Review by Mrs. Night Owl

The software is good for novice to medium-experience computer users. On my PC (WIN 8.1), the software runs silently which is great. I originally installed all of the options (there are a bunch) but ended up disabling everything except antivirus and firewall.

There are a lot of other bells and whistles that I either don’t need/want or they didn’t work well enough to keep. For example, the feature which helps users know if a website is safe (site advisor) actually caused major instability and sluggishness with my browser (Firefox), so I disabled that option. The software comes with a free mobile app which I tried but uninstalled. I have an Android phone and I was not happy with the mobile app, because it was a resource hog and kind of annoying.

For just antivirus and firewall protection, this product is great, a 4 star. All of the other features might be great for somebody who needs them, but not for me. Given I was not that impressed with the mobile app and the site advisor features, I am lowering my overall rating to 3 stars.

Installation notesn Surprisingly easy to install and usen No installation CD, just download the software from the website and enter the code found on the card which comes with the product.n Log-in or register with McAfeen Enter the serial numbern Download the installern Launch the installern Pick which components youd like to install (I picked everything)n Download software from site (automatically)n 141 MB size. Could take a while on slow computersn VERY fast installation. <1 minute.n Cool feature: email yourself from McAfee a link to protect other computers; simply open the email from other computers and you can easily install the software without entering the serial number.n Vulnerability scanner is useful. Hard to keep up with updates, so this does it for you.