McAfee has been in the business of antivirus for a long time. The company was established in 1988, and is known for its firewalls, antispam products, encryption of files and public key infrastructure. However, it is best known for its anti-virus program and is a dominant player on the market. Security suites from the company offer comprehensive protection against malware and viruses and are backed with a $1,000,000 guarantee against identity theft.
All McAfee plans include a fully featured malware scanner which can block the entry of malware into your system and kill or eliminate any viruses already inside. Its real-time protection engine helps to prevent malware files from downloading and also reroutes and decrypts data to ensure that your online activity is not hacked or used against you.
In our tests, McAfee repeatedly achieved top marks in Test of 0 days by AV-Test and our malware test. It also aced our privacy tests, scoring 100 percent in each of those categories.
The interface of the www.swiftvpnapp.com/ipv4-vs-ipv6-what-is-the-difference-anyway suite is easy to navigate and simple to use. Accessing features like parental controls and identity theft protections is somewhat of a challenge however. The dashboard is separated into separate menus. The process of getting support is a little difficult. There is a McAfee community forum is active, however you’ll need to pay for Techmaster Concierge to get help with more complex issues.
The only major disappointment was that the McAfee system scan failed to clean up some junk files we had on our test systems. It doesn’t allow you to drag and drop a particular file or folder into the suite to be scanned like many of its competitors. This is a big no-no for a security software that costs this much.