McAfee Total Protection 2009 Reviews

Cleaner interface and new features will be pushed to current users in January, Inexpensive, Tune-up tools speed up your PC's boot time, Cleaner interface and new features will be pushed to current users in January

Long installation, Unattractive user interface, Relatively short list of utilities, Annoying pop-ups, Long installation

You can block certain keywords from the left-hand pane, as well as block or allow particular Web sites. The keywords are linked to certain age groups; for instance, we typed "porn" after configuring one of our user accounts for a "young teenager." ...

McAfee promises "instant, silent, and complete" security for your computer. The complete, at least, is debatable. Depending on your point of view, the $79.99 (direct) McAfee Total Protection 2009 is either the most feature-rich or the most feature ...

Powerful malware blocking. Effective malware removal. Accurate spam filtering. Network intrusion detection. Remote monitoring and management. Research-based site ratings. Local backup. System cleanup

Unresponsive user interface. Saps system performance. Limited and porous firewall. Ineffective parental/privacy control. Difficult installation on malware-infested systems. Malware removal disabled connectivity

McAfee's latest suite 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.

McAfee is an old hand in the system security and anti-virus game, with its Total Protection 2009 suite the most comprehensive collection of tools the company has available to safeguard you against threats and help take ...

You're paying quite a lot for McAfee's total security solution and while there's no doubt that there is plenty on offer, many of the tools seems unnecessarily awkward to use, which in part is down to the ineffective interface. There aren't many ...