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McAfee Total Protection 2008 w/ Site Advisor Plus - 3-User (Full Product)
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: dhartsell1

Updated:01-07-08

Duration of ownership:1 Months

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Overall Evaluation: I left review on PC World Site and would like to add. I got 2 copies of McAfee Total Protect with Site-Advisor Plus for $20.00 off of Buy.com . Or shop around, I also saw it for $20 on Ebay.... Please excuse typos on ther review.......
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: MojaveSurfer

Updated:10-04-08

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Strengths: None that I've seen.

Weaknesses: Makes your PC slower than a dinosaur caught in a tar pit and is blind as a bat when it comes to detecting and stopping malware.

Overall Evaluation: I only used McAfee because it was well-known and offered for free with Comcast's Internet service. Not long after using it, my PC became infected with vicious malware that would open up Internet Explorer against my will on Start Up, and deluge me with all kinds of pop up boxes claiming to offer a product. After repeatedly scanning with McAfee, and it not detecting any infections, I called both Comcast, then McAfee. After having a McAfee agent do a remote scan of my PC and still finding nothing, I was then told I'd have to pay about $30 for level 2 tech support. I told him "No...I'm not paying for something that's already being paid for through my Comcast bill, and is supposed to protect me in the first place.". After repeated East Indian accents of "I'm sorry sir, but...", I terminated the call. I then tried PC Tools Spyware Doctor, which easily found 77 different infections on my PC (the ones that McAfee missed). I took the time to send an email to both Comcast and McAfee of a detailed list of every single one in the hopes McAfee would learn to identify these threats. I never received so much as an automated response or the slightest "thank you" or "we'll look into it" from McAfee. I've since uninstalled McAfee's software and use PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Virus Protection, which I highly recommend. I haven't had any problems since, and Spyware Doctor doesn't slow my PC down either. If you sign up with an internet provider and they offer you free service from McAfee, just say "No."
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: redgiant

Updated:02-27-08

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Strengths: ok

Weaknesses: may has problems with installation

Overall Evaluation: I installed McAfee Total Protection 2008 to make a try when boring with bulky Norton Antivirus. I have Spybot Search and Destroy in system and McAfee won't run the installation well until I removed Spybot S&D. You have the option to choose which feature to install which was nice to save some disk. I like Site Advisor Plus which gives lots information on sites. The protection is good so far.
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: simreb

Updated:02-26-08

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: easy to install and use

Weaknesses: uses a lot of memory and slows down computer.Not effective in dealing with adware/malware. Late with sotware updates

Overall Evaluation: After installation of the McAfee software my computer slowed up significantly. I have also had pproblems with large numbers of different adware/software trojans which were not picked up by McAffee.Information received from them said that they could not deal with Vundo variant at the time.I had to use Superantispyware and Adware 2007 to remove over 120 infections missed by McAfee. It was a bad mistake to change from Norton to McAfee after 10years, I am going back to Norton. I would not recommend this software to anyone
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: steveham13

Updated:02-20-08

Duration of ownership:3 Years

Strengths: Works OK. Probably not as good as Norton but it doesn't have Nortons faults with delaying or stopping computer opertations either. No virus has ever gotten by, in the 3 year I used McAfee.

Weaknesses: Tech support is from India now, used to be the USA or UK so that is not very good now, but OK.

Overall Evaluation: McAfee rebate vendor is always trying not to pay the rebates. Each time for the last 3 years they have rejected it for some reason that made no sense. But when you make a complaint, they will end up paying it, like they should have in the first place.I like the product and it has a Maintenance section for the computer, called McAfee QuickClean. Will take out the files that you don?t need and clean up the lost file fragments, the registry, cookies and ActiveX files you don?t need, plus others. So that is nice to run once a month.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: forsaving

Updated:02-15-08

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: It is a all in one protection. Less expensive.

Weaknesses: Since it is a all in one, so there is a problem of the resource usage. It is often causing system slow if you turn on all the features for protection.

Overall Evaluation: Overall it is not bad. I know it is not the one everyone likes it but for the sake of security it works quite well for protecting your family computers and it is for 3 PCs. Definitely you can turn off some of the features to alleviate the computer load and you should be happy for bothof the protection and computer speed.Anyway, it is a big brand name and you should not need to worry about the security issues on your computers. This is important and this is the reason you get it. If your computer is too old you may have to spend little fortune to upgrade it to get your system speed.
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: cheapwoodsley

Updated:01-20-08

Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

Strengths: none

Weaknesses: hang down the system

Overall Evaluation: The program was working OK until it hung up my computer and I had to reboot it. The 2008 version does come with a new feature which is site advisor plus. This can make up the slowed-down system problem. The program would get higher rating if McAfee could get rid of
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: MRNOVEMBER02

Updated:01-20-08

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Strengths: Usually can be found cheaper than Norton if you look around. Seems less resource intensive.

Weaknesses: None really.

Overall Evaluation: I picked this up because it was a good deal in comparison to a similar Norton product. It feels as though my machine isn't bogged down much by it. Interface is pretty intuitive, and I feel satisfied with my purchase. I would recommend.
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: faye1218

Updated:01-05-08

Duration of ownership:30 Days

Strengths: 12-in-1 Prevention and Protection. Good price for what it has to offer.

Weaknesses: It slows the computer down.

Overall Evaluation: Overall, McAfee Total Protection is a decent product. It is affordable, offers a lot of protection and is easy to use and install. The only downside is that I have noticed that it does slow my computer down a little bit, especially when first starting it up. Sometimes, webpages are slow to load, which didn't seem to happen before installing the software.
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: xiphosurus

Updated:01-05-08

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Strengths: Good detection rate, 3 - user, comprehensive coverage

Weaknesses: Resource intensive, slows down your computer

Overall Evaluation: The McAfee Total Protection 2008 w/ Site Advisor Plus - 3-User offers good real-time protection against viruses and other malware, with detection rates better than Symantec Antivirus, but not as good as others such as NOD32 or even free ones like Avast. It is also resource intensive, slowing down your computer noticeably, especially during startup (FYI I didn't enable startup scan). The only good thing about this is that it has a 3-user license which allows you to put one of 3 different computer/laptops.