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13 Malicious Android Apps You Should Delete Immediately

McAfee identifes malware that has potentially compromised 327,000 Android devices. If you downloaded any on these 13 apps from Google Play, uninstall them now.

12/28/2023ByEmily Price

McAfee+ Review

4.0

With McAfee+, the company's top-tier suite, you get protection for all your devices, guaranteed expert help for identity theft remediation, and innovative options to reduce your online exposure.

Starts at $49.99 Per Yearat McAfee

10/20/2023ByNeil J. Rubenking

McAfee Total Protection Review

3.5

McAfee Total Protection offers security, VPN, and password management on all popular platforms, but unlimited device licensing is off the table, as are a variety of expected features.

$44.99 - 10 Devices For 1 Yearat McAfee

10/19/2023ByNeil J. Rubenking

McAfee Total Protection for Mac Review

3.5

A McAfee Total Protection subscription defends your Macs and other devices. However, the macOS edition doesn't have all the features of the Windows version, and the independent labs haven't rated it.

$34.99at McAfee

10/18/2023ByNeil J. Rubenking

McAfee AntiVirus Review

McAfee AntiVirus gets perfect lab scores and does well in our tests, but because it protects only one device, it’s not practical for many users.

$19.99at McAfee

10/11/2023ByNeil J. Rubenking

How Your Security Software Can Also Protect Your Identity

Digital thieves are getting smarter, and so are the solutions to thwarting them.

2/07/2022ByAdvertising Content From McAfee

McAfee Could Go Private Again in a $10 Billion-Plus Deal

From private to public to private again.

11/06/2021ByNathaniel Mott

Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Prison Cell

The US had been seeking McAfee's extradition from Spain on charges he committed tax evasion and an illegal pump-and-dump scheme involving cryptocurrencies.

6/24/2021ByMichael Kan

McAfee MVision Cloud Review

3.0

McAfee MVision Cloud is a good all around system for protecting your devices and cloud infrastructure, and the hybrid protection model is novel. However, there are certain kinds of threats that it has some trouble detecting.

Starting at: $30.16at McAfee

8/26/2020ByDaniel Brame

McAfee Safe Family Review

2.5

McAfee Safe Family offers several standard parental control tools and can monitor an unlimited number of PCs and phones. However, its Windows app is sluggish in testing, it does not support macOS devices, and it lacks a web interface.

$7.99 per Monthat McAfee

4/10/2020ByBen Moore

Report: McAfee Wants to Buy NortonLifeLock

Next year, Norton and LifeLock could become McAfee-owned brands.

12/10/2019ByMatthew Humphries

McAfee Gamer Security Review

3.5

McAfee Gamer Security aims to provide streamlined antivirus protection and boost the gaming experience, but its pricing model may deter gamers from adopting it.

$39.99at McAfee

9/20/2019ByNeil J. Rubenking

McAfee Endpoint Protection Essential for SMB Review

3.0

McAfee delivers a well-featured business security product with its Endpoint Protection Essential for SMB platform. However an excess of configurability will cause added complexity and confusion for some.

$30.16/Yearat McAfee

8/16/2019ByDaniel Brame

AI and Machine Learning Exploit, Deepfakes, Now Harder to Detect

Deepfake videos are enabled by machine learning and data analytics. They're also highly believable, and now easier and cheaper than ever to produce while simultaneously being harder to detect.

5/13/2019ByBrian T. Horowitz

Americans Are So Jaded About Identity Theft, Cybercrime

Seventy-six percent of Americans believe it's 'inevitable' they will fall victim to identity theft and cybercrime. Yet, less than half take precautions such as using a VPN on public Wi-Fi networks.

1/22/2019ByAngela Moscaritolo

McAfee Internet Security Review

3.5

McAfee Internet Security offers all expected suite features, antivirus, firewall, antispam, parental control, and more. But you get the best of these features in McAfee's standalone antivirus, for quite a bit less.

39.99 For the First Yearat McAfee

9/18/2018ByNeil J. Rubenking

More Than $1.1M Lost to Cybercrime Every Minute

Every 60 seconds, 1,861 people are impacted by cybercrimes such as malware and phishing attacks, cybersecurity company RiskIQ revealed in its Evil Internet Minute 2.0 report.

8/21/2018ByAngela Moscaritolo

35 Percent of People Never Change Their Passwords

A new PCMag survey of 2,500 US consumers, conducted between June 30 and July 2, reveals that 35 percent of people never change their passwords; they only do it if they're prompted.

7/20/2018ByAngela Moscaritolo

Hackers Sold Remote Access to Major Airport for Only $10

The access was being sold on a Russian-language marketplace. The affected airport system was available on the open internet and may have been secured with a weak password.

7/11/2018ByMichael Kan

VMware Uses Machine Learning to Add New Powers to Workspace One

With new "intelligent" features, VMware Workspace One is part of a growing field of machine learning (ML)-infused business applications.

3/29/2018ByRob Watts

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