McAfee Total Protection Essentialmay be McAfees starter security suite, but dont give up on it just yet.
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We began by attempting to access 50 brand new phishing sites, and logging what happened.
McAfee didn’t detect most of our test phishing sites.
McAfee WebAdvisor blocked a well below average 32%.
Theres a second problem.
McAfee WebAdvisor is a web app extension, which means it cant protect non-standard browsers or other apps.
McAfee didn’t detect most of our test phishing sites.
Moving to ourmalwaretest, we tried to download very dangerous files from 50 malicious sites.
Finally, we matched McAfee against our own customransomwaresimulator.
McAfee got off to a great start, immediately killing the threat before it could touch a single file.
McAfee scans downloads as they’re saved to your device.
Thats not a bad performance, but again, others have done better.
TheVPNis built into the Total Protection app, making it very convenient to access.
(Well, thats the idea.
During our review, the VPN once hung on Connecting for several minutes.
Why didnt we click Cancel?
The app has no way to cancel a connection, so all we could do was reboot.)
McAfees VPN has a marginally above average choice of 48 countries.
(Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Peru.)
Connection times could be slow on our test Windows system, sometimes ten seconds or more.
McAfee VPN has very few controls.
Theres no choice of protocol, but thats not quite the issue it is with some VPNs.
The Safe Reconnect kill switch is more of a concern.
This is a very tough test, but most specialist VPN providers do better.
McAfee sells Secure Connect VPN for its privacy and security, and doesnt mention unblocking streaming sites at all.
We ran unblocking tests for Netflix and a number of other streaming sites anyway, but with poor results.
Getting started is relatively easy.
This is only useful as a form of secure storage, though.
True Key cant use this kind of information to fill forms, unlike Dashlane and other top password managers.
In terms of the password management basics, though, True Key works reasonably well.
Usernames and passwords are captured automatically as you enter them.
When youre creating an account, it can generate and enter a secure password in a couple of clicks.
Theres not much in the way of advanced functionality.
True Key does have one unusual highlight in its excellent multi-factor authentication support.
Overall, True Key is a basic but decent tool which handles simple login tasks with ease.
(If youre unsure and would like to try before you buy, download True Keys Freemium version.
Thats impressive, but there are similar (and maybe better) services around.
Norton makes it easier to add some items, too.
Norton doesnt require verification, so it works with any number.
McAfee does have some welcome advantages, though.
McAfee doesnt protect you from incoming connections, for instance: it leaves Windows Firewall to do that.
Even if someone can undelete a file, the original contents will have disappeared.
Using File Shredder is easy.
File Shredder is a decent example of a secure deletion tool.
Theres nothing here you cant do elsewhere, and Tracker Remover isnt configurable enough to make itself genuinely useful.
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