Review by Clevelander83

I installed this security suite on my laptop and desktop. Both operate on Windows XP, and have specs well above what the stated requirements are on the McAfee box. I’ve never been a fan of any security software and have used my computers unprotected for many years with no problems, but I figured it was time to upgrade. I’ve tried Norton, Panda, and a variety of other software and wound up uninstalling them after a few days.

My gripe with the McAfee software is that there is an obvious slow-down in both of my computers, more so with the laptop. The installation process was also painfully slow, and now I feel like there’s a new update to upload every single day.

On the positive side, the scanning process was pretty quick; McAfee located 1 potential problem, and asked me if I wanted to remove it. It’s It’s great that this is an 8-in-1 protection, so there’s no need to go out and buy additional products that may or may not work together. My favorite part so far has been the McAfee Site Advisor, which I feel makes web surfing much safer.

Having used this software for a couple days, it’s too early to tell if there are any kinks, but so far everything is functioning well.

A week later: while uploading an update, there was some sort of a glitch, and I was instructed to re-install the program. Tedious..

A couple weeks into using the software: almost every day I get an error stating that McAfee needs to be re-installed. After a few times of this run-around, I uninstalled the program instead. Would definitely rate this 1 or 2 stars now…