Product Review: MCAFEE TOTAL PROTECTION

McAfee offers an excellent set of tools to protect your PC and is confident enough in its service that it offers a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are unsatisfied with the software for any reason they will refund your money, no questions asked.

McAfee was easy to download and install on a Windows Vista PC. Once installed, however, it did seem to run slower but this is likely due to the fact that McAfee is constantly doing so much to protect your PC. McAfee claims that its most recently released version of the software is faster than previous versions. Novice users may be a little intimidated by McAfee's Total Protection interface because it offers so many different options and types of protection. Some of McAfee's menus were found to be a bit confusing largely because they had to be designed to accommodate so many different features.

McAfee Total Protection includes standard features such as anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing and hacker protection. But it also includes some advanced features that most other services don't have, such as security for your entire home network and even automated backups for important files stored on your computer's hard drive. McAfee has also included easy to use multi-user parental controls which allow you to select which users can access certain prohibited websites. McAfee Total Protection 2009, McAfee's latest software release, adds even more features to the mix. McAfee's new QuickScan takes a few seconds to 10 minutes to check for threats in the most commonly infected places on your computer. When you're in full screen mode, whether you're working, watching a video or playing a game, McAfee 2009 will postpone security alerts and notices so that you won't be interrupted. Other new additions include anti-theft encryption software that lets you password protect files and network monitoring that alerts you if anyone attempts to connect to your wireless network.

One of the most practical features is McAfee's link security tool, which gives color coded risk levels for every link you scroll over on a website, in an email or instant message. This ensures that you can surf with confidence that you won't inadvertently end up on a questionable or dangerous website.

McAfee claims to protect over 130 million computers worldwide. Less technical users may experience some information overload when they first begin using the software. But because McAfee offers a 30 day money-back guarantee, even the least tech savvy individual can try Total Protection risk free to determine whether or not it is the right product for their PC security needs.

System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista

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