Review by Linda Armstrong

I have used McAfee virus protection for many years and it has always worked well for me. One problem has always been the multiple accounts that spring up when we purchase new laptops or desktops. Customer service straightens them out when you ask, but it’s a bother. This single yearly subscription is a great solution. The box contains a wallet-sized card with a serial number on it and a larger card with directions in English on one side and French on the other directing you to an activation site. When you go to the site and enter the serial number, you are directed to input your account information or to create an account. It’s very easy. The next step takes your computer a while (depending on the speed of your connection), but you can work while the program files are downloading. (It took about an hour on my slow DSL connection.) The installation on my Windows 7 computer was seamless. To install the program on other devices, including MACs, additional PCs, laptops, and mobile devices, you just open a provided McAfee email on the device and download the software. What a great idea!