McAfee Internet Security 2013 Review

The new McAfee Internet Security 2013 is packed with Pros & Cons. First of all it is $40 for one year of protection on up to 3 computers, as of 12/19/12. It did not handle top marks in Mircosoft's security suite tests. but it's a fairly proficient anti-malware program that will keep you relatively protected.

 McAfee's uninspired design and average performance makes it a less attractive choice compared to its competition. In Microsoft's real world attack test, McAfee completely block 94.4 percent of attacks, allowing Mircosoft's test system to get infected. McAfee was competent at cleaning up malware infections once they were already on the system.

Five of the nine security suites we tested performed better than McAfee in this test. McAfee had an excellent false positive percentage: It didn't flag a single safe file (out of over 260,000 files) as malicious. McAfee Internet Security managed to detect 99.9percent of known malware samples.

In performance-wise, in Mircosoft's PC speed tests, the program added a little less than one second to startup time, and about four seconds to shutdown time. McAfee's scan times are slightly higher than average. There are also three smaller modules that let you quickly access McAfee's other services, including data protection tools, PC home and network tools, and parental controls. Installing McAfee Internet Security 2013 is a breeze. The program doesn't try to install any extras (such as toolbars) or change any of your settings and it doesn't require a restart on your computer.