and clunky as last year's edition. That said, in our performance testing, McAfee's antivirus protection remains in the middle of this year's pack of products in terms of overall performance. Features McAfee calls its Internet security suite its in-1 product, but we find there's much more offered. New is the ability for McAfee to scan links within IM messages and rate them.
Also new is a feature McAfee calls "State Aware," in which movies, slide shows, and even games play uninterrupted by security alerts or scans whenever you're in full-screen mode. McAfee Internet Security adds the True Key password manager also reviewed separately and an email spam filter. Both include Safe Family parental controls, identity-theft protection for U. Considering that the best identity-theft protection services costs hundreds per year, this isn't a bad deal.
Once again, you get the VPN, identity protection and money-back guarantee if you leave the auto-renewal option on. Like most antivirus software, McAfee products are often available at substantial discounts.
Some programs may be easier to find at third-party retailers than on the McAfee website. McAfee Gamer Security requires Windows 10 version or later. Software for other platforms supports macOS All five McAfee antivirus products scan for known malware and use cloud computing and machine learning to spot brand-new malware and other dangerous items.
Updates for the McAfee malware scanner go out several times daily to the company's million consumer and business users. To keep McAfee's database current, the malware scanner on your machine will send new potential threats to McAfee servers. The scanner collects data only on threats you encounter and ignores your browsing history, passwords and other personal information, according to McAfee.
Some antivirus brands let you opt out of this, but not McAfee. McAfee's Ransom Guard looks for suspicious file changes and quickly makes copies of targeted files if it suspects a ransomware attack. Advanced Malware Detection can speed the detection and distribution of a defense to the company's subscribers. McAfee's malware-detection rates are generally a half-step behind those of rival brands Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Norton, although they have been improving recently.
In tests conducted by the independent German lab AV-Test in May and June , McAfee's scanner found all known, or "widespread," malware samples thrown at it but detected only Some other brands that had less-than-perfect results have been getting better as well. It detected an average of Among the six other paid antivirus brands were normally review, only Sophos did worse, and that was on the enterprise rather than the consumer tests.
McAfee got perfect scores in the most recent October-December test results from U. But whereas the latter had perfect scores all year, McAfee fell short in SE Labs' previous rounds, letting five pieces of malware infect test systems. Of the other brands in SE Labs' most recent tests that we review, Norton detected everything but was docked points for false positives and neutralizing rather than blocking one piece of malware.
Trend Micro let through two pieces of malware, and Sophos a whopping eight. Bitdefender and ESET were not tested.
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