If you’d like to select a type of scan, the options are quick and full. There’s a Run a scan button that initiates a quick scan. It’s not great when you have multiple but disparate ways to navigate through an app-it adds complexity and confusion.ĭiving into the antivirus section, the options are pretty limited. Most of which I couldn’t find by clicking through the tiles. This reveals key protection features such as real-time scanning, scheduled scans, the firewall, password manager, a file shredder, and so on. The odd thing is you get to many of the features by clicking on the four-square grid in the left rail. Those should be the primary sections of the app, but they seem to actually be a mix of access to features and largely informational tiles. Total Protection has six primary tiles: Antivirus, Secure VPN, ID Protection, Tracker Remover, Protect more devices, and Browser Security. The company has also launched some new features including an Identity Protection Service that assesses how safe you are online, protecting against weak spots, and making it easy to improve protection. This philosophy is a continuation of where McAfee was already headed the last time we looked at Total Protection.įor 2022, Total Protection has again adopted a new app design on Windows that builds on what we saw previously.

Protection from viruses and malware is still important, of course, but from McAfee’s point of view the focus of new features is currently on identity and privacy, of which device security is inevitably one part. As the company sees it, these are the issues that people care about most. To that end the current suite is all about identity and privacy. The longtime antivirus maker sold off its enterprise business in early 2021 to focus on serving the consumer market, including individuals and families.

McAfee is not the same company it was a few months ago.

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