McAfee Internet Security 2009 3-User
Protect yourself, your computer, your identity and your family with McAfee Internet Security 2009. With the daily emergence of new and more sophisticated Internet threats that could disrupt your digital life, you need more than a simple anti-virus program. You need McAfee Internet Security 2009 - a comprehensive, feature-rich, and simple-to-use security software.
Identity Protection?Shop, bank, and trade online safely 2-way Firewall Protection SiteAdvisor?Warns about unsafe web sites SecurityCenter?A security status screen with fully customizable options SystemGuards?Warns when your computer shows specific behaviors that may signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity Stealth Mode?Makes your computer invisible to intruders online Shredder?Removes any trace of confidential files from your computer Parental Controls Data Backup Protection without Interference?Watch movies or play games uninterrupted as McAfee security service intelligently defers tasks, updates, and alerts when you're in full-screen mode Minimum System Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000 (32-bit) with Service Pack 4 (SP4) or higher, XP (32-Bit) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or higher, Vista (32 or 64-bit) 256 MB RAM or higher 800 X 600 or higher resolution 150 MB of available free drive space Internet connection Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Optional - Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later For up to 3 users
With the daily emergence of new and more sophisticated Internet threats that could disrupt your digital life, you need more than a simple anti-virus program to protect yourself, your computer, your identity and your family. You need McAfee Internet Security 2009--comprehensive, feature-rich, and simple-to-use security software. Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use PC and Online Protection with Powerful Web Site Safety Advisor When using popular search engines, McAfee SiteAdvisor's safety ratings appear next to your search results. To see more information about the web site, roll your mouse over any SiteAdvisor safety rating. Click to enlarge. |  Easy-to-use, intuitive "security console." Click to enlarge. |
New Product Features for 2009
New--Simplified Set-up
Installation is now easier and faster with improved detection and removal of malware that tries to halt the set-up New--Enterprise-class Anti-spam
Powerful industry-grade spam protection helps keep your inbox free from unwanted, fraudulent, offensive, and phishing emails. New--QuickScan
Checks for threats in the areas of your computer that are most often attacked New--Friendly Alerts
Provides you with easy to understand alerts regarding your protection New--Age Appropriate Searching
Automatically sets the proper content filtering levels of popular search engines Key Product Highlights
Anti-virus/Anti-spyware
Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, and adware Anti-phishing
Alerts you to web sites that may try to steal your identity Identity Protection
Helps you to shop, bank, and trade online safely Two-way Firewall Protection
Confidently use the Internet 24/7 knowing hackers can't get access to your PCs McAfee SiteAdvisor
Warns with color-coded ratings about unsafe web sites Other Product Features
McAfee SecurityCenter
Provides an easy-to-read security status screen and puts you in control with fully customizable options McAfee SystemGuards
Warns you when your computer shows specific behaviors that may signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity Stealth Mode
Makes your computer invisible to intruders from the Internet Shredder
Allows you to effectively remove any and all traces of confidential files from your computer Parental Controls
Allows your children to go online safely at times that you define Data Backup
Automatically saves copies of your most valuable files on a CD/DVD, USB, external, or network drive Protection without Interference
You can watch movies or play games uninterrupted as McAfee security service intelligently defers tasks, updates, and alerts when you're in full-screen mode The McAfee Advantage
McAfee's security products use award-winning technology, are easy to install, and come with unlimited email and chat assistance. With continuous and automatic updates, McAfee helps ensure that you are always running the most current security to combat the ever-evolving threats on the Internet for the duration of your subscription.
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McAfee Internet Security 2009 3-User Reviews
Comparing Internet Security 2009 to previous versions, I would certainly recommend it as an upgrade. It followed the usual steps of uninstalling older software packages and did it with ease, but I'm sure it was just luck in my case. Your previous experience with this brand and the price of the product should be among your deciding factors.
As for firewalls, it does a good job out of the box without too much hassle and blocking. Compared to its competition, it's really on par. McAfee Internet Security 2009 was decently quick during the installation and updating phases. I have used just about all of the consumer level security packages and I tend to stick with a single brand and McAfee is certainly a brand that you can trust. After a couple weeks of use, Internet Security 2009 has been running smoothly. It does not offer anything substantial above its competitors, nor does it offer any negatives. At the end of the day most people just want to know that their PC is protected. After the install and updating, I found the menus to be fairly easy to navigate.
While I did not expect much with McAfee Internet Security 2009 it did, at least, meet my expectations. Overall, its speed has been above par and resource usage has been relatively low. McAfee does a decent job of offering a compromise between simple, straight-forward menus and more complicated options should the user want them. I have not noticed too much of a slow down on my system and the software has not been too nagging with pop-ups and warnings. However, I personally feel that most anti-virus/internet security packages (McAfee included) offer too many options. Corporate level packages are much better, but I will get off topic here. As someone that works in the computing industry I know how the consumer level anti-virus packages can be below par and really cause headaches for the end user.
Back when we owned only one computer, McAfee was the internet utility software we used. In a word well, two words buy it. We still do. After my husband became a certified system engineer and our home network grew to rival that of some small companies, McAfee remained the brand we counted on. This is an excellent suite and a great value for money.
Not comprehensive, but focused instead on those who do a lot of internet surfing. You can't go wrong with McAfee. Easy to install, this security system will do the job without slowing your computer down to a crawl like some of the others I've tried.
It seems effective in protecting my machines from harm, but couldn't it do it without bogging down my computers so much. As owner of my equipment I agree to abide by software protocols. Strengths: Good at scanning for viruses and malware. If you're like me, you've spent much time with these consumer-level security software over the past few years.
Overall Evaluation: If you can get it to load, and get it to respond (even on a fairly quick computer it took forever), then it's a decent protection package. McAfee has "parasite" my unit so I had to rebuild. Kept crashing after roughly 9 months of use - customer service was terrible. You cannot escape. Scare.
Pretty bells sounds and graphs. Sooner you will delete essential files than remove McAfee from registry. I've experienced this FIRST hand. Weaknesses: Terrible load times and slow to respond. Mcafee has unveiled an improved UI, which makes the software easier to use. yup. Once their software GRABS your PC. Nightmare to update, renew, and if something goes wrong, another nightmare to uninstall.
Tons of features, easy to use. The software written not to be deleted. Poor Tech support. Can bog down system though not as bad as Norton Internet security suite.
However, if you really don't know a lot about protection programs or have a very short temper when it comes to computers, I suggest staying away - this package causes headaches and so does customer support. Chances are that your experiences were not entirely positive. Report and monitor internet attempts/ Hits on your PC. While offering some clear value to us, they normally come preloaded on computers and bombard you with notifications and updates, while draining valuable system resources (I HATE THAT don't you).
McAfee is different. As such, these programs have gotten a reputation for being bloated and inefficient, while free antivirus offerings, like AVG and Avast, have proven themselves to be worthy alternatives, at least for core features.
Installation took approximately 7 minutes and ran smoothly. Compared to such anti virus packages such as Trend Micro and Nortons, it does not significantly slow down my computer at start-up nor does it send questionable messages about what it did for my security. I also found the price reasonable (purchased for $39 at Amazon for 3 PCs).
I have installed this software for three weeks and have been quite satisfied. Highly recommended. I have purchased this antivirus/security software because of the high ranking from Consumers Report and positive feedback from sites such as CNET. I have a window VISTA Home Premium system with 2G ram and 160G hard drive.
I found this software easy to install without any problems. On installing I followed the instructions by first uninstalling all previous anti virus software and closing all other applications.
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