Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have installed this on my Windows 11 and my MacBook. Easy to set up and ready in minutes. Scans are quick and efficient and works as expected. McAfee wins again as a great software to protect you and your computer. Identity Theft helps to bring attention of Subscription services you may not be aware. Also it searches the dark web to bring your results which are out for anyone to find and use if they so choose. This software can be configured to close accounts if you choose and also rates the risk for different sites and online businesses you. may be using which may need some additional protections such as second authentications from an app or phone sms text code. You can use the reports to help lower your risk and save you some money as well. The options in the setup are numerous, You can choose how much or how little you want to use the various features. Also you can configure how often and when to scan the drives fully. Unlimited devices is awesome for households with multiple devices which need protected. Also the McAfee VPN is a really good fit as well and takes seconds to setup.

I've been a long-time user of McAfee products, so I was eager to try out the McAfee+ advanced family subscription on all our family's devices, including kids' mobiles and tablets. Here are my thoughts after using it for a week: Pros: Easy setup and automated protection: Setting up the software was straightforward, and the automated protection features work seamlessly in the background. The protection score is a nice touch, providing clear steps to enhance your online security. Unlimited devices: One of the standout features of this subscription is the ability to protect unlimited devices. This is incredibly convenient for a household like mine with over 13 gadgets. Everyone in my family feels secure, knowing that all our devices are protected under one plan. All-in-One protection: This subscription offers a wide range of protection services, including antivirus, VPN, identity monitoring, and a password manager. It's reassuring to have a single solution that covers all aspects of online security and privacy. Online account cleanup: This feature impressed me by finding a surprising number of active accounts linked to my email. It even flagged accounts I had forgotten about, helping me streamline my online presence. However, it only supported one email account, which was a bit limiting. Identity theft coverage: Thankfully, I haven't had to use this feature yet, but it's comforting to know it's there. Cons: Limited account support for cleanup: The online account cleanup feature only supports one email account, which can be limiting for users with multiple email addresses. Personal data cleanup: This feature didn't find any exposed personal information during my scan. However, it only scans quarterly, which might be infrequent for some users. Conditional virus removal: The virus removal feature is only available if you enable auto-renewal. This feels a bit like a forced upsell, which isn't ideal. Overall, this family subscription from McAfee is a robust and comprehensive security solution. I recommend it to anyone seeking thorough internet security and identity protection.

It was very easy to setup and use across a few of my devices. I have it on my phone and laptop and so far it has been glitch free and running smooth. SCANS WEB FOR YOUR INFO It has a feature that looks for your information which is linked to any unused accounts. It also scans for any compromised passwordsthat may be floating on the web. It has not found any unused acounts linked to me as im pretty good about closing accounts that i dont use. It dod however fond a few of my passwords on the internet and i have since changed them and it is peace of mind ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS WITH ALL THESE COMPANIES EXPERIENCING DATA BREACHES WITHOUT TELLING THE PUBLIC. VPN I do enjoy the VPN feature, i use it when im using unsecure WIFI in hotels or coffee shops. It does slow down my internet speeds slightly but not signifocant. The VPN is a must when im purchasing any items or booking flights and entering sensitive information. OVERALL Easy to install on multiple devices and easy to use. Great software.

If you have a family you quickly realize that the typical five or even ten device coverage isn’t enough when everyone has a phone, tablet and laptop. With the unlimited device coverage with this software you no longer have to worry about that. Since it’s McAfee you know you are getting good anti-virus, spam and firewall software but this version goes beyond that. It offers an insight into how much your personal information has been exposed based upon the information you give it. This is when I realized an old email address of mine has gone viral being found in over 60 data breaches and some of them included sensitive information. This search result was from just inputting my email address but McAfee allows you to search on numerous things such as phone numbers, email addresses, bank accounts and many other aspects of your personal information. The software provides you with a summary of the data breach and suggestions on how to protect yourself. There is also a report that shows where your personal data is held and McAfee automatically sends request to remove it. Besides these personal security features the software includes browsing protection, parental controls and coverage for Android, Apple and Windows devices. Overall I feel confident that McAfee is actively protecting my family. All is not perfect however. When I tried to install this new version over and older version that had a month left in the subscription it would only install the old version. I had to delete the old version and then I was given the option to install the new version. Secondly the only way to install the software is by providing a credit card for auto renew which is quite expensive. Lastly McAfee provides a Security Score that for me was based more upon the personal data information versus how well the software was set up to protect my computing environment.

I suppose that writing a review of a software security solution might be one of the more challenging tasks to undertake. It's not like all or any of my devices were infected with a software virus for the McAfee Suite to heroically cleanse away once installed. Neither was I going to intentionally introduce a software virus to any of my devices just so that same suite could heroically cure it. Nevertheless, none of my household devices contracted any virus or malware after the McAfee Security Suite Advanced Family software was installed. We have around 8 devices comprised of a mix of Android, Apple, and Windows. Linux does not seem to be covered. However, on those devices which are covered they are quite thoroughly and completely covered. Those devices are regularly scanned for viruses, malware and the like and the database of infections is updated regularly as well. User identity is also covered. When I provided my personal identifying info, email accounts, and social platforms, the McAfee Suite went to work to find whether I was associated with any data breaches (I was) and recommended any required action then explored the settings on my social platforms and offered settings changes to improve privacy and security. The McAfee+ Advanced Family Suite is easy to install and use. I did encounter an issue while trying to install it on my second Android device, but a quick response from a McAfee tech support agent got me straightened out. Amazing - a technical support contact that actually resolved a problem - I was truly impressed. I highly recommend this product and the McAfee company.

This is a bit more of an unusual review, as I can't say "what's in the box" as with McAfee Advanced Family it is literally an activation code. What I can say is it's relatively straight forward to register, enter the code, an email you want to use for the account, do some basic registration and you will have a McAfee Advanced Family online account. The next steps require a bit more work as to get the full value of McAfee Advanced Family you need to start connecting accounts, your primary email, social media, etc. so that McAfee Advanced Family can start doing the extra steps necessary to keep you safe (adjust privacy settings, etc). This is where I ran into gaps between the promise of "privacy" vs the recommendations McAfee Advanced Family made to me. For example, on Instagram it wanted me to "turn on let others share your story in messages" and to let accounts I follow to message me and see my status" which is the opposite of what I would call a smart, privacy first strategy. I couldn't get the x/Twitter integration to work (but honestly, that's probably 100% x's fault). For Linked In, McAfee Advanced Family also made some odd recommendations - like seeming to encourage me to turn on that I was open to a new job (ahem, no!) or turning on personalized advertising (ahem, no!). But what's weird, for me they are off and if I tested and tried to turn them on it would say "not recommended". It's a very confusing UI because it McAfee doesn't seem to know that you already have the right setting and other times it recommends bad choices (like it's recommended that you let Linked In personalize ads to you based on your connections). McAfee really need to fix this so that it doesn't suggest less privacy friendly choices. Some of the other "features" are just links to 3rd party sites. Like Credit Freezes just direct you to the various credit bureau forms. I get that McAfee may be restricted in what it can automate here, but you can do all of this yourself without buying McAfee. Probably the biggest feature and promise of online data cleanup from all of those online people finder websites. There are some limits, like you can only have two names and it's not clear if McAfee will scan for various of a name (known short versions of your name) And there's no in-app or website help that describes what rule set it uses - although online, I found it scans every 3 months, which feels like an unfortunate limitation and means your data would be out there for enough time for scammers to harvest and inundate you with spam. As for the antivirus and other features. The next step is to download the right software for your device and put it to work. I found this experience better than anticipate and also discovered that on iOS (as an example) you can use McAfee as the tool to filter unknown and spam texts - which I have turned on but haven't had any spam messages in the past few days to know if this is effective. Or maybe it's super effective and I'm not seeing spam messages as a result? When it comes to the antivirus. There's less I can comment on here. The unlimited licenses are great, I don't really download anything other than from the App Stores, Steam, EPIC, etc. so no viruses were found and I expect my risk exposure is low. But I do appreciate that we're now in era where there is no excuse to install McAfee on every phone, tablet, computer, laptop in your house. My final thoughts after playing with for several days is McAfee Advanced Family has promise but there's enough gaps to warrant 3 stores. The integrations with 3rd party apps to audit safety controls needs some work; there's no parental control or family setting so I can't force it to limit or set controls for other members of the household (sort of here's the policy for my kids, my parents, etc). This makes McAfee Advanced Family fall short of being great for families and simply just good - Snap, TikTok, and other apps now have better family policy controls. Sure they're often hard to find, but I would expect a "family" security solution to help manage this and at least be aware that these are options. This doesn't mean I don't recommend McAfee Advanced Family, there are a lot of people who this software is exactly what they need but if you're an advanced user who knows a bit more about privacy, personal data protection, this may not be the right software for you but definitely buy it for your parents.

OK, product like this McAfee+ Advanced Family ID Theft Coverage & Internet Security Software are always difficult to review. The fact that they are, by design to be most effective after saomething really bad happens, like identity theft. Hopefully I'll never have to discover the effecacy. That said, I'll address "so for" user experience and what the product should do: The Good: * Personal information protection on multiple devices for the entire family * 24/7/365 data monitoring * Up to $1-million in lost assets and expenses * Monitor of personal information that may be in "stale" accounts Some bonuses (may be more or less useful for each individual): * Parental controls * Included VPN As mentioned, these items are not for everyone. I will not be using them bacuase I alread have a trusted VPN, and my kids are of age and have their online life to a point where they don't need monitoring. But for some, these may be useful tools. The bad: * During install, there were several "upsells" * On initial use, again several upsells This really irritates me. I have always been the type of person who I don't mind buying, but I HATE being sold to. I have told car dealers my entire life that exact same thing. I know what I want, I know what I don't. Don't try to sell me more. Instead, If you want me to have a positive, offer these as bonuses. Instead, that upsell is what led to 3 stars. End of the day, I amd confident this will be a usefull product, albeit with some unnecassary (at least for me) bloat. Hopefully I'll never need to know.

I've previously had mcafee as a trial and I had it through my internet provider. The mcafee I previously had was not like this one; this one I find it's much better! This mcafee+ advanced family has protection for unlimited devices; unlike the one I had which was limited to 20 devices. In my household we have a lot of devices that need protection such as: laptops, tablets and phones. I really like how for each of my family members the protection can be personalized. I was really happy to see that this mcafee+ advanced family has full service personal data clean up. The personal data clean up tells me where and what personal information is out there; it honestly really does clean up my information. It tells you that your information is being removed and the time frame of which it will be removed. Which is such a relief to have my personal information removed from places that have my information without my consent. The antivirus, AI scam protection and VPN are very secured! When we have the VPN on all of our devices; I find it that my family feels super safe while being online shopping, streaming and gaming. Overall, this 1 year subscription for mcafee+ advanced family has all of the security my family needs to have on all of our devices. This subscription is well worth getting; it provides peace of mind while being online with any device. I would definitely recommend it to anyone and I would purchase it again and again.

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

When it comes to computer and device virus protection/overall protection, I have tried all the most common options available over the years. McAfee has always been a reliable brand and this McAfee+ Advanced has been the most impressive and reliable option I've used yet. The setup process for this protection on my devices was very easy and simple to follow. It did have me delete another brand name protection that had been already on my device before completing the install so keep that in mind if you have any other subscriptions. May want to let that subscription run it's full amount of time before starting a new one. One the program was installed it was very user friendly and easy to see the status of everything. I was pleasantly surprised to see VPN protection was included and very easy to turn on and off. This is the first time using a VPN on a personal device and not a work device and I'm honestly disappointed to say it took this long. I definitely won't be going back now. The McAfee program did not seem to bog down my devices speed or affect my browser use with annoying pop-ups. I look forward to using this McAfee subscription on all my devices because so far so good and I am impressed with the coverage it provides.

The McAfee+ Advanced Family Protection is a big as it gets in the cybersecurity and below are my thoughts. [PROS] Retrieved Breaches: A shining moment in my use of the McAfee services is that it managed to find several dozen breaches of my information dating back to college. Fortunately, much of my info had changed, but it still provided insight what specifically was compromised. Adequate Software Solutions: I've been really satisfied with the device protection as well as benefits such as VPN and password manager. Despite having to install additional items, it didn't disrupt my day-to-day flow of browsing the web and using programs through my computer, tablet, or phone once I've tweaked some settings. Setup for each feature was intuitive and easy to understand. What's even greater is that I was able to apply these features to an unlimited devices in my household. [CONS] Account Cleanup Not Useful: So this feature is designed highlight different websites that are associated with your email. For starters, you can only use one email and cannot change it later. When the scan was done, it highlighted several mainstream websites for removal that were deemed high risk. Despite this recommendation, I'm unable to do so given that these websites are essential for my weekly, almost day-to-day life. Personal Data Cleanup is Limited: This was the feature that I was most excited for. Similar to account cleanup, limitations exist with how much information they will query. For example, you are only allowed 3 addresses that you can lookup. Also, there's not a way to add a lookup for others such as your spouse. This really takes away from the "Family" element. Lastly, my next query won't be available until September which is a long time to wait. It did manage to find some personal info on websites for removal, but I did which for this feature to be more robust. [CONCLUSION] The McAfee+ Advanced Family is a feature rich service that is held back my limitations here and there. I find complete satisfaction from the software side of things, but find that the online monitoring portion can be frustrating at times. Regardless, it's still an essential suite that I'm glad to have a subscription for.

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.

Do you need an antivirus? Do you need identity theft protection? Do you need personal data cleanup? Technically, no you don't need them. But they're highly recommended - just like even the most cautious driver can have an accident (and so should have car insurance), even the most careful computer user can stumble upon a virus, malware or fall prey to identity theft. Think of having this McAfee+ Advanced Family just like having insurance for your digital persona and life. This is a subscription based product that gives you one year of the full McAfee suite of security products for both you and your family. Of course you get their antivirus - McAfee has been in the field a long time and knows how to make not only a highly effective antivirus scanner but also one that does its job without impacting the performance of your system. You also get their VPN which is great for protecting your internet traffic on the go, identity monitoring and theft insurance and their personal data cleanup that makes sure you aren't leaking data everywhere. All these tools sit there in the background, protecting you passively - or actively if you want to manually trigger the scans. So if you want a complete and easy to use solution to protect you - on any platform, including Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS and popular mobile platforms - this McAfee+ subscription is just what you're looking for. Give it a try today!

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)

I recently migrated to McAfee from a competing product. I found the install to complete smoothly, but it doesn’t include all of the features. Things like Web browsing protection, Secure VPN, email scam protection, Parental controls, must be downloaded and installed separately. PC Optimizer is an additional purchase. I would have preferred that the install prompted which features I wanted, then perform the install. Following the install, I set up Identity and credit monitoring. Here’s where family generally means 1 person. As an example, Identity monitoring includes 1 SSN, yet includes 2 passports, drivers licenses and health ID cards. Credit monitoring is one person. You can install the antivirus protection on unlimited devices such as PC’s, tablets, and phones. Next step was opening your protection center. Here it reported that I hadn’t installed it on any device, yet it was installed on that computer. Clicking on the install prompt confirmed that I had the latest version installed. It never did update the device count in the dashboard. I then installed the Web browsing extension, and found it works, although it seems aggressive in identifying issues. A known trusted site came up as suspicious, which under my previous protection, was not an issue. It's the lack of completeness that leads me to doubt how advanced the product is. A novice would find it cumbersome and not intuitive. It does include ID theft coverage & restoration, and Personal Data Cleanup which did help remove data from multiple data brokers. Overall, it offers good protection, but not complete for my family.