McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 [Old Version]

List Price: $69.99 Discount Price: $0.98

Features:

• Automatically blocks, cleans, and removes viruses and spyware so you can surf the Web the safely
• Protects and conceals your computer from hackers so you can connect to the Internet safely
• Parental controls allow you to filter offensive content, pictures, and Web sites to help keep your children safe when online
• The simple but powerful automated backup can restore photos, music, videos and other important files
• Prevents spam and phishing scams so you can e-mail friends and family safely

Accessories:
PC World	Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI [OLD VERSION]	Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 [OLD VERSION]	McAfee Total Protection 2007 - 3 Users	McAfee Total Protection 2007

Customer Reviews:

Cannot recommend this package [Posted on 2007-10-17]
I purchased this for remote installation at my brother-in-law's location in another city. After remotely connecting, I removed the previous installation of McAfee, completely purging all McAfee remnants from the XP Home OS. I then installed this suite of programs.

McAfee apparently did not install correctly...there were apparently portions of the suite that did install. To make a long story short, McAfee (probably the firewall) blocked all access to those things it though were "dangerous" ... this unfortunately included all access to the web through DSL or dialup, and also included many of the XP utilities including System Restore. So it couldn't even be restored to a previous good state. Since there was no Internet access possible, I couldn't access the system to do any repairs. My brother-in-law is not a computer-aware person and there was no way to talk him through using msconfig to take out McAfee services. So, it cost him a small bundle to have a tech come to his apartment and repair the install. Plus he's out the $40 for the McAfee package.

I have since remotely installed Avast AV and enabled his Windows firewall so he's protected. The McAfee will make a nice coaster, I suppose.

Hope this helps someone...this suite does work on some systems but it's generally so big and so system-invasive that it has, IMHO, a high probability of failure on installing. I put it in the same bin as Norton's package...they appear to both be bloatware which causes system problems and slow downs except on pretty clean OS installs.

Don't risk it [Posted on 2007-10-19]
I am a Comcast customer like some others here and downloaded this product as an upgrade to the McAfee I already had through them. BIG Mistake. I just hung up after being on the phone with their tech support for 1/2 hour trying to uninstall it. My computer had been badly messed up for several days before I came here and saw that I was not the only one suffering these problems. I realized that it was the McAfee program after reading the other reviews here. Trying to get assistance from them was quite painful too. What a mess!

I should have read the reviews! [Posted on 2007-12-01]
I purchased McAfee Internet Security Suite for 2 years in a row and had no problems. Hopefully I'll make it through the year so I can buy another brand when my subscription is up! It took me 2 hours to figure out that all 70 some items disappeared from my Outlook Express inbox because of bugs in McAfee. (It was a quick fix though.)

Caution - Does not play well with Vista! [Posted on 2007-12-04]
I am able to install and use the McAfee suite as a free download from my ISP Comcast. On two machines running XP, this new version installed fine and has not caused any issues. We recently bought 2 new identical Dell laptops running Vista Home Premium. I installed the McAfee suite on both. On my wife's machine, it has run fine although it does slow the machine down considerably when it is doing something. These machines are no slouches - 2GB RAM and Core Duo processors. On my machine, it constantly churns and reduces the PC to unusable it is so slow, CPU usage runs near 100%.
I have put both machines side by side and verified the settings, programs, hardware etc. are IDENTICAL on both so I have no explanation for this behavior on one machine and not the other. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it 3 times now, and run the McAfee removal tool (available as a download from McAfee) to ensure a clean install. Using the Process Explorer program (similar to Task Manager), I watch as various parts of the McAfee suite kick in and gobble from 40-100% CPU time even when the machine is sitting idle.
The bottom line is that if you are running Vista, you should probably look elsewhere for your security needs- as you can see many others have experienced slowdowns to the point of reducing the machine to an unusable paperweight with this product. Luckily I have no expense incurred!
Update 12/28/07: I finally gave up on this product, uninstalled it and went to the AVG free antivirus. The McAfee suite would not hog the cpu if I would hibernate the machine and brought it back up, but if it was powered off or restarted the same old behavior returned. I tried to run the manual virus scan, it ran for nearly 4 hours! And this is on a new machine with relatively few files. Once I uninstalled it, I ran a full scan with AVG which took 39 minutes. Maybe the 2008 version of McAfee will be improved......??

Computer-Jacked [Posted on 2008-01-18]
McAfee Security Suite has computer-jacked my computer! I totally hate this product and I've used McAfee for years. Terrible, terrible. When it is scanning or checking my computer, it slows everything else down to a snail's pace. Opening other websites or writing email is extremely frustrating when McAfee is doing its thing. Quite frequently, it knocks me off the internet. It's like someone else has taken control of my computer. I am going to get this nightmare off of my computer. I want my money back!

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