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	• McAfee Total Protection 2008 - 3 User Windows \| McAfee, 2007 average customer review:based on 83 reviews view larger image
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Great product... until I tried to register it!

I can't change the rating stars on this, so I will just preface my edited review instead. My enthusiasm for this product would be total were it not for McAfee's inability to resolve a simple problem: How to register the product so that the defense files would be updated regularly.

All that was accomplished after 5 separate sessions with McAfee Support was the exhaustion of my patience and the rising of my temper.

Go ahead and try this product, I still mean everything that I wrote below. Maybe your version will install and register just fine. My version won't and I'm returning the CD to McAfee.

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Maybe I wouldn't be so enthusiastic about McAfee Total Protection 2008 if I hadn't had such a bad experience with Microsoft OneCare. That said, for me... this product is everything that OneCare is NOT! It's easy to install, taking only a few minutes on my Vista-powered machine and it nicely coexists with all of my software and peripherals, even to the point of finally (yes.. finally) making the network connection between my Sony Vaio notebook and my wife's iMac work.

How ironic is it that McAfee could coexist better with Vista than Microsoft's own product?

If you're confused by the disparity between various reviews of McAfee Total Protection 2008, I can't say as I blame you. But in truth, that's the nature of the beast when it comes to personal computing these days. Memory usage, processor speed and cache responsiveness will influence what works for you (and against you) while the guy next door working with a different configuration will get totally different results. So with that in mind, here's a link to the PC that I installed this product on
a Sony VAIO VGN-N220E/B 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium D T2060 1.6 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD RW Drive, Vista Premium) Black. You can decide for yourself it it's close to the configuration of your machine.

I've been using McAfee anti-virus protection for a few years now so that was a no-brainer. But the spyware protection and anti-phishing functions are great. Total Protection gives me instant validation of some of my spam-related fears, preventing me from letting my curiosity lead me down an internet rabbit hole.

Whereas OneCare could never seem to coexist with my Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster, McAfee practically kissed the router on the cheek and got on with its business.

The first backup that I performed with Total Protection not only went smoothly, but I was able to back up documents, music and a ton of jpeg images to a flash drive with an almost unbelievable compression ratio, leaving plenty of room to spare. Uh... OneCare not only could back up the same data to that drive, it couldn't allow me to change the destination, hosing up mid-backup.

Another function that seemed to get superior results was in the Registry cleanup. Keep in mind, I just used OneCare to "clean" registry three months ago. That said, Total Protection found plenty of things to fix and remove, and I have better system performance to show for it.

Last but not least, I like the ability to digitally "shred" confidential files. Any CSI or Law and Order viewer knows that no computer file is ever truly clean of deleted files but with Total Protection I feel much, much more secure.

Bottom line... for me, Microsoft OneCare was definitively NOT the answer. McAfee Total Protection 2008 DEFINITELY WAS!

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Not Bad

Ok, I admite I am finding it hard to say much about an antivirus program. :) It was easy to enstall and my computer has not crashed so I guess it's doing it's job. I do love the feature that warns you if a website is prone to spamming visitors. That's a nice touch.
Now one big thing I don't like about it is how much it slows down your computer. My computer was built (and believe me it cost a bit!) from the ground up to be a really good machine. And it's only a year old. But for some reason ever since I put the antivirus on it, it has slowed down considerably. That doesn't make me to happy as you can imagine.
Still, the McAfee seems to be as good as any other program out there.

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Easy Install

McAfee Total Protection was easy to install on all 3 computers. The program does not use too much memory as do so many other AV suites. It offers many usefull scans to keep your computer running to it's optimum potential. I have used CS suite, Norton, and Zone Alarm but in my opinion, none are as complete and easy to use as McAfee.

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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

Having used a McAfee product in the past with which we were very pleased we were eager to try the McAfee Total Protection. It is as effective as we had expected.

Undoubtedly, the McAfee protection we were using was sadly outdated, so we were glad to find the added advantages of this edition. One only has to read of the mounting numbers of computers affected by viruses, identity thieves, and fraud scams to know how important the best protection is. We feel we have this with McAfee.

If you've been as relaxed as we have been about upgrading protection on your computer, we suggest you give this a try. We believe you'll be well pleased.

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