The latest iteration of the McAfee Total Protection interface has done away with the worst of the unnecessary clutter. It also blocked 99.6% of malware in real-world tests by AV Comparatives. It matched the performance of Microsoft Defender, with 100% protection scores in all tests by both SE Labs and AV-Test. When you set aside McAfee’s history of dubious pricing practices, its actual malware defence engine is very capable. For a one-year subscription, expect to pay £29.99 for one device, renewing at £59.99 £34.99 for five devices, renewing at £79.99 and £39.99 for 10 devices, renewing at £89.99.Ī 10-device family subscription gets you the Safe Family parental control suite along with Total Protection. McAfee tends to be reasonably cheap for the initial year, before seriously jacking up the price when you renew.

McAfee now incentivises auto-renewal with bonuses, currently in the form of a money-back guarantee and access to the Safe Connect VPN service.Īlthough McAfee also owns TunnelBear, Safe Connect provides a less fully featured service and appears not to use the same infrastructure, although there are at least no bandwidth caps for Total Protection users.

It’s now much easier to disable subscription auto-renewal, but the increase between Total Protection’s initial subscription cost and renewal fee is still pretty hefty. McAfee Total Protection is a paid-for antivirus, but its steep renewal fees, to which customers were automatically subscribed, were recently found as being unfair by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. VPN Users who opt in to subscription auto-renewal get access to McAfee’s unlimited Safe Connect VPN service.Password manager Generate, save and auto-fill secure password via browser extensions.Parental controls Time limits and content filtering for children of various ages.

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