McAfee Internet Security 3User 2010
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User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-11-24
The last time I used McAfee's Internet Security Suite was 2008. Since then, I have been using the Norton Internet Security Suite and was very happy with it. But since it was about to expire at the same time I was about to do a clean install of Windows 7, I figured I'd give McAfee a try again.
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First, let me speak about Norton for a minute. Norton had gotten to the point (pre-2008) where it was almost unusable because of how much it bogged down your machine. A lot of people, including myself, completely gave up and never looked back. But when last year's version was released, it was highly recommended by many of the review sites because of how low of an impact it made on the system. I gave it a try and was extremely impressed. It would scan in the background when I would break away from the computer for a few minutes, and as soon as I returned it would stop doing it's thing. It was a great year with Norton.
Now on to McAfee 2010. While bug-free and not extremely slow (unlike Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2010), it is still not as speedy and unnoticeable as Norton 2010 is. I still find myself once in awhile saying "why are things slowing down on my computer right now?" and when I check the task manager, the answer is usually "McAfee is doing its thing".
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The firewall in MIS2010 is acceptable. It detects every instance of outgoing traffic by a new program and asks you to allow it or not, just like the other suites. I have not had any instances of things getting through MIS2010 either outbound or inbound that I didn't have control over. It's always interesting to read the logs to see how much traffic is hitting my machine (and getting blocked) from the outside and from where.
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While I can't comment on how well it detects viruses, I can tell you that the scan slows things down a bit, even when you are working. For some reason, McAfee doesn't do background scans as well as Norton does. It's not HORRIBLE, but it is noticeable.
All-in-all, McAfee is a solid and capable product. Just don't expect it to be unnoticeable.
User: Juniorverse1
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Summary: Better than Kaspersky, but not as good as Norton
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-24
I installed McAfee about 6 weeks ago and have loved the result. It is easy to navigate and change settings if necessary, including parental controls. Previous internet security software has slowed my computer, but McAfee Internet Security runs silently in the background without slowing down the computer, has faster start-up, shut-down and scan times. This software also contains the latest Active Protection technology, which provides immediate protection against threats to your computer (literally takes a fraction of a second to detect and respond to threats). I think that for the protection that you get, you can't beat the price.
Here are the benefits of using McAfee:
Anti-virus
Anti-spyware
Anti-spam
Anti-phishing
Two-way Firewall
Web Site Safety Ratings (McAfee Site Advisor)
Identity Protection
Parental Controls
Data Backup
Here are the system requirements.
Microsoft® Windows 2000 (32-bit) with Service Pack 4 (SP4) or higher,
Windows XP (32-bit) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or higher,
Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit) and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or higher
Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
User: S. Shrader
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Summary: This product has worked wonderfully for me
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-23
This is a nice security program for the money. A neat new feature is the link security tool. You scroll over a website link while on the internet and McAfee will provide you a color coded risk level. This is extremely nice when surfing the web. Also a nice feature is to have the anti-theft encryption, which lets you set passwords to protect files and network monitoring that will alert you if anyone tries to connect to your wireless network. I found this software to be easy to install, but like most security programs, the PC runs a little slower---but not as bad as most.
User: ! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b
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Summary: Good Value and Top Security Features
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 1
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Review Date: 2009-11-23
I was most excited to see the claim of:
"Faster performance
Now with quicker startup, shutdown, and scan times, it runs silently in the background without slowing down your PC so you can play games, watch videos, and use applications uninterrupted."
It DOES run faster than the previous version, but it does still cause interruptions while watching videos and playing games if it is running a scan.
Other than it not being quite fast enough, I love McAfee and have trusted McAfee with my desktop for the past 5 years, and now my netbook as well!
User: Polly ツ Ester
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Summary: Still needs some improvement
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-21
Virus scan is still the core of the McAfee Internet Security suite. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to rate the quality of the virus scan itself without conducting a lot of rigorous testing. The lab reports that I have seen rate it very highly. Over the last 15 years, I've used virus scanners from McAfee, Symantec, and AVG. For any given threat, one may get updated quicker than another, but they all seem to have about the same degree of effectiveness.
The other features of the product, while nice, come off as something of an afterthought. Internet Security adds parental controls, phishing detection, document shredding (overwrites deleted files' data with random characters to prevent recovery), and spam filtering. I did not get a chance to use the spam filtering since I use a hosted mail account at home.
The parental controls were especially weak. The copy of Norton 2006 which this replaced had much more granular controls over which account could go to what sites. The built-in parental controls on OSX exceed even that - allowing specific control of what applications an account is allowed to run and which email addresses they can communicate with. Providers of Windows security software really need to bring their products up to speed with what Apple provides out of the box.
The install process took approximately half an hour. Halfway through, it presented a warning that it could not proceed with the install, but then installed anyway. It also required the removal of Spybot Search & Destroy - a high quality free antispyware program which I have found to be a useful supplement to commercial security software.
This product seems to do the job well enough, but next time I upgrade I will probably go back to the Symantec product line. On the positive side, the price is very reasonable for a 3 PC license.
User: Robert Huffstedtler
Rating:
Summary: Reasonable value, but uninspiring feature set
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
Editorial Reviews
McAfee Internet Security software offers comprehensive PC and online security with accelerated performance, and helps keeps you and your family safe. It's now available with revolutionary Active Protection technology, enabling the fastest updates and highest levels of detection against malicious threats. It provides anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and two-way firewall protection. Additionally, anti-spam and parental controls are included.McAfee Internet Security software also features McAfee SiteAdvisor technology, a powerful website safety advisor that uses simple color codes to identify risky websites so you can safely surf the Web and transact online. With continuous and automatic updates, McAfee helps ensure that you are running the most current security to combat the ever-evolving Internet threats.
Comprehensive, award-wining PC security to freely explore online
 McAfee SecurityCenter provides an easy-to-read security status screen and puts you in control with fully customizable options. |
 When using popular search engines, McAfee SiteAdvisor's safety ratings appear next to your search results. To see more information about the web site, roll your mouse over any SiteAdvisor safety rating. |
Anti-virus and antispyware
Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, and adware.
Anti-phishing
Alerts you to websites that may try to steal your identity.
Identity protection
Helps you to shop, bank, and trade online safely.
Two-way firewall protection
Confidently use the Internet 24/7 knowing hackers can't get access to your PCs.
Website safety ratings
Warns you with color-coded ratings about unsafe websites.
New 2010 Product Features
Active Protection
Our revolutionary Active Protection technology provides the fastest protection against malicious threats to your PC. New and emerging threats are analyzed and blocked in milliseconds, so you don't have to wait for regular updates to arrive.
Quickscan
Checks for threats in the areas of your computer that are most often attacked.
Faster performance
Now with quicker startup, shutdown, and scan times, it runs silently in the background without slowing down your PC so you can play games, watch videos, and use applications uninterrupted.
Enterprise-class anti-spam
Upgraded with powerful industry grade spam protection that helps keep your inbox free from unwanted, fraudulent, offensive, and phishing emails.
Power optimization
Extends the battery lifetime of notebook PCs by deferring scheduled scans until the computer is plugged in and can be set up to shut down automatically after running a scan to help save energy.
Age-appropriate searching
Automatically sets the proper content filtering levels of popular search engines.
Parental controls support for Google Chrome
Lets your children choose Google's latest web browser and still be protected.
The McAfee Advantage
McAfee security products use award-winning technology, are easy to install, and come with unlimited email and instant message chat assistance. With continuous and automatic updates, McAfee helps ensure that you are running the most current security to combat the ever-evolving Internet threats for the duration of your subscription.McAfee SecurityCenter
Provides an easy-to-read security status screen and puts you in control with fully customizable options McAfee SystemGuards Warns you when your computer shows specific behavior that may signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity.
Stealth Mode
Makes your computer invisible to hackers.
Shredder
Allows you to effectively remove any and all traces of confidential files from your computer.
Parental Controls
Allows your children to go online safely.
Data Backup
Automatically saves copies of your most valuable files on a CD/DVD, USB, external, or network drive.
Protection Without Interference
You can watch movies or play games uninterrupted as McAfee security service intelligently defers tasks, updates, and alerts when you're in full-screen mode.
Product Details
- McAfee Internet Security 2010 provides comprehensive, award-winning PC security to freely explore online
- Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, and adware
- Alerts you to websites that may try to steal your identity
- Identity protection helps you to shop, bank, and trade online safely
- Confidently use the Internet 24/7 knowing hackers can't get access to your PCs
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