McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 [Old Version]

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Product Features

• Internet security suite protects your digital lifestyle
• Prevents viruses, blocks hackers, and identifies spam
• Protects irreplaceable files; stops unwanted Internet traffic
• Enhances privacy with digital document shredder
• Updates automatically to guard against new threats

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AMFH4M
• Item model number: MIS80EMB1RAA
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 3, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,603 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #30 in	Software > Networking > Security
  #82 in	Software > Web Development > Internet Utilities > Security & Filtering
  #85 in	Software > Utilities > Computer Security > Protection for PCs

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
The PC has become the hub for your digital lifestyle. You store your digital assets--photos, movies, music, resume, and other valuable documents--on your PC. You use the Internet for digital communications, including e-mail, instant messaging, online shopping, and banking. This combination has created the perfect environment for viruses, spyware, and hackers to threaten your PC, data, and identity.

Proven security that protects your digital lifestyle, McAfee Internet Security Suite prevents viruses, blocks hackers, identifies spam, and protects your identity. Feel free to e-mail, IM, share pictures, bank, and shop online knowing your PC, documents, and personal information are safe from Internet threats. Best of all, automatic updates ensure you always have the latest protection.

Features:

• Protects irreplaceable files, such as family photos and personal financial documents
• Identifies spyware and adware before they can run on your PC
• Blocks unwanted inbound and outbound Internet traffic
• Filters unwanted and malicious e-mails and "phishing" Web sites
• Prevents most offensive online content, including pop-ups and ads
• Enhances privacy with a digital document shredder
• Updates automatically to protect against new threats

Benefits:

• New! Automatic spyware and adware detection identifies, blocks, and removes identified potentially unwanted programs, such as spyware and adware, or other programs that jeopardize your privacy, identity, or simply reduce PC performance.
• New! Automated, daily virus signature updates help keep your PC protected from recently discovered virus and spyware threats.
• New! Advanced firewall controls for granting an application Internet access, for a specified session only.
• New! Gaming mode auto-detects whenever you’re in Full-Screen mode, suppressing firewall pop-up messages and enhancing your online experience.
• New! AntiPhishing Internet Explorer plug-in identifies and blocks known and potential "phishing" Web sites and scams.
• New! Advanced spam filtering features support hidden "meta-character" filtering and "junk" text identification.
• Protects your identity by blocking the transmission of personally identifiable information and financial information, such as credit card numbers, that you want tracked.
• Protects your privacy using enhanced content filtering techniques to help prevent the display of undesirable Internet content or unwanted online advertisements.
• Protects your family with parental control features that limits the display of specific Web sites based on pre-defined age groups, logs activities, and restricts Internet usage.
• Revitalizes and optimizes PC performance by quickly scanning and removing unneeded files, programs, and folders using McAfee Shredder’s secure file erasing features.
• Inline cleaning automatically cleans infections when virus, worm, Trojan, ActiveX control, and Java applet threats are detected.
• Comprehensive, fast, and unobtrusive scans identify and remove viruses, Trojans, worms, unwanted programs, such as spyware and adware, dialers, and other malicious virus-like applications without interrupting your work.
• 24/7, worldwide virus outbreak monitoring by McAfee's Antivirus Emergency Response Team (AVERT), who continually monitor worldwide virus activities and then provide immediate anti-virus protection and removal solutions to VirusScan users.
• Always-on protection from viruses, spyware, spam, and "phishing" threats that may enter your PC via e-mail, instant-message attachments, Internet downloads, and Web browsing.
• Auto-updates run silently in the background, ensuring you’re always protected from evolving and emerging security threats.
• Real people. Real help. For free. Our experts are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week via Internet chat: www.mcafeehelp.com.

Product Description
Proven security that protects your digital lifestyle, McAfee Internet Security Suite helps prevent access and damage to irreplaceable documents, such as digital photos, family movies, and personal financial data. Internet Security Suite protects against viruses, spyware, hackers, and “phishing” scams that may result in lost files, identity theft, and poor PC performance. The program also prohibits unauthorized access to and from the Internet, blocks unwanted or persistent pop-up ads, manages cookies, and filters unwanted and offensive Internet and e-mail content. With automated, daily updates, Internet Security Suite is a comprehensive, multi-layered security solution that protects your most important digital files and personal information from the latest security threats.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to S L O W your system to a crawl and cheat you out of your rebate!, January 2, 2006

By	ajshadow "AJS from San Jose" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Guaranteed to S L O W your system to a crawl and cheat you too!


Problem #1: This software is guaranteed to slow your system down to a crawl. I currently have their Internet Security Suite running on two PCs and both have lost about 40% of their speed because of McAfee software.

Problem #2: The Spamware program that comes bundled with this suite is useless. It does not block anything. The 2005 version at least was successful most of the time. The 2006 version is useless. I cannot find any options to configure my Spamware. McAfee Spamware even ignores your "spam filters". It doesn't do anything!

Problem #3: Be aware that McAfee will NOT honor your rebate request. It is their philosophy to reject as many rebate requests as possible. You can read other users experiences on amazon.com on the miserable track record they have on honoring customer rebate requests. My rebate request was also rejected. I contacted my local TV consumer help line to investigate McAfee's unethical practices.

Your best bet is to go to Consumer Reports and get an unbiased opinion. You will find McAfee Internet Security is among the bottom of the list.

All these people that left negative reviews on McAfee Software can't be wrong. This software suite is rated 1 ½ stars out of 5 stars! McAfee's other products are rated even lower.

92 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars YEAH! PROTECTION WITH PERFORMANCE AS YOUR TRADE-OFF, October 31, 2005

By	VALENTINE ODUENYI (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

The traditional red packet of "McAfee Internet Security Suite" has been replaced by a shiny and nicely designed black one. This seems to be the most remarkable alterance that buyers will get after forking-out their hard-earned dough! Only very little has changed: in terms of the actual software. And, I am far from being amused.
For anyone who currently runs the 2005 (or even the 2004) edition of any Internet Security suite, (be it McAfee or Norton), better save your wad. You need not pay for this one. The notorious problems of both McAfee's Antivirus and Internet Security hogging down your computer's performance resources has not been fixed. And, the same is true for a lot of other incompatibility problems that were evident in the 2005 edition.
Meanwhile (on the positive side), an improved 'digital document-shredder', which is marginally better than what featured in the 2005 edition of this software has been added. Still, buyers need not applaud it, because it essentially does the same job that the 'Recycle Bin', which comes integrated with Microsoft Windows, does. Also included in this software is one annoying pop-up, which constantly shows-up to remind you to register the software. And to make matters worse, McAfee deliberately designed it in such a way that you cannot turn it off. So, it means that if you must stop it from disturbing you, you must either register the software or you uninstall it completely.
In conclusion, I must say that I was really disappointed by this 2006 edition of "McAfee Internet Security Suite". Although, I must add that in terms of good protection, it gets a pass mark. But the fact that it significantly drains computers' performance-enhancing resources in order to provide this security-cover, makes it a painful pyrrhic victory for users.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this program suite, June 11, 2006

By	Robert W. McEwan (Redmond WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Terrible, Terrible Terrible. It has a few components phishing, firewall. virus, security, anti-spam. When I installed it, it went for updates (one at a time) and required a reboot for each. It then it complained I still wasn't secure get the anti-phishing. I downloaded it and it and guess what it required an update. About 10% the time it crashes on update.

The anti-phishing filter stopped my PC from connecting to the enternet. Smart move by McAfee no internet connection no phishing. Microsoft crash report sent me to their website which said hey you cann't connect due to the anti-phising filter delete a .dat file. I did and it still didn't connect.

Twenty reboots,no connectivity and 1 bad patch later I unistalled.