Product Description

Proven security that protects your digital lifestyle! Prevent viruses, block hackers, identify spam and protect your identity. 2006 Edition with 1 year update subscription included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1608 in Software
• Brand: McAfee
• Released on: 2005-10-20
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The internet provides a wealth of information and entertainment at your fingertips. Yet, as soon as you connect, your computer is exposed to a multitude of privacy and security risks. The best defence is a multi-layered approach with McAfee Internet Security.

Our all-in-one security suite incorporates award-winning McAfee technology so that you can surf, shop, download and email in confidence. Easy to install, configure and use, McAfee Internet Security helps safeguard personal data, prevent viruses, stop unauthorized computer access, filter spam from your inbox and block pop-up ads-all in one powerful, fully integrated package. Best of all, automatic updates ensure you always have the latest protection.

Key features

IMPROVED! McAfee VirusScan
Automatically protects your PC, email, attachments, downloads and network from viruses, mass-mailing worms and backdoor Trojans whenever you go online. Fast anti-virus updates ensure your protection stays current. Now with more efficient email scanning of larger files.

IMPROVED! McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
Helps block hackers, identity thieves and malicious code from robbing personal data, hijacking your system (often to send spam) or planting malicious code that can compromise your privacy over dial-up, DSL or cable connections. Now with enhanced intrusion detection and fast set-up assistant.

IMPROVED! McAfee SpamKiller
Automatically recognizes and helps stop junk email-including credit card "phishing scams," virus hoaxes and foreign language spam-from polluting your inbox. Regular anti-spam filter updates ensure the latest protection against spammers. Now with enhanced spam detection technology, Personal Filter Editor and Whitelisting.

IMPROVED! McAfee Privacy Service
Helps shield individual family members from offensive content (e.g., websites, newsgroups), online stalkers and inappropriate chat, thanks to age-specific Parental Controls and easy-to-use filtering options.

Identity Protection
Helps secure personal identification and financial information (e.g., name, phone, credit card, bank account numbers) from accidental transmission over the Internet without your permission.

IMPROVED! Spyware/Adware Detection and Removal
Helps catch and delete potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) hiding on your PC that can steal log-ins and passwords (key-loggers), hijack your dial-up connection (Web dialers) or track your online surfing (adware).

Pop-Up Blocking
Helps eliminate annoying Web advertising that not only slows your surfing but also tracks your browsing habits for advertisers.

McAfee Shredder
Securely erases confidential files, folders and email for increased privacy and protection from desktop thieves.

Free live instant message and email technical support

Customer Reviews

Excellent Internet Protection!
Having used McAfee Internet Security Suite 6 & 2006, Norton Internet Security and Panda Platinum, I can honestly say McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 is the best one i have used. It is very easy to setup and the program runs with no problems, although if you are using a network, you may have to apply the WinsocksXP fix if you are having trouble connecting to the internet. McAfee detected numerous viruses that norton (my least favourable internet security suite) failed to detect.

McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 offers good value for money and if you are looking for superior internet protection, I highly recommend this product.

McAfee Internet Security 2006
Having recently installed McAfee Internet Security 2006 for the first time, compared to Norton Internet Security which I've had for the past five years, there absolutely no comparison. McAfee Internet Security is so more advanced it's a shame I didn't have years ago. It's made my computer a little faster to use, simple to install, doesn't interfere with my email program as Norton did, it's a pleasure to work with the security of McAfee in the back ground.

You've no need to think about it BUY today.

An aggressive piece of software

Aggressive towards me and my PC that is.

It came pre-installed on my Dell desktop box, purchased in January 2006. I never chose it as a `friend'.

OK, so it can search for viruses. Great. Well done. So can some Freeware these days.

However, McAfee exhibits a number of other, undesirable features:

- The endless pop-up reminders to renew or update the McAfee software. One starts to feel almost bullied after a while. Some of these reminders cannot be switched off.
- The way it clashes and crashes with all sorts of other programs on my PC (e.g. MS Outlook, ActiveSync)
- The stream of harassing junk mail it sends me reminding me how lucky I am that I can get a discount if I renew my version etc. Oh, how I wish I hadn't registered.

Well I'm the sort of (fairly technical) user who's extremely careful anyway and I rarely get caught out (fingers crossed). Indeed, when I have been infected in the past I've managed to sort it out with some help from some rabidly geekish websites and some useful bits of Freeware (e.g. Spybot Search & Destroy).

So, bye bye McAfee `Security Centre'. The only security you are really interested in is the security of your own future cash flows. I'll be doing one last virus scan and then you are being un-installed, never to darken the door of my PC again.

Like banging your head against a wall, it's lovely when it stops.