Review by Amazon Customer

Update: I have changed my 5 star review to 1 star after McAfee has forced Yahoo to be my default internet search provider. It continually changes it from Google to Yahoo, every time I try to switch it back.

I’ve been using McAfee for a couple of years now and have mixed feelings on it. The pro of McAfee is that I haven’t gotten a virus. The software has popped up an unsafe warning several times, usually when miskeying a URL. So I feel reasonably sure I am protected. I like this package is unlimited, as I have a bunch of computers and other devices.n There are a couple of cons however. The first is performance. It downloads updates and scans in the background, when that happens the PC essentially is unusable. Luckily this only happens for a minute or two. The second con is that I had an existing copy of this software. If there was an option to enter a new key I couldn’t find it, so it forced an uninstall/reinstall, which is time consuming. The third con is that box is pretty big for essentially a card with a code and an address on it. My final con is when the license does expire, there will be a bunch of popups from McAfee about renewing. One reminder per session would be plenty.

All in all I’m happy with McAfee, the performance impacts are a nuisance, but I can live with it.