2 stars (YEAH! PROTECTION WITH PERFORMANCE AS YOUR TRADE-OFF) - The traditional red packet of "McAfee Internet Security Suite" has been replaced by a shiny and nicely designed black one.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 2006) 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. |
