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The
McAfee Total Protection
package was designed to provide comprehensive, proactive 12-in-1
security that guards the user's PC. It is also included with McAfee
SiteAdvisor Plus, which shields the PC from interaction with
dangerous Web sites.
McAfee Total Protection is continuously and
automatically updating, McAfee service helps prevent online hacker
attacks with the latest protection. Also, it features a back-up and
restore capability for computer crashes and environmental mishaps.
McAfee Total Protection includes multi-user Parental Controls,
protection from identity theft, spam, and scams. McAfee's
security
service allows the user to have the latest enhancements and
threat
updates that block viruses and spyware. Also, it includes a firewall to
deter hacking.
Included
into McAfee Total Protection Package:
McAfee SecurityCenter
McAfee SecurityCenter allows the user to monitor the computer's
security status, know instantly whether the computer's virus, spyware,
e-mail, and firewall protection services are up-to-date, and act on
potential security vulnerabilities. It provides the navigational tools
and controls the user need to coordinate and manage all areas of the
computer's protection.
McAfee VirusScan
VirusScan's detection and protection services defend the user
and
the computer from the latest security threats, including viruses,
Trojans, tracking cookies, spyware, adware, and other potentially
unwanted programs. Protection extends beyond the files and folders on
the desktop, targeting threats from different points of entry-including
e-mail, instant messages, and the Web.
McAfee Personal Firewall
Personal Firewall offers advanced protection
for
the computer and personal data. Personal Firewall establishes
a
barrier between the computer and the Internet, silently monitoring
Internet traffic for suspicious activities.
McAfee Anti-Spam
Anti-Spam (formerly called SpamKiller) stops
unsolicited e-mail from entering the user's Inbox by examining incoming
e-mail, and then marking it as spam (e-mail soliciting the user to
purchase something) or phishing (e-mail soliciting the user to provide
personal information to a potentially fraudulent Web site). Anti-Spam
then filters the spam e-mail and moves it to the McAfee Anti-Spam
folder.
McAfee QuickClean
QuickClean improves the computer's performance by deleting files that
can create clutter on the computer. It empties Recycle Bin and
deletes temporary files, shortcuts, lost file fragments, registry
files, cached files, cookies, browser history files, sent and deleted
e-mail, recently used files, Active-X files, and system restore point
files. QuickClean also protects the user's privacy by using the McAfee
Shredder component to securely and permanently delete items that may
contain sensitive, personal information, such as names and
addresses.
McAfee Disk Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter arranges files and folders on the computer to ensure
that they do not become scattered (that is, fragmented) when saved on
the computer's hard drive. By defragmenting the hard drive
periodically, it is ensure that these fragmented files and folders are
consolidated for quick retrieval later.
McAfee Shredder
McAfee Shredder deletes (or shreds) items permanently from the
computer's hard drive. Even when manually delete files and folders,
empty the Recycle Bin, or delete Temporary Internet Files folder, one
can still recover this information using computer forensic tools. As
well, a deleted file can be recovered because some programs make
temporary, hidden copies of open files. Shredder protects the user's
privacy by safely and permanently deleting these unwanted files. It's
important to remember that shredded files cannot be restored.
McAfee Network Manager
Network Manager presents a graphical view of the computers and
components that make up home network. The user can use Network Manager
to remotely monitor the protection status of each managed computer in
the network, and remotely fix reported security vulnerabilities on
those computers.
McAfee EasyNetwork
EasyNetwork allows the user to share files securely, simplify file
transfers, and share printers among the computers in home
network.
However, the computers in the network must have EasyNetwork installed
to access its features.
Key
Features Of McAfee Total Protection:
- Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware
- Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, and adware.
- Anti-Phishing -
Alerts the user to web sites that may try to steal the user'sidentity.
- Identity Protection
- Helps the user to shop, bank, and trade online safely.
- Two-way Firewall Protection - Use
the Internet 24/7 knowing hackers can't get access to the PCs.
- Web Site Safety Advisor
- A web
site guide and shield, McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus technology helps the
user to safely search and transact online by providing with
color-coded ratings to warn the user about and actually prevention from
visiting risky web sites that can compromise the user's identity and
the PC.
- McAfee SecurityCenter
- Provides an easy-to-read security status screen and puts the user in
control with fully customizable options.
- McAfee SystemGuards
- Warns the user when the computer shows specific behaviors that may
signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity.
- Stealth Mode -
Makes the computer invisible to intruders from the Internet.
- Shredder - Allows
the user to effectively remove any and all traces of confidential files
from the computer.
- Parental Controls
- Allows children to go online safely.
- Data Backup -
Automatically saves copies of most valuable files on a CD/DVD,
USB, external, or network drive.
- Protection without Interference
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The user can watch movies or play games uninterrupted as McAfee
security service intelligently defers tasks, updates, and alerts when
you're in full-screen mode.
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Actual
Customer Feedback:
"...It
has lots
of features like network intrusion, spam filtering. I have McAfee
products in the past and it gives you entire protection and piece of
mind while working in today's internet worlds. It accurately detects
all malware and malicious files that gets downloaded without your
knowledge and removes them..."
Portion of actual user comment from
Reviews.PriceGrabber.com
"...you
know to
expect solid malware protection in a variety of formats. Total
Protection 2009 delivers, but it’s also slow, awkwardly designed, and
frustrating to use, and it lacks many obvious refinements we’ve come to
expect in security products..."
Portion of actual user comment from
ComputerShopper.com
"...has
improved
malware detection, and its spam filter is much improved. But most of
its overabundance of features haven't changed at all; its UI is
sluggish; and it saps system performance..."
Portion of actual user comment from
PCMag.com
"...In
terms of
performance we counted a total of 13 additional processes running
behind the software. This uses up a decent chunk of your system memory
and takes quite a while to start up after a system boot. Scans are
quite fast but have a significant impact on system performance and
while anti-virus and anti-spyware detection seems efficient, there are
lots of other suites out there that can make similar claims and don't
suffer from the issues highlighted above..."
Portion of actual user comment from
ItReviews.com
"...As
a virus
scanner, McAfee works relatively well. It will scan your system for
viruses, and if your definitions are up-to-date, find them some of the
time. However, it is pretty strange that after making virus software
for so many years, they still cannot provide a reasonably well working
Spyware...
Another major
complaint is the sheer size of the system resource footprint that
McAfee total protection takes up. If you have an older computer, less
than 2gb of ram (4gb with Vista), this program will create a very
noticeable slowdown in your computer's performance. Comparing to how it
runs on my wife's laptop with 4gb of ram vs. some of the computers at
my work with only 1.5gb, the older work computers are drastically
slowed down by McAfee...
In
concussion,
if you don't care about 1. Annoying pop ups that steal your focus and
cannot be disabled, 2. Very limited spyware removal and 3. Slow and
poorly written code that uses a large portion of system resources, you
MIGHT consider buying this software..."
Portion of actual user comment from
Amazon.com
"...McAfee
happily runs in the background, keeping me free of viruses. I see
evidence of it working when my husband somehow got numerous viruses
while I, despite some risky internet use, have never been infected.
Indeed, McAfee has caught a few in action trying to infect my computer.
I once loaded McAfee onto my husband's computer to disinfect it and
left it there. He hasn't been infected since...
The one thing McAfee doesn't seem to do as well as it should is spyware
protection..."
Portion of actual user comment from Amazon.com
"...The
Backup
program isn't of much use, since it only compares file names and not
size, so if you back up documents and you change them, they will not be
updated on the backup medium. Site Advisor Plus is ok in my opinion,
but not that much better than the free one. Easy Network is also ok for
XP and 2000 users, but Vista lets you basically plug in a network cable
and you are set up. Parental controls are also useless since Vista
comes with parental controls..."
Portion of actual user comment from
NewEgg.com
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