McAfee antivirus is an old name in the computer defense industry. Founded in 1989 in California, the company has continued to protect and amaze with their product developments. It offers proactive computer security that acts to prevent malicious attacks. With such protection, one can confidently surf the internet, read mails and download files without the fear of having their computer infected. With daily updates to its antivirus engines, the tool has proven to be very reliable in providing the needed protection.

It also provides protection against worms, Trojans, spywares and other online threats. With this program, users get firewalls, network security manager, disk defragmenter and a disk cleaner. Operating a computer has never been more secure with this antivirus, it can be customized to suite each user’s preferences.

Versions available

The paid version can be bought in yearly subscription for a single PC, 2, 3, 4 and 5 PCs with prices ranging from $39.99 to $79.99.

Other than this, users can sample the effectiveness of the trial version that lasts 30 days. After the expiry of this trial product, one needs to subscribe to one of the paid options if they want to continue with the antivirus.

What is most impressive about McAfee Antivirus is the fact that it incorporates an effective firewall that protects from hackers among other online attackers. This continually monitors a PCs inbound and outbound data identifying thieves, hackers, attackers and prevents malwares from taking over your system. This protects the system from information theft.

The latest version has an additional advantage in that it has an instant update feature inbuilt. This makes it able to identify a new threat, update itself and block the threat before it attacks your computer.

Even though it is not simple given the many add-ons and high demand on system resources, it is worth using. Even the free trial version will prove this fact that it is very effective against viruses, malwares, and spywares among other forms of attacks.