McAfee Total Protection 1User 2010
Jan 15, 2010 in
Computers & Software
- Ultimate award-winning PC and online security for total peace of mind
- Anti-virus with Active Protection and Super Mode, Anti-spam, Anti-spyware, Anti-phishing, Two-way Firewall and Advanced Web Security
- QuickClean to help optimize your PC and Battery Mode
- Identity Protection and Parental Controls with Age Appropriate Searching
- Advanced Home Network Protection with Network monitoring
Product Description
McAfee Total Protection suite offers you and your family the ultimate PC and online security with accelerated performance. 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-spam, anti-phishing, and firewall, in addition to parental controls and identity protection. Also included are a powerful website safety advisor and bonus McAfee Anti-Theft File Protection software…. More >>
McAfee Total Protection 1User 2010
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5 comments
Rick on January 15, 2010 at 10:33 am
The product was in a good condition and didn’t have any problems in installing the software.
avidreader2 on January 15, 2010 at 11:07 am
Note: I initially posted this in the McAfee Total Protection 3-user 2010 in error. Am posting the same review here, which is the software I purchased.
I have been using McAfee security software for the last several years to protect my system, but this may be the last year. My complaints are similar to those posted by others. I’ve now been using this McAfee Total Protection 2010 (MTP) for over a month.
When I installed it, it would not work at first, and I spent 55 minutes on the telephone with a McAfee tech in order to uninstall and reinstall. I initially could not download the recommended McAfee tool myself because the MTP caused my browsers (Firefox and IE8) to freeze while loading, preventing access to the internet. The first 6 -7 suggestions the McAfee tech made did not help. Finally was able to uninstall and reinstall.
Since then, I’ve also received SEVERAL “your computer is not protected” messages, including ones asking me to resend my product key info so my copy could be validated again. How many times in a few weeks does the same software on the same computer need validation?
As noted by others, this is a tremendous resource hog. When running, the MTP slows down my computer to the extent that it is miserable to use. Opening Firefox or IE8 takes a couple of minutes (yep, click on the browser and then go do something else for a few minutes), and even switching from website to website takes nearly a minute — I’ve learned to schedule my computer use around the running of the Total Protection, since I won’t get much done while it’s running.
As far as protecting my system, well, it hasn’t notified me of anything yet, so I hope that’s a good sign. Still, I’ll be investigating other security software over the next year to see what may be better. I can live with a temporary issue such as having to uninstall and reinstall the software, but subsequently being told my computer isn’t protected, my software isn’t validated and being unable to use the internet easily while the MTP is running are serious flaws.
J. Gallicchio on January 15, 2010 at 11:11 am
I started using this product after I was infected with two trojan virus’s while using AVAST home protection. AVAST was great at notifying me when i had a virus but didn’t help in preventing me from getting the virus in the first place. This product has kept me away from any possible threat, has not slowed down my system and makes me feel very secure. And the price for it is awesome!
B. Andrews on January 15, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I bought this protection for my laptop and it is horrible. Literally everytime I turn on my computer it tells me something is wrong and it wants to run an hour scan. Of course the scan comes up with nothing because my computer is fine. It will also start scans without my knowledge and it slows my computer down to the point I can’t use it and have to cancel the scan. I have not had any problems with my computer besides this service. I will not use them ever again.
Michael Pike on January 15, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Didn’t realize my current software was about to expire, placed order with expedited shipping and got it just in time. Great Service!