McAfee – McAfee+ Advanced Family (Unlimited Devices) Antivirus Software, Scam Protection (1-Year Subscription with Auto-Renewal) – Windows, Mac OS, Chrome, Apple iOS, Android [Digital]

Good affordable protection but with ads - Solid anti virus and scam protection for entire family. Also comes with some identity theft protection as well. Only thing I don't like is that they try to upsell you left-right-and-center which I could do without.

Good product at a reasonable price for my family - Works great..easy to install..easy to share with family.

Suggest this Anti Virus Program - Great Anti Virus Program for more than one Computer Or Phone. I would suggest this to Anyone that needs Complete coverage of any online system.

McAfee Protection - Bought a plan to protect my Mac laptop and my other Apple products with the McAfee plan. Great deal!

Exactly what I expected and paid for - This was exactly what I expected and paid for. I was able to use this to extend my subscription on my existing McAfee installation.

Sis Glen - I bought it to security for our computers - I will not fill out another rating - I do not want to explain myself for buying something this the low rating - not because of the product

How Can This Be Corrected - It makes me sign in every time or sends ads as if I don’t have a active account

McAfee Advanced Family Protection - This is a great value for all the electronics you can cover.

Heath Gill - I have the protection downloaded on one machine, but it is not allowing me to download onto another computer

Not a good for Family - It says family however, not possible to add 2nd adult. Talk to geek squad and Mcafee Tech Support, only answer available is ongoing issue with the mcafee and once issue is resolve I will get an email. However, not timeline mcafee tech support is worst to support since bough from best buy and not end up is not using credit monitoring for spouse.

Remotely managed installation catastrophic - The title says it all, I will be discontinuing the service as soon as possible,

Great holistic protection - Great VPN and personal data features. This is a reliable holistic AV product.

great software - I have used this software for a long time and it has provided the needed protection I have needed for all my laptops, tablets, and phones.

Great Protection - I received the McAfee - McAfee+ Advanced Family ID Theft Coverage & Internet Security Software (Unlimited Devices) (1-Year Subscription) - Android, Apple iOS, Chrome, Mac OS, Windows [Digital]. McAfee+ Advanced Family offers far more than just antivirus and malware protection. There’s a whole suite of tools that can help you to keep your computer protected but also aims to protect your data outside of your computer too. Scanning for viruses is a fully automated operation running in the background, which will scan new files you download or existing files as you open and run them. You can also do a full scan whenever you wish. It comes with Personal Data Cleanup. You enter your personal details, and these are checked against known data broker sites. The search takes in 40 of the sites that have been deemed ‘most threatening’ and will return any results that match your information. Also has Online Account Cleanup tool, which is a helpful resource for securing your data by identifying accounts linked to your email address that may pose a risk. At the moment, it only works with Outlook addresses. Another nice feature is that it comes with its own VPN. This is based on the popular TunnelBear VPN. It allows you to encrypt your internet connection and hide your IP address to keep your online activity private and secure. You can have up to five devices connected through the VPN at once. ID monitoring helps safeguard your personal information, online accounts, and credit report details. It alerts you if your data has been part of a breach, allowing you to change passwords or cancel accounts before extensive damage occurs. Additionally, it enables you to monitor changes to your credit report and score, ensuring you stay informed about your financial standing. McAfee+ Advanced also includes a tracker remover. This can automatically remove files such as cookies, browsing history, temporary files, recycle bin, Windows history, and more. You can set a schedule for these files to be removed. Overall, it covers a comprehensive suite of protection tools, such as a VPN, ID protection services, $1 million identity theft coverage, and the Virus Protection Pledge. It is a solid option for complete protection for your computing, online, and personal finance needs.

Cheaper Is NOT always better! - I had (and have been) an avid user of McAfee, and I wrote that to say this, at the first of this year I decided to drop McAfee Advanced and go w/ a newer, cheaper protection. At first everything went smoothly and I was very happy w/ the service. BUT! I began to notice that I was having trouble w/ logging on and not being able to view our home security cameras while we were away. And then I wasn’t getting the coverage that I was getting w/ McAfee. Once I re-installed McAfee Advanced and downloaded the App (again) I was “glad to be home”! The short time I had gone away from McAfee protection and seeing the NEW changes on the App, I soon learned this, “CHEAPER IS NOT BETTER!” McAfee is so reliable, so easy to use, so advanced over the competition that the few dollars I saved were not worth the headache. And once I began to run all the scans (and I still have more to do) I really noticed that the “protection” I thought I was receiving was nowhere near what McAfee Advance Family gave me. First and foremost is the fact that McAfee Advanced Family offers Unlimited Device protection which means I don’t have to worry do I put it on this device or on this one, that in and of itself is worth the extra money. The McAfee App is so easy to use, our family loves the simplicity of downloading and using the App. But the one thing I love the most, is knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that my network is secure, our data is more secure, and the knowledge of that is far worth the money! THANK YOU McAfee! If you are in need of a very reliable and trustworthy internet and ID protection, I highly recommend McAfee Advanced Family plan.

Powerful protection for all of your devices - There are so many potential threats for everyone who accesses websites, ranging from simple web browsing to every day email access. Scammers are everywhere and protection for your personal computers to personal devices to cell phones is a must. A program like McAfee Advanced family was designed to give you complete protection for everything you use to access the web. It provides protection against viruses as well as those annoying web trackers. It took approximately 45 monitors to scan my laptop with a 1 terabyte drive with about 50% of it utilized with common productivity applications. I used the fast scanning option, but be aware that this is very resource intensive and used a lot of my system resources including battery life. There are options to use less resources. I was taken back by how many tracking resources this scan cleaned up. I was free from virus issues, but I had a considerable number of web tracking issues. This handled it easily and was able to easily clean up my problems. I am also using the product to protect my iPhone. It’s so handy having one product to handle my mobile monitoring as well. One feature that really has my interest is the password manager add on for my web browser. I have so many passwords and this feature will be great to have. This is a great application for handling all of your computing platforms

A holistic digital security for the entire house - I have been using McAfee for several years and I am firmly convinced about their technical capacities and the simplicity of the software. Installing my new McAfee version that offers protection for all devices at home was a step forward. Installing the software could be a first step. In this area, and because I have the McAfee app on my current laptop, I started by installing it on my phone to simulate brand-new/first-time installation. Three (good) experiences. .- In my first-time device (android phone), installation is very simple, after downloading the app and creating your profile directly on McAfee web (note here that my profile existed already), you just need to launch the app. Saying that this is a simple process needs to be reiterated if you are scared of software. Options and menus are super-intuitive and self-explanatory, great for new users. Launching the first scan is as obvious and simple as a click. My second option, considering that this is a protection for ALL devices at home was ready to be tested. This was selecting the “Protect more devices options”, this will send a link to protect other devices at home. Again all types of options to share links or a Q-bar code with your wife and kids at home, by phone, email, or instant messaging are available. .- After receiving the link, other first-time installations are even faster than the first one. Easy setup (this includes an IO device) and the system is already aware that those are installs from the same account. In each download, the landing page recognizes the version to download: windows or Android. As I said, very simple. .- Installing the software in a device (my Windows laptop) that already had the app, surprisingly has given me the costiest process (from a time perspective). This seems to be a recurrent issue because the same happened to me in my last McAfee purchase a couple of years ago. In fact, the app recognizes my account and services but seems to not work properly. The easiest solution is to erase the previous version app and install it again. All good. After installation, “playing around with the antivirus for a few days” to see how differential the features could make this a better option than other software, you have a myriad of advantages: .- Unlimited use of licenses for all types of platforms at home. A huge deal for a family of four with so many phones, tablets, and laptops. .- Please note that this is a very holistic approach for cybercrimes not just viruses. The protection to your device is extended while browsing the different web pages and sites you visit independently of your web browser. Credit monitoring, personal data cleanup, and the most attractive ID theft coverage are adding a piece of mind to all your digital transactions. At this level, my main reflection is that to enjoy all those features and to obtain serious monitoring, you need to share more personal data than in other software which could include SSN, name, address, and DoB that you will need to trust your provider from being hacked, and McAfee is a good partner for that type of relation. On the positive side for controlling your charges, no need to enter the information of your credit card for automatic license renewal. You could do it but this is not compulsory like in other software. .- I absolutely LOVE the option that you can request the app to run maintenance and updates while the PC is idle. .- An additional aspect that is also included with this license: is the VPN functionality for all the devices. Yes, I recommend thanks to its simplicity, the trust in the programmer, the VPN license, and the ID theft coverage.

I’ve Been Hacked! What Next? - BACKGROUND: To say “I have been hacked” is an understatement. My most recent data breach is courtesy of AT&T where in first quarter 2024 my Name, Email Address, SSAN, Home Address, Phone Numbers, Account Numbers with Passwords, along with other assorted Personal Data was release to the “Dark Web”. Also, similar personal data points were exposed over the years from Capital One Credit Card in 2019, Equifax Credit Bureau in 2018, OPM in 2015 (our Federal Government who facilitated my FEMA security clearance), BCBS Medical Insurance in 2014, and Yahoo in 2013, 2014, and again in 2016. Adding to the above “familiar entities” are these lesser known: Nuance Communications Shared Radiology in 2023, UNC Wilmington Blackbaud in 2020, and TrueFire in 2020. (Bottom line: If you have accounts, even if you are not “online”, just expect them to be hacked. Not your fault, it’s the companies managing your data that appear to fail at their jobs of protection of your personal data.) Because of the above breaches, I am currently utilizing two data monitoring services paid for by AT&T and by OPM. But these agencies only notify you of a current data breach, with neither actually removing your exposed data on the Dark Web. Therefore, when I was offered the chance to try out the McAfee+ Advanced Family ID Theft Coverage & Internet Security Software, that offers assistance with removing individual’s exposed data from the Dark Web, I jumped at this opportunity. INSTALLATION: Simple enough and I was able to install without issues from the emailed 25-digit activation code. Since I was also installing the included McAfee Virus Protection, I did remove my existing virus software not wanting to experience any application conflicts. DUAL SETUPS: There are actually two setup processes. First is the application loaded on your device (example: my laptop), the second is a McAfee online web site account. They somewhat work in tandem where you can access your online site account through your device application options. VIRUS PROTECTION: Because I ran my previous virus application prior to the McAfee installation to verify my laptop was “clean”, I did not expect the McAfee to find any viruses. Ran both the McAfee “Quick Scan” (nothing found), then the “Full Scan”, again nothing found. Note that to continue to use the McAfee free Virus Protection, you must keep a credit card on file for auto-billing when your 1-year subscription expires (my Autorenewal Price: $219.99). SECURE VPN: Initially I configured “Turn on VPN – All The Time (Recommended)”. But this caused an immediate issue when I was trying to order an online Pizza and not being about to complete the online credit card payment. Error encounter was “transaction_hostedpayment_xxx refused to connect”. Suspecting the VPN was blocking the payment, I then tried to just turn off the VPN by way of the Task Bar hidden McAfee ICON options “Turn Off VPN”. But as soon as I would turn that off, it would come right back on when attempting to pay with a credit card. The workaround was in McAfee Setup, VPN Settings, and change “Turn on VPN – All The Time (Recommended)” to “Turn on VPN – Never”. Once VPN was off, it stayed off, and I could pay for dinner. Now if I want VPN on, I need to use the Task Bar Hidden McAfee ICON to turn on VPN, and then turn off when necessary. MONITORING: There are a few different monitoring services offered: Transactional, Credit, and Identity. I setup up for Identity monitoring and currently have a 592 out of 1000 score (fair). I have 101 accounts found with assorted risk assignments. Of the 7 High Risk, all of those are used by me at least weekly, if not daily. So, I will not be closing those accounts out. Others I use monthly, so those will be staying too. But there are numerous online accounts that I no longer use, and it would be beneficial to have those closed out with my personal data removed. One method is a McAfee upgrade at $79.99 additional fee and my subscription renewal fee is increased to $279.99. That option has McAfee handing the removal process on my behalf. And I am considering signing up for this McAfee upgrade letting them handle the removal of the sites that I no longer use. The alternative method is to self-manage the account removal by sending the company an email, stating I have used their services in the past, have an existing account, and wish for them to close the account removing all of my personal data. Then follow up to verify if they actually did what I asked. If I only had a few accounts to close out, then doing it myself would make sense. But due to a large number of accounts, paying for the upgrade makes sense. DATA BREACHES: Identity monitoring will also provide you with all of your Dark-Web data breaches; I showed 44. All of these were known to me from my two other credit monitoring services. But this application was able to provide me with a second look before I “addressed” the breach. Therefore, if you are not currently utilizing a credit monitoring services, this software could be an acceptable option. NOTE: At the moment, I will not be using the Transactional monitoring service due to McAfee requiring my banking accounts, credit card accounts, driver’s license, medical, etc. account information. I get it and understand that requirement providing all of my personal information so it can be monitored. But currently I am not ready to provide that information out to another online account. If/when my current credit monitoring services are no longer paid by others, then I will consider using McAfee’s Transactional monitoring service. PROTECTION CENTER: This is a McAfee online application that at times denies me access to my online account. Error: “You don't have permission to access "http---id_mcafee_com/authorize?" on this server. To work around this error, I must close all of my open web tabs, clear my browser history, then try again. The other intermittent issue I encounter is the non-connection, with a blue drawn circle, that will display a continual loading state that never ends. I have not determined what causes these issues, but whatever they are, they are very annoying. PERSONAL DATA CLEANUP: “We found 26 profiles containing your data across the sites we scanned. Request to remove your data have automatically been sent and you can track their progress below. 12 Removed, 14 Removal Requests in Progress.” OK, this single service may well be worth the price of admission. And I must continue to check back to see if/when the other 14 profiles are removed. Note that McAfee acknowledges that if/when profiles are removed, that will not prevent them from reoccurring. But you can begin the process again. BOTTOM LINE: Now I could go on listing other feature and services available, all are provided in the Features and Spec portion of the Best Buy site. But suffice it to say, the “Dark Web” is always pursuing individual’s data and will continue to be a challenge to proactively stop your data from being exposed, or reactively being removed. Recognize that hackers are in nature one step ahead of the those trying to prevent data breaches. Once one acknowledges this fact, then take whatever proactive measures are within your comfort zone, will you be somewhat protected or able to reduce your hacked data from being from being obtained and used by others. To that end, the McAfee+ Advanced Family ID Theft Coverage & Internet Security Software is a viable option to consider for both proactive, and reactive (removal) of your online data. RATING: This application is not without its faults, but does provide enough protection, along with data clean up options to warrant McAfee’s services, especially if able to purchase on sale. I believed it has earned itself a solid 4-Star Rating. .

Fast and thorough! - So I've been using the same software for virus protection for a while. Decided to go back to McAfee off of a friends recommendation. I will say it was a little of a pain to set up. You have to subscribe which is normal. Then it said download to get access to your protection, except there was no where to click to do the download. I noticed I was getting several emails from McAfee, I read those and finished the installation through the links in the emails...not sure why it wouldn't just download. After the download, it is a very simple and straight forward protection. As soon as you sign in, it gives you the option to scan for breaches in the dark web. It found 3 for me…granted I had already known about them and they were from a few years ago, but it was still very fast and accurate. The actual virus scan on my 2T laptop took less than 5 minutes with a ton of programs and software suits. I’m on the web all the time for business so the protection is something I needed. The first tab is to check your protection which takes you to a different website that shows you everything related to the software. It’s pretty simple to navigate. Only had it a few days, but so far I’m pretty happy with it. I’m not a programmer or a coder so I can’t tell you internal numbers and stats, but I can’t tell you that the software does what it’s supposed to do and it’s priced competitively with other major brands. Pros • Fast • Thorough • Dark Wed Detection • Unobtrusive Cons • Weird set (works just multiple steps) • Everything redirects to a webpage (not a big deal just expected PC dashboard to be more internal)

Questionable Practices, but less invasive - I have had more antivirus applications both free and paid than I can keep count of at this point, each of them has various levels of support and success, the latest in this long line is McAfee+ Advanced Family, and here are my thoughts. Installation: Pretty unobtrusive, which is wonderful honestly, so many antivirus applications have banners and even self-created ads that are always in your face that it's almost a wonder people even still bother to pay for them if the paid versions have as much disruptive stuff as the free ones. That's not to say this one is perfect, it does have a reminder banner or two that pops up when installation is complete, but all-in-all it's a lot less annoying than some other antivirus applications that I've used. Activation: Being that purchasing this comes with a year of protection, I wasn't *terribly* surprised that it asked for a credit card at the outset to set up auto-renewal, this is standard practice in the Antivirus application world... What DID surprise me is that on the page with the credit card entry, while it did have an option to move forward without entering the card number, there was statements on that page that were clear that without a credit card on file you would be giving up some features of the software, but it wasn't clear what those features are, despite the fact it stated repeatedly that I would not be charged anything due to the activation code. To me this is a shady business practice. I paid for a thing, I expect to get that thing, yet if I dont give them my card I don't get all the features? This is not ok with me. The second part of it, when reading the fine print, is that as of the time of this writing the auto-renewal was excessively expensive. For anyone that has used any form of paid antivirus over the last 30 years, they always run deals, auto-renewal is NEVER, and I truly mean NEVER the best deal, no matter how many times they throw some sort of coupon at you when you try to set it up or cancel it. Wait for a sale at your favorite computer hardware or software retailer and buy it that way, DO NOT PAY FOR AUTORENEWAL, it's highway robbery, that goes for McAfee and every other antivirus company in the business. Do not forget, they are using the data collected from your machine(s) to update their product, yet you are paying them to do it. Usage: All of these antivirus programs are moving to easier to use interfaces, some of them are so dumbed down that if you need to get to an advanced feature, such as allowing an application through the firewall or preventing auto-scan of an application or folder, that it takes changing the interface to the 'advanced' interface then muddling through it to find those options. This is where McAfee excels. The easy interface and the advanced interface are one in the same, you dont need to activate a wholly different interface to get to the other options, you just navigate the menu on the left, while the easy interface is the main buttons in the middle. This is almost reason enough for me to keep them and the biggest reason I'm giving them 4 stars instead of 3 due to the shady business practices. Protection: McAfee routinely rates near the top, if not THE top of the antivirus rating sites, and the current iteration is no different, av-test.org has given it the highest rating available and has continued to, even when some of it's biggest competitors have fallen a little behind. If you're looking for a clean installation, relatively light footprint and good protection, McAfee is one of the best, but I'll repeat myself, do not bother paying for auto-renew, just buy it again next year from your favorite retailer on a massive discount sale, they always happen. VPN: It does include a VPN with the service, and in my experience it works well, although I'm not a big fan of the 'disable your internet until the VPN is re-established' function, but that can be turned off. A nice feature is that it has a 'virtual location' VPN which can make you appear as though you're in another country, however it does not make it so you can appear as though you're in another state. With certain state laws being different in the US in terms of online content, it feels like a miss that you can't just place-shift inside the US rather than having to leave the US with that function. Family member protection: It's a relatively new function for these antivirus programs to include identity protection, some of the big names in the business have purchased other companies to provide this service, they all work in relatively the same way, so if this is a feature that is important to you, this one allows you to monitor your whole family and it's pretty easy to set up. It will help do darkweb monitoring, financial monitoring and other similar functions Overall: Despite some shady business practices (which can be avoided), McAfee still remains near the top of the pack for protection. If you know what you're getting into and want good protection, it's near the best in the business, just dont get the auto-renew, and they should be ashamed of themselves for only enabling all features of auto-renew with a credit card on-file is enabled. Recommending it is a toss up, my vote is yes, just be informed as to what you are purchasing.