Review by Not A Lot Of Money "Mom"

Gave it 5 stars because I’ve not found a reason to give it less. I’ve used McAfee for years. I especially like the Quick Clean feature that cleans up my computer’s unnecessary temporary files along with clearing the cache and history and other things that take up space and can slow down a computer.

I was hesitant this time when I bought it though, because it was for a download with a subscription code card number. I’ve always used a CD for the install in prior years. When I recently bought a new laptop, I separately bought an external disc drive since my laptop doesn’t contain one. Who knew that things I used to install via a CD are pretty much now only offered as downloads, online. This is one of those things. I was nervous trying a new way to install my McAfee Internet Security but I worried needlessly. It was quite easy and I didn’t run into any problems whatsoever. The product works as it should and like I expected it to.

I do want to mention that I think some people said if you already have a subscription to McAfee, when you install a new version, it extends your subscription for another year from the end date of your old subscription. I didn’t find that to be true. My previous subscription, that came with my new laptop, was due to run out on (not sure of the date now), let’s say, ³⁄₂₆. I installed the new subscription on 3/24/2014. It didn’t extend my subscription to 3/26/2015. Instead, it subscribed me from the date of installation, ³⁄₂₄ for one year, to 3/24/2015. So, if you still have a week or two left on your current subscription, I would advise not installing the new one before then. It’s not the worst thing in the world but, it appears you will then lose that week or two that were still remaining on your old subscription.

I do not find that my computer slows down at all on my new laptop. On my much older PC that runs Vista, there is a noticeable slow down when McAfee is scanning of updating while I’m using the computer. But, that computer is slow even when nothing is happening to interfere with its performance so I guess Anything that’s running in the background would make it operate even slower. On my laptop that runs Windows 8.1, I find no problem whatsoever. I’ve been warned, over the years, not to open certain links or websites and because of McAfee, I’ve never had a virus, thank goodness.