Review by NoVA Music Lover

Like pretty much every PC owner, you need to protect your system from the ever-increasing number of threats on the Internet.

I typically like to stick with the big names when it comes to security products and I’ve been using McAfee for years.

Installation was exceedingly easy and well thought out. I already had a different McAfee A/V package installed but it had expired a week or so previous, so I was a bit worried how complicated removing the old one and installing the new one was going to be. As it turns out, it was virtually painless.

I dropped in the new CD, launched the installer and the new software recognized my old software, uninstalled it, then installed itself in its place. After the obligatory restart, it downloaded the newest definitions and I was good to go.

Operation of this software is similar to many others. You can change the scanning schedule and how intrusive it is. It periodically downloads new updates and prompts you to restart the system to activate the changes. While I dislike having to restart, that’s kind of the way things work on WIndows systems and go with the flow.

The built in firewall doesn’t see much in the way of incoming attacks since I’m behind a hardware firewall, but the outgoing firewall keeps a pretty good eye on things.

Overall, I’m pretty impressed with this software and will continue to use McAfee to protect my PCs.