Review by Robert Moore

This is a product that one should both review and then later revise, because if there are problems, they will likely only arise in the long term. I installed this and ceased using Avast, which was possibly the worst antivirus problem I’ve ever used (it kept identifying valid files as viruses, so that whenever I used my computer I got nonstop Avast pop ups, with a voice telling me that Avast had located an infected file). But the installation of McAfee went smooth as ice. I was able to click from one screen to the next and it seamlessly installed all the components. You go to the McAfee website, pop in the activation code, and click on the download link. You get an e-mail, click on the link, and apart from clicking a couple of more times, that’s it. It may be the easiest installation that I’ve ever had.

There are additional features that come free with the subscription. You can schedule the various kinds of scans or activate manual ones. You can also adjust the level of security if the software is blocking too many valid sites or programs. Just to be clear, the program does protect your whole computer and not just your Internet browser.

This does not appear to be the memory hog that some security programs are. I have checked multiple times and have yet to see how much memory it uses, and I have yet to see it use more than 1%, even when activating deep scans.

So, so far so good. I’ll revisit this review if I have any problems in the future, but at this point I’m delighted with this software.