McAfee Reviews

Like many others, I was surprised that McAfee took $127.94 from my credit card via their auto renewal scam. We have four children and six personal computers in the house. I do not have the time to keep track of them all. The $127.94 was taken for my oldest daughter's machine. This is a horrible practice and I am disappointed that they would do this, particularly during this time.

Signed up for service 11/2019 for 45.99. Just received a notification for an auto payment for 128.00!!!! Contacted their customer service and they said the service is renewed at the going rate. So, Consumer BEWARE of this McAfee Bait & Switch!

Got a laptop last year with free software. Then Mcafee decide to continue taking payments without my permission. I was never notified and the payment was took, 2 phone calls later to only get back a part refund. Had to raise as a fraud case with my bank. The software is no better than the standard anti virus software on windows 10, so save your money. The contact centre are useless, rude, and don’t stop talking you through their sales rubbish. They won’t listen and barely understand English.

So, when I got my brand new gaming computer, I got a free trial of McAfee. This trial lasted a month, and once it ended McAfee started putting hundreds of pop ups on my computer telling me to renew the product. I had gotten a better Anti-Virus (Norton) and didn't want McAfee anymore so I kept clicking 'Accept Risk' and 'Ok' to all of the pop ups. But yesterday one of these pop ups had only one option I could click: 'Buy Now'. the pop up covered the entire right hand side of my screen, and I had to restart my computer to get rid of it. Furthermore with McAfee, I found out they have been charging me ever since then even though I'm not actually receiving the Anti-Virus Software.

I bought a new computer this time last year. McAfee was installed on it automatically with the purchase. Not something I opted for but I decided to go with it. This morning I woke up to a charge of $128.39 to my bank account. They did now notify me of this renewal fee, "which they say they will do before making a renewal fee charge". I searched for a notification that a pending charge will be made in case I missed it. There isn't one!! Also, I can't make sense of my subscription. I have a computer and a smartphone on it... but when I go into my McAfee subscription it only shows one device, the computer, but when I go into my phone it is there. This is dodgy and confusing. I don't like it... AT ALL AND THIS MAKES ME NOT WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY!!!

The Mcafee antivirus software was ok, however it was not user friendly in the least. I did not renew and found an unauthorized $127.19 charge to my account. They said I opted for that service. I didn’t.

Around March of 2020 my computer died. I had purchased a service contract with McAfee in December of 2019. In June of 2020 I purchased a new computer but did not find out until September of 2020 that McAfee's service was not compatible with my new computer. I asked for a refund for the unused portion of my service contract and was basically told to screw off. I have spoken with other people who have paid for services from McAfee and been told that this is very common from them. I would suggest nobody waste their money on any service from McAfee. You will not get the service you pay for.

I received an email about two months BEFORE my subscription was going to expire. I did NOT want to continue with their service. I went into my account and verified that "auto-billing" was turned OFF and yet I received a bill on my card this month for another year. When I called I was read a "script" which didn't address my concerns. After a couple minutes of being deflected and ignored, I hung up. I can not recommend this company based on their fraudulent billing practices.

Cancelled a subscription on mobile antivirus assuming that it was a done deal, but was charged again when the year was up and are refusing to give me credit back, they are just giving me the round around deal and never hearing back from the supervisor, will never do business with this company. Not trustworthy.

UPDATED 8/24/2020: I apologize that I complained about not receiving my refund $119.06 as McAfee put it on an account that is closed. They issued me a credit so will have to see how this works out as I not longer have that credit card.

I am not yet using it but I am already tired of this useless software. I just bought HP laptop and constantly getting annoying notifications with spam to install McAfee. I am just tired of that. And I don't know how to turn these notifications off. Sometimes I think to get rid of my HP laptop and replace it with another one just to stop this spam.

McAfee charged a credit card in July 2020 for their services that was not approved. Never once did I give them permission to charge my personal card. In this case, it is considered Fraud and they will answer for it... I guess some companies in CA think they can do what that please but better think again.

Purchased McAfee live safe ultimate protection 1 year subscription. Followed instructions to instill on computer. Kept getting notice to call customer service. Got customer service and said will help me install. After about 30 minutes they tell me I have to purchase something else for $99 before they can install. I paid $99 already for subscription. They said sorry can't help me. Beware of McAfee. They are like some auto dealers that advertise a car and never have it in the dealership. They have you buy a subscription and then tell you can't use unless you buy something else.

I purchased McAfee to prevent unwanted commercial intrusions on my PC, but once installed McAfee is the worst offender of e-mail spamming and on-screen intrusions. There are time consuming and complicated methods of preventing these intrusions, but with new release updates the old corrections are reversed and new corrections continue to become more difficult. McAfee should not claim to be in the business of protecting personal computers. Instead they should be sanctioned like other malicious fraudsters.

I've had this on my computer since March. It took me hours to enter all my password info. 3 weeks later would not accept my password. After many hours of try to contact support I managed to get back in. 3 weeks later happened again and would not let get into McAfee account. Called support (offshore) foreign accent. She got me into the mcafee account. I asked about True key. She didn't know what it was and would transfer me another person with foreign accent. Scammer?? She immediately wanted remote access to my computer. There is nothing I can do with this product. I'm going to go back to Staples and hopefully the tech can fix it. MORE $$$. How could you wind up with a scammer??? I from McAfee's web site?? I have no idea where my valuable info has gone and no hope of support from this company.

McAfee solicits third party marketing firms to sell their software. It is not unusual to receive ten to twenty spam Emails from these companies daily. Their marketing campaign is so obnoxious and intrusive that I would classify it as a virus which to say is the very same thing that they are alleged to be protecting you from. I have used their product in the past and found it to be substandard in just about every way. My advice is to ignore the spam and under no circumstances download the free trial as you will be inundated by pop ups alluding that you are "unprotected". It would be far more fortuitous to to download software that will protect your from "McAfee".

To my surprise this company decided to renew my subscription which they did not have authority to do so. All emails have been ignored and calling their customer service team resulted in being given a reference number and assurance that I would be contacted within 24 hours. To date over a month later no response has been received and from from googling the company it seems that this is an obvious tactic to deter and frustrate any refunds.

I purchased McAfee protection plan and used it on 3 devises, one being a cell phone. After almost 3 years the cell phone was stolen. Then I attempted to utilize the locate and find features promised. This totally was a waste of time and energy. McAfee could not locate device, back up the files or do anything to help this matter. I am very dissatisfied with the McAfee protection plan.

I signed up for their service last year and only used it for about two months as I didn't like the way it worked and it slowed my computer down terribly. I uninstalled it and went with another service. What a surprise to now find a renewal charge of nearly $130.00 on my credit card statement. I tried to apply online but you have to call them to try to get a refund. The first time I called, the system said all their representatives were busy and try to call later. When I finally got through to someone he barely spoke English and sounded like he was reading off of a script. Bottom line - they would not give me a refund for the service that I did not purchase, but agreed to lower the price to $44.00. I still haven't figured out how they got my credit card information, as this charge came through on a different credit card than the one I used for the original purchase!

Really bad habits of trying to sneak install themselves on your computer. Who know what kind of bad practices they have. I have bad feelings towards them. Overall net negative on my life. Also it just adds a green check over all links on my browser; is that really useful? Maybe just add an 'x' when it's a harmful link, and don't pollute all my webpages 0_o.

In the beginning, all I wanted to do was access the data that I had uploaded to the Mcafee server. This, in and of itself, should be much more clearly laid out so I don't have to resort to contacting customer service in the first place. Several hours later, I eventually figured it out, but only after enduring the VERY badly trained, barely English speaking representatives. After a lengthy phone call, the first rep sent me to the online chat because she couldn't understand how to help me. The chat on my PC does not recognize the formatting of my email address for some reason, so I had to use my phone. The chat rep's responses were VERY few and far between, and even more cryptic.

I have antivirus and so do not want this. It keeps adding itself as a Chrome extension without permission. I'm not sure what program it's doing this through. So I have to keep uninstalling it. This is very annoying. Exploitative company tactics.

I've been a Mcafee user for sometime. Which is why I was astounded to see that Mcafee went into my personal account and deducted $140 for automatic renewal on 4/11/20. I immediately sent a written request for a refund and was promptly emailed back stating my refund request has been received and I will have my payment refunded within 24-48 hrs. This email was dated 4/11/20... Fast forward to today, 4/30/20. I gave them until the end of the month to process and issue my refund and have received nothing. I called their service line and receive a foreign rep I could not understand who wanted to speak fast, no less. I asked several times for the rep to slow down, say that again and explained I couldn't understand them.

My problems began the week my part of Canada went into COVID19 lockdown, i.e. the week of Monday, March 16/20. I received an email on March 18th thanking me for my subscription to McAfee TechMaster and indicating that my credit card had been charged $179.95. The problem? I had not ordered this product; indeed I had never heard of TechMaster. I do have an existing account with McAfee for their LiveSafe product, which provides anti-virus protection and technical support.

I have purchased antivirus last year, the renewal cost was more than the purchase cost and when I tried for refund, the refund was not initiated. Rather that guy tried making transaction from my account, I got the mail from my bank, and I have to block my card for that. I have paid 3000 for the renewal.

This is a factual account I'm relaying. McAfee's software would not download properly and so I reached out to tech support on Chat. Disconnected multiple times, the support team finally sent me a download that crashed my brand new computer. And they refuse to help me! DON'T Buy Their Software. Support is the worst I have ever experienced!

McAfee has very poor customer service!!! I purchased their subscription in the morning but never received an email to activate the service. I waited until later in the day and tried to call their 1-800 number but only got several options telling me to go to the Service. McAfee.com website. I tried the online chat function which connected but got no support. The only number that worked was press one to purchase the product I already purchased. I was on hold for 20 minutes. McAfee wants your money but does not support their products. Very dissatisfied.

Stay far, far away.... Purchased a 1 year license from McAfee, through my companies employee purchase program and had to use my employers email address to make the purchase. I never renewed the license and left the company back in 2012. I have been dealing with an illness over the past several years and have just figured out that McAfee has been charging me for the license since. The expiration date on the card I used has long expired, but to my utmost surprise, I was told that McAfee subscribes to a program with the banks and credit card companies that provides them with updated expiration dates so they can continue to STEAL money from your accounts.

McAfee antivirus has served me well through the years I have used it. The product was easy to install. Once I had questions and concerns, their customer service department was very helpful in offering professional and curious service.

I like McAfee because I can use it on all of my devices from Desktop to phone. It is a very good product. I have used Norton in the past and liked it as well, but I like McAfee a little better. When I purchased my current laptop is came with a trial of McAfee and I have used it since.

McAfee is the type of company that if you need help you can call them up on the phone and someone will be ready to assist you in any problem you have with your computer. They will diagnose the computer and fix it most of the time while you were on the phone.

I was more than satisfied until I was contacted by this firm in the US telling and showing me how many errors I had in my system and he had me believing him. It is the way he was actually showing me the errors that made me believe him and it cost me $250. He told me not to renew with McAfee because I would not need them anymore. I got to admit that I got suckered.

I am using McAfee, because it is free with my Cox subscription. I haven't had any issues, so I haven't had to contact customer support for any issues while using McAfee, so that's a good thing. I have always used McAfee & I haven't had any issues with viruses.

It almost feels as if Mcafee is a virus itself. Really slows computer down. Every time you open anything, it has to run they about 30 different applications to check it for viruses. Our computer guy doesn’t recommend at, and says free anti-virus software does the same thing without slowing your computer down. I’m still very much on the fence about it.

I've used McAfee's Anti-virus (and internet) software for over 10 years; I trust McAfee to protect the content of my desktop computer. Over the years, viruses and malware have been identified and safely removed from my hard-drives. Nothing more serious has occurred. Having been with them so long, I've also experienced many of their products and updates. I'm always pleased with their clean-and-simple user interface, such that the important functions can easily be performed and reported. Any notifications are appropriate and understandable, so I've never had to contact their support staff. I highly recommend McAfee!

I originally ordered McAfee LiveSafe for a new laptop I bought for my son a few years ago. I was lucky enough at that time to have a discount through my employer. It is intuitive, fairly easy to understand, and efficient. The one drawback is it is a bit on the expensive side.

Excellent Antivirus software. User friendly. Have not had a problem with any device in household. I protect two laptops and two smartphones. All included in the yearly price. I believe it is a good value.

I've had McAfee for a couple of years on my laptop. I've never really had a problem with viruses affecting my laptop cause it scans your computer often and if a scam or virus is there it will let you know quickly and fix the problem. I would recommend Macafee. It is a good service to protect your devices.

I've used this software for over 15 years and no issues. It now comes free with Optimum internet service and it runs without my intervention, great product. Cable bill it high but everything goes up like taxes.

My McAfee protection was purchased from Office Depot/Office Max. I recently had some issues with supposed malware or virus contamination. So I took my computer in for a "free" diagnostic from Office Depot/Max. That was when I was told I had some malware or virus and they could fix it there for approx. $150 or I could sign up for their 24 hr. tech support for about the same amount, which I did. Some weeks later I got a check in the mail for a little over $50 for a malware/virus scam Office Depot had been running on its customers. So, inconclusion I'm not really sure who is to blames here, Office Depot obviously, but is McAfee in cahoots with them? I have to think that McAfee may or may not be good, depending upon who installs it.

McAfee sends out renewals and when you try to take advantage of their offer, you have to call Customer Service and they tell you you're not qualified for that offer. When you ask a question about your computer all they want to remote access your computer, they can't tell you how to fix it, all you get is, "I need to remote access your computer."

I had previously been trying a VPN to help protect along with an antivirus software. Through advertisement I looked into McAfee as a alternative. What drew me was besides the antivirus software it offered a VPN along with it as well as protecting all of my other devices. I think that is a good deal ???. Plus knowing they have been doing this for some time now, the name being associated with computer protection and offering help if something should be of concerned gives me a good feeling of security.

The customer service is great. It is a little expensive for me and the last 2 years they have worked with me. Thank you to the customer service. As far as the protection itself I am totally satisfied, I wish I could afford it for a third year.

If you get hold of them it's always YOUR FAULT AND YOU NEED TO TAKE IT TO SHOP. They ask you the same o same o questions like a written dialog. And they are great at talking over you.... Nothing makes me madder. Sorry just not impressed with support.

I have never had to contact Mcafee but I am happy with the overall performance. Only because my system has not been hacked or I have not seen any other issues.

McAfee has kept me safe for several years. However, upon renewal this year I got a much more invasive version... Needing permissions much more than necessary. Everyone is out to invade one's privacy as much as they can possibly do. I dont like it!

I've used several programs in the past. I've had nothing but a great experience. Zero issues. Never called support or had a reason to. I would highly recommend this to any colleague.

McAfee came with my AOL subscription at no cost. I've had it for a few years. A few months ago my computer modem crashed. I bought a new modem but couldn't download McAfee to my PC. I called McAfee several times as well as AOL. At least twice I spent as much as a couple hours with both McAfee & AOL techs to no avail. The techs act like they didn't have a clue. This went on for about two weeks. I gave up and purchased a copy of McAfee Total Protection and downloaded it myself.

Top of the line security; easy to use. Fast setup, I would definitely recommend this product to everyone I know including family members and old acquaintances, the firewall is easy to manage and set up. Thanks.

McAfee does a great job in identifying all sorts of threats and does a lot of checking and updating behind the scenes. You barely know it's running and doing its job. If you think you have an issue you can evoke a manual Scan. You can get all sorts of information, last update, threats found, etc.

I have Verizon unlimited and Mcafee is included in my plan at no additional cost. I have used other virus programs and in my opinion Mcafee far exceeds the others. Mcafee updates are uploaded and I don't have to worry.

I take Verizon Security. It screens my computer automatically day at the time I have it scheduled for. I have had no problems with virus and helps delete unnecessary files, Checks PC for updates and alerts me when they are need. I no worry experience.

McAfee provides prompt clear courteous responses both by online chat and phone. The help desk party listens patiently while I ask a question. The respondent is always willing to repeat or rephrase if I don't understand something. The party thanks me for contacting McAfee and asks if I need anything else.

I really like the ease of McAfee. Install and it monitors EVERYTHING!! McAfee notifies me if there is a site I should not visit while I am browsing. I installed it on my laptop and was then able to protect my phone and tablet. I am no longer uneasy about trying to find the end of the internet!!?? Easy peasy. Love it and definitely would recommend!

McAfee works very well, it lets me know when it’s detected a virus before it gets into my drives. Very simple to use and very helpful. Also, if you need help, customer service is right there if you need them. It’s not expensive and it’s easy to install in any computer device, just install and you’ll be directed in setting it up.

Seems to work quietly and efficiently in the background without disrupting my work. A bit costly but worth it in my opinion. Have used other antivirals that didn't work as well for sure, and intruded upon me frequently.

Never had to call for online support and no problem downloading software. Very good in keeping computer running smooth. I recommend McAfee products. The price is reasonable compared to other companies.

I never have to worry about my pc getting the Coronavirus or any other virus. When I couldn't download McAfee a real person walked me thru it and it was downloaded. Simple as that. I trust McAfee on all my computers, at home and at work. Thanks McAfee for keeping us safe and virus free. If I find a site that is not secure McAfee will let me know and give me the option to secure it or just exit. Awesome.

The McAfee software came with the computer originally and is part of our AT&T package as well for internet. Works pretty well for my personal use so far. It has stopped a few risky connections and quarantined some viruses. Not sure if it is catching all. But overall, I can't complain.

A very good antiviral product that works well. The price is okay as compared with other competitive products in the market. The company has been in the market for a while and has been producing quality items for the computer cyber attack.

Adequate but not stellar. Does not block all malware. People will need to use anti malware of a different vendor. Malwarebytes is the other software that I use. Malwarebytes offers a free version and a paid version. Free version is not automatic and of course paid is automatic.

I’ve tried quite a few virus fighters but none come close to McAfee and none other will do for me, I will give McAfee thumbs up for such a great job protecting my iPhone, laptops and iPad. It's the best virus fighter I’ve ever used that do what it says it do.

They're very good at the job that they do. Always have gotten fast callbacks. Very good information. They were always very helpful when l called. Their fee was very reasonable. Their people always called back.

I was very startled to find that McAfee took $127.61 out of my checking account, WITHOUT my authorization. I called them to find out what was going on. I spoke to a customer service rep. Told him about the unauthorized withdrawal. I told him that the last time I used the protection plan was 2016. He then went into my computer and stated that I had 2 virus's and, that I HAD to remove it in order for my account to be canceled and my money refunded. He then tells me that it would cost me $400 to do this. I told him again that I did not have the money. He said that he could arrange a payment plan. I argued with this man for another 20 minutes. I told him repeatedly that I DID NOT have the money, because THEY had taken it from me without my permission.

I made an online purchase of the McAfee Total Protection for 5 devices for only $39.99 on their website but found it difficult to download the product. For 10 devices it cost $49.99, for 5 devices it cost $39.99 and for 1 device the cost is $34.99. A difference of $10 and 5$ between the 3 products, I suppose the low prices is a clear indication that this is a scam if the download installation won't work and you can't get your refund back. I received an email with a download link and a receipt but no contact email.

Absolute waste of money. Mcafee took double for first year. Then took the next year's renewal out in advance without my permission. Tried to get in contact but no one answers. Sent several messages and no reply.

I have purchased their anti virus software and have had many problems over the years with it not functioning properly. After doing personal business on my laptop, I always clear out my browsers and shred my temp files. I will also check for any viruses. The software will not always launch. I have to shut down my computer and re-boot. It takes over 6 hours to do a full virus scan. I would expect that time to be reasonable if I had fully used my all of my memory. But I am only using 25% of it. I purchase another device and had McAfee installed and have confirmation that it was installed properly. I don't use that device very often, but when I do, a pop window keeps telling me that I have to renew the subscription. The subscription I purchased was for 1 yr. and is only 5 months old. As a result of these irritating issue, I do not believe I will be purchasing any software from this company anymore.

Watch out for their popup ads, misleading, looted $51.00. The pop asked me to renew my subscription by paying 50 or some dollars and after paying it I realized it's not what I wanted. It was for some other service and they won't pay my hard-earned money back - thieves.

Because McAfee was never signed up for, never downloaded by me and still pops up more than (any) other pop up is proof that McAfee is basically malware. Why would anyone pay for a service that is essentially a virus on its own? It took me hours to delete it from my system because of how deeply it embeds itself. If I had a rivalry or a grudge against someone, my gift to them would be McAfee "anti" virus. I have never been more annoyed by a product, ever. I never wanted this program, say no to its "deals" daily and they still repeat the questions daily. Never, ever use this terrible program. As soon as I deleted it I got less pop ups than when it was actively "removing threats" lol... It is basically a placebo and malware for your computer and they want you to PAY for it. Nope.

I wish I could give this no stars. I used the McAfee Anti-Virus for three years, and found it to be non-effective. I still was getting viruses and had to take my computer to the repair shop several times to get rid of them. I received a notice in October 2019 asking me to renew the subscription for one year. An 11-page document was sent, in which an "automatic renewal" statement was buried, in type so tiny I overlooked it. On November 11, 2019, I received a notice from McAfee that my subscription was renewed for $127.61, which was put on my credit card. I immediately wrote them asking them to cancel the order.

This software came with my computer, so I didn't really have a choice in the matter but hey, free software for a broke college student. Now the subscription has expired and it's giving me multiple pop-ups a day. Some telling me to renew my subscription, others trying to get me to go to adult websites, and some even telling me to vote republican. I have not been able to find a way to remove the software entirely off my computer because I cannot find it. Do yourself a favor and do not get this.

An auto renew for McAfee just went through my credit card. I did not opt in for this when I originally bought the software a year ago. To obtain a refund, I found a link in the 2 pt font (yes, that's really small) in the email about the auto renewal, followed the link, hunted through pages of their website and then filled out a form to request a refund. Then, I received a message telling me to phone them and quote a service number. Why?

Your customer service representative, Rick, was very helpful and patient straightening out my overlap in renewals. He took time with me and saw what had happened.....explained to me. I am very grateful for his expertise and patience..

Mcafee took £89.98 out of my bank account a month before renewal was due. Auto renewal was turned off. Who do they think that they are to be able to just help themselves to my money. I've contacted them but still no refund. Disgusting company. Would never recommend them.

I purchase this product 8 days ago. After purchasing, I tried to follow the instructions open how to make sure your subscription translates to the application. After 3 calls and an hour and a half of my time, They said that they cannot get my account to show what I purchased due to it being "pending" and also cannot give me a refund until it is not pending. Keep in mind, this is 8 days into the subscription that will not be added to the day it expires. Also, when I call they do not know how to help, instead just keep transferring me to a different department. When I asked if I could talk to a supervisor, they said it will be another 24-48 (!!!) hours and they will call me back. This company is just trying to make it the hardest possible way to receive a refund because they know it is a scam. Would never recommend this service to anybody.

Don't purchase McAfee. First of all they had a sale of $42 several months ago, so I purchased, but when I went to download and use it, it would not work. I called the company and they said they had to return my $42 and reorder. To this date I don't remember exactly what they said, but I remember it sounding sensible. So, I had to order again, but I never noticed 'til I checked my account a few months later that I was charged $62, now too late to cancel. I know, I know, I should have noticed when I placed it but I assumed it would still be the sale price. So, I was gypped.

I purchased a Lenovo All-in-One and a 30 day trial of McAfee was already installed so I decided to give it 30 days to show me it was beneficial. I’ve never needed anything more than the protection you receive from Windows. Everything was fine until the pop-up from McAfee that the trial was over and to purchase the software to keep my computer safe. I declined the purchase and went on with life. I got pop-ups, just like others have posted, usually one to three per day. I declined each purchase. After a few days of that, my computer was running like I was on dial-up. Now, it takes a half hour or better to get on my credit card website, most times it will time-out and I have to start over. I’ve had to pay all my bills on my phone because I just don’t have that kind of time nor patience.

I initially bought the antivirus package as I trusted McAfee but I decided not to renew as I did not see any significant benefits to paying for it, especially as I had heard of many good free alternatives. Now I've downloaded BitDefender and did a scan only to discover I've had an infected file on my laptop for a whole year with McAfee never notifying me about it. Now I know for sure I made the right choice by not renewing.

Every year I try to renew my subscription and have problems. My account sign in will accept my password. I purchase the new subscription. When I attempt to download it DOES NOT accept the same password. Technical Support cannot help. They pass me to Sales (for some unknown reason). Sales passes me back to Technical Support. Currently waiting for a callback in 48 hours. I suspect that my subscription has never been working. I have purchased Total Protection for the last few years and have to wonder if it WAS EVER working and was EVER protecting my computer. Shame on me for not checking.

Bought from a retail store. When I tried to install the download was interrupted by a error message. It gave a code of "0000x1200DS1." Phoned the 1-800 support and told the person who answered what had happen. The first thing he said was that he needed to get access to my computer, so I did. After a dos window open up on my screen and scrolled by he told me that people in my home have been opening spam e-mails. That all the smart devices in my home now had something called Asprox Botnet. He started making a list of how much I was going to have to pay to get rid of it on all my devices. He told me there was nothing I could do myself to get rid of it not even taking the computer repair can fix it, that I would have to go through him to get it fixed.

I've about had it with McAfee blocking my game and causing 100 percent disk usage and causing not responding firestorm viewer, I had to shut off the real time because it was using 100 percent cpu and memory, and if they don't fix these issues, I am going to quit using mcafee, they claim they are protecting my computer, but so far they have dumped things into my registry while I was in the middle of game play and blocked my game plug ins even though I whitelisted them, they even blocked my Dell programs, this is beginning to annoy me, big time.

McAfee 30 day trial was already loaded on my laptop win I purchased it. The 30 day trial has ended & I get so many Mcafee pop ups that cover 25% of my screen & makes it impossible to read the information on the screen. This company must be so hard up for customers that the only way they can make it impossible for users to see their screens. The problem does not go away if you purchase their product you receive just as many pop-ups trying to get you to upgrade. DON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCT AND AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS.

My computer is now running like a charm, Mcafee antivirus has been deleted from my computer because I had too many issues, never again will I have this crap antivirus on any of my computers... Stay away.

Last year we reached out to McAfee to let them know that we no longer had the computer with McAfee as we had upgraded and turned the old laptop in to be recycled. McAfee refunded the auto-draft and told us that we would no longer be auto drafted. Fast forward to this year. Got the $128.69 auto draft. I immediately contacted McAfee and told the operator that we no longer had the laptop with McAfee. She argued with me that she could not refund the amount even though my request was within the 60 day refund window. I kept telling her that we did not have any devices that had McAfee. Needless to say, I had to dispute the charge on my credit card. I have no idea what is going to happen now.

Received no antivirus product download (1st year subscription/10 devices)! Contacted customer support, spent an hour & a half on the phone but to no avail. At this point, I'm out $29.99 which has already been drafted from my account, I have no antivirus production & no tech support could help. Only to be told that a supervisor would have to call me back between 2.5 - 3.5 hours. 1 star too many! I wish I would have come here to read the reviews of others comments about their product/service experience before I made the mistake of trying to purchase. Lesson learned!

This is quite a racket they've got going. If you have auto renew, these hustlers will debit the money from your account at 11 months. Meaning, that if your subscription is due to renew on January 2, they will take the money on December 2. All for your "convenience." And they don't send a reminder email for you. Also, I have installed, uninstalled, and installed again and yet, my files still have not scanned past July. What exactly am I paying for? Make sure you check if it's actually scanning your files. And DON'T use auto renew.

Ever since I did not renew my security software subscription with McAfee, I have received nonstop harassing ads in the lower right quadrant of my computer. It's at least 12 times a day, every day. I don't recommend this company unless you plan to have them for life, I'm finding that's about the only way to stop their very annoying ad campaign.

McAfee AV is not be compatible with Windows 10 and/or Chrome. McAfee Antivirus has a glitch that incorrectly notifies some users that their version of Chrome is out of date, and it shows the update as a "critical" need. I'm running Chrome 77.*.***, but McAfee Antivirus shows I have version 49.***. I've spoken to McAfee; they are aware of it, but they have no solution. Their only suggestion was to uninstall it, and then reinstall it. No improvement, no change. After that, they've stopped returning my emails.

1 license was short 1 digit. I called/wrote. Meanwhile I got another and installed and downloaded. Screenshot for conformation. While using computer, it said McAfee expire. Called/wrote. Was told to reinstalled, tried it and it said it was already installed. No refund was sent.

This company wasted me half day to deal with them and finally got my refund. Last year, the Company lured me to buy their internet protection service. I didn't choose or authorize auto renew; however, the company made auto-renew as a default setting to my account and charged me $131 for my single computer service this year. The refund process gave me a lot of hassle. The representative kept on persuading me to keep the service. After I repeated "please just refund me the money" for four times, he said, "Since you only have one device, we will give you a deal $35 for the whole year." I said "refund me" and you could send me the promotion. He said he could not send me the email. Finally, I rejected all the BS and got the refund. The guy told me the company was going to email me the promotion.

I was searching for a new antivirus program where I could use a Trial Version for a month to test them out. I got to McAfee's website and located the area for a free months version. It did not distinguish from PC or Mac and only indicated it was a trial program. I downloaded it and it was an exe file and I have a Mac, so of course it doesnt work.

The clue to this company's existence is in their name. McAfee = "Make A Fee". Continuous calls from 'representative' asking (almost telling) me to install updates to software I no longer have. £100 wasted on them a few years back. Since a discussion with computer systems expert, I have reinstalled operating system. My computer now runs much faster without antivirus software. I'm now just careful with what I run, e.g. emails and third party software.

I have had McAfee Antivirus for 11 months and they never seem interested in actually scanning my computer for viruses until I contacted them to cancel my subscription. Scans were not automatic. I tried to cancel every way possible and their website does not allow that, so I cancelled their automatic withdrawal from my checking account. Two days later they managed to withdraw $109.99 from my checking account, anyway, and it is STILL impossible to contact them. These people are nothing but con artists. They shut down parts of their own websites so that they can say you never notified them of the cancellation. My next step will be to notify the Federal Trade Commission.

Never ever use auto - renew - it is a con, you pay for a year but they auto renewal taking your money at the beginning of the 11th month. Also on their own website they advertise special offers which are much better deals and cheaper than auto renewal. Auto renewal is a con. New customers get a much better choice and deal.

I purchased McAfee antivirus and actually my computer had some other issues and they would not give me a refund. Never used it. Never installed it. Never did anything. These people are trash. I wouldn't recommend them to a dog. They need Federal lawsuits filed on them. Please don't buy nothing from these people.

I came home from vacation and found McAfee had charged my new credit card for a product that I did not order. They agreed to refund the amount they charged but could not explain to me how they got all the information on my new credit card without my knowledge or consent. BUYERS BEWARE.

McAfee slows down your PC so much, way too expensive, and had to uninstall. It should not come pre-installed on any computer. I am so glad it uninstalled it. How are they still in business? So many people have had the same experience.

As per other people, I contacted McAfee to cancel my subscription after it had been automatically renewed (A WHOLE MONTH EARLY). They stated that they would refund me, and that it would take 5 working days. It is now 2 weeks later and I have still not received my £89.99. On the day that they took my subscription, their website stated that the product had been reduced from £89.99 to £45! I have been in touch with them on the 0800 number, only to be going around in circles. This company needs investigating. I note that another reviewer has still not received a refund, even after 3 months! This is disgraceful. I am now waiting for an 'Accounts Supervisor' to ring me back, but I don't hold out much hope. I intend to take this matter further. They should not be holding onto people's money. I am sure that in the past I have taken my 'Automatic Renewal' off, but it appears to have magically turned itself back to 'On'.

All good with the McAfee until renewing my account. I’ve closed that c card so they couldn’t charge me automatically. Emails came. And when intruded to renew it was 70$, actually more expensive than if you would wanna purchase a new license. Now here’s the best part of it . My computer started to be “glitchy”. Couldn’t browse etc. I’ve uninstalled McAfee and guess what, computer runs smooth and fine. Is this what you scammers do now. You actually put a virus on that so call antivirus that slows computers down if you don’t renew your subscription? SHAME SHAME SHAME.

My credit card was automatically charged for another year in May 2019. I called and canceled immediately. They claim that I would get my refund. I called about a week or two later and they claimed it was refunded. It was not and now it's been 3 months and I'm still waiting. Never subscribe to this company!

The problem with McAfee is once it's in your life it never goes away. I had it preinstalled on my Lenovo gaming laptop and they give you the bogus deal to activate it for 70% off and I took the bait. It was more annoying than anything with pointless popups telling me I'm still ok. I canceled it and that is when it got bad. Every time I got onto my laptop after the subscription ended it would remind me every day that I am at risk and the pop ups would close games I'm in and ruin my position. When going to program files to uninstall it tells me I don't have the admin rights to delete it. Hard factory reset and the virus of a program is still there. So do not buy if you are in it for the long haul because it will not leave you. Keep in mind this is my first time seeking out a place to leave a review to hopefully save a device out there.

Today I noticed a sub-folder that appeared under my Outlook Inbox called McAfee Anti-Spam. I wasn't too alarmed at first as I have McAfee LiveSafe installed as my anti-virus software. However, when I opened that folder, I found a lot of emails in there that aren't SPAM. Sure, that can happen, I've seen it before but what troubled me is that all of the e-mails in there were from my different Bank Accounts, Experian correspondences, and some of my business e-mails. So I looked at the settings for LiveSafe and noticed that e-mails flagged as ANTI-SPAM are forwarded to McAfee. The default selection is "Entire Email".

I installed McAfee as an assistant to help keep my PC safe. Throughout the years of having it, I've come to realize my computer is slower, weaker, can barely stay connected to the internet anymore, and God do I have to pray to not lag while playing Plants Vs Zombies, base game. Which come on, do you know my specs? Do you know the games requirements? My computer boasts power that should be able to easily run it (I used to run it super fast before McAfee got involved). Let's not mention how obnoxious it is just to remove the program, due to having 3-4 different sub-installed programs you can't just remove the program the easy way, it takes 3 restarts to finish rather than just uninstalling all and restarting once. PLEASE either make your program YOUR program or make it less blatant that your Norton ** is up.

Dear McAfee technician and correspondent help. Thank you for your great support in helping me to install security on all my devices. I just want to express my gratitude for the three persons that assisted. Persons on chat Amal, and the persons who took control and guide the process. The tech who help my mobile devices. Thank you, great job. Your patience, your kindness and explanations. All of you are a great asset to the company. Thank you, great job.

Attempts to contact the service for cancellation is impossible. Have tried telephone and was disconnected. Had a Chat session with an individual which lasted 20 min and was informed my account was cancelled. The next day my was charged bank acct was charged again before normal cycle. This company does not respond to complaints. Should be prosecuted.

I canceled Safe Connect in March and had a confirmation case #. My credit card is still getting charged. Called and representative McAfee said it was not completely canceled, only the access key was removed but the not the subscription. This is a thief behavior, robbing customers.

Beware McAfee Anti-Virus Software. My subscription to my McAfee Anti-virus software recently expired so I clicked on the provided link to renew. Having duly paid the $39.99 renewal fee I downloaded the update but had to call a provided number to have the software activated. The call respondent had me download software to take control of my computer. He spent a long time explaining that my system was not fully covered and had several exposures. Problems that precluded him from finish the installation of the software with correction of the problem. Unsurprisingly, he had a solution for me: For only $449 he could clear the issues and offer me lifetime protection or a one year solution for only $299! When I refused, he asked my my age then told me he could offer me a senior citizens price that was slightly lower.

McAfee had a free download offer! Don't fall for it, I did. I kept getting these pop ups from McAfee about I needed their protection software. They hit me with a 20 percent discount, and I fell for it. I downloaded their software and then you have call for their technician. He want permission to access my computer and I fell for that and let him. He downloaded a virus scan program that found all these errors that needed to be fixed right now. But he wanted $395 to fix all the supposed problems. The priced tag shocked my senses and I refused to give him a credit card number. After I continued to refuse him we finally hung up and then a Google search found they are running a rip-off scam. I have since downloaded "Cleanmymac" which works and is 100 percent better than McAfee.

After buying this regular MSFT type laptop I started getting all the usual pop ups. I bought a forty dollar annual package for a year. That's right, a year. Of course they are going to auto renew it but I figured they would message me at that time a year later. In the meantime the virus protection was not any good according to themselves. They were right so I decided I wouldn't renew. But at 3AM on the annual date of renew they hacked my card for $120. And they sent me an email saying they were doing that. I have no idea why it's $120. Of course by 8AM I'm into the next year.

This past Memorial Day 5/27/19 we purchased a new laptop from Office Depot. With the computer the salesman offered a McAfee LiveSafe card deal for $5, so we purchased this card. When I brought the new laptop home I started to download this McAfee LiveSafe.. but I received an error, that it couldn’t download the antivirus software. I clicked on tech support and I received a call from them right away. I followed this so called techs advice to allow him access to this new laptop. He started to run some diagnostic on the laptop and our home network. He so called discovered some really bad virus or bug called ASPROX BOTNET, on our home network... He took me to Wikipedia to show me how bad this was and bla bla bla then he threw me some price tags to get some protection on our network. 1 year $124.95 and you're only 75% protected, 3 years at 85% was $245.99, and 5 years 99% $359.99.

Duped into Purchase of LiveSAFE due to threats from McAfee that we were not protected by McAfee Multi Access. Now with both LiveSAFE and Multi Access from McAfee, still getting pop-ups with threats of viral invasion. None of this ever happened in the past when I didn't purchase McAfee LIVESAFE but relied on the free McAfee Multi Access provided by AOL. Now that I purchased LIVESAFE, McAfee explained that without renewing LIVESAFE, the Multi Access - free from AOL - would have to be installed "correctly" by AOL...This is again the unspoken threat (civil discourse that violates me more than being robbed directly). Why can't Mcafee take the responsibility of ensuring their Multi Access received for free from AOL is installed properly. McAfee runs McAfee installation and AOL does not.

I intentionally decided NOT to renew my McAfee virus protection three years ago. I have a Master's Degree and regularly use my computer. In other words, I have assessed the costs and risks and made my decision. Yet, McAfee continues to issue unwarranted popups to remind me that I have not renewed with them. Stop interrupting the work I'm doing on my desktop to fill the bottom right corner of my screen with your advertising! This is invasive, insulting and annoying!

I was initially pleased McAffee canceled my antivirus and proceeded to give me a refund on my credit card. Problem was they credited the wrong card for that subscription. The subscription I had canceled was purchased years ago for an old computer I no longer use. Initially, I saw on my credit card statement they charged me for that old computer's antivirus via auto-renewal. I immediately contacted them asking for the antivirus on that computer to be canceled and give me a credit refund. After a month of not getting the credit refund, and spending a lot of time on the phone with McAffee (and the credit card company McAffee applied the credit to) I discovered they processed the credit to the wrong credit card!

I recently canceled McAfee Total Protection and removed it from all of my office computers due to the fact that is was slowing our computers down and flagging regular used sites as harmful. I called for a prorated refund for the time not used being that I paid for a year in advanced and was refused the refund. I was also told there was no supervisor to speak with.

My stupid internet company and another dumb internet company picked Mcafee piece of crap product to include with their WiFi internet. But I actually like to use my computer and all McAfee products do is freeze and slow my computer. I think McAfee products are viruses. I can’t use my computer. I had to pay to have it repaired and it could not. Norton is much better. McAfee has ruined all my computers. Toshiba computer was so destroyed it would freeze. Toshiba is worst computer it would not break. I tried to destroy computer after McAfee put spyware and viruses. I dropped it, poured coke on it. It was bad computer. McAfee ruined my 2015 laptop. It won’t turn on and I paid $688. It only worked 2 weeks then McAfee screen said McAfee installed virus.

I purchased an HP Computer a few years ago and it came with 2 years of McAfee Anti Virus Protection as a selling point. But like a lot of consumers. I was surprised when I got an automatic renewal bill on my bank statement. Yes the Customer Service Rep was rude. Here's how to correct this issue and avoid their so-called Customer Service Reps. Step 1) Go to their website. Step 2) - log in with your user name and password. Step 3) Near the upper right hand corner you will see choices one of interest is "My Account". Step 4) Click on it and it'll give you a drop down box....Now this is where you'll be able to choose the renewal option....Click NO. They're very tricky in not sharing this with their customers! However, these Steps should fix the Automatic Renewal problem.

I bought first a year contract, it seemed ok, then bought a 3 years one - now they are threatening me with viruses full 2 months!!! Before its expiry; if anyone is thinking of using McAfee in any shape or form, I'd advise NO NO NO!

I live in Spain, but am English, last year I bought a McAfee product but had lots of problems, so ditched it. Got an email last month saying they were going to auto renew at a charge of $89.95, I said by way of reply no thank you I do not want your product!! They have ignored me and taken money from my bank. I will be contacting my bank about a refund. I am disgusted with the attitude of this company. Stephen **, 03740 Espana.

I changed my card for auto renew. McAfee later charged the wrong card. They then told me that it will take over a week to credit the money back to the correct card. Lucky I can afford the money for a very short time but what if all the people who would have other bills bounce because of their error. This is theft, this is fraud, this is totally unacceptable.

I paid for an antivirus. I went to log in to download it per instructions, and where the link takes you is to pay for the product again. There was nowhere to log in. I went to the homepage, found "My Account" and tried logging in. It said wrong login information so I used Forgot My Password. I clicked the link to change my password on the email and it took me to the page to have to pay for the product again that did not have anywhere with "my account" "login" or any other possible way. I had to go back to the home page and never was able to get into the account, never getting the product. I contacted support and they claimed I never paid but I have proof the funds were deducted from my debit card. I sent a screenshot that I was charged and they said I still had to pay again.

I started my plan in 2015. Now when trying to renew for 2018 I find I have been billed for all these years and have not been covered by McAfee. They only want to refund one year payment. I have had to schedule a second phone call from manager because he never kept first phone call. Very rinky dink business.

I have been trying to get a refund for over 4 months since November last year and have been lied to on numerous occasions that a refund is on its way and nothing then happens. I have been given several different service numbers, been escalated to another department, spoken eventually to a supervisor but nothing has made any difference. I can only assume that they are stealing my money. I would never use them again. They are the worst company.

HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED! I have been having issues the past couple of weeks. I bought a Roku device and notice in the past week, I can seem to stay connected to internet. I spoke to my service provider. Of course everything is ok. I spoke to the maker of router. They were of no help. Then I spoke to Roku customer service and they actually found several errors dating back over a month. Trojan was in there along with incomplete updates and scans. Several error reports which never showed up on the scans. Myself not being well computer educated... I am now paying a tech form Cisco to go in and remove and fix files for me, $80, which isn't bad, to get everything right but why did I waste my money on McAfee that really should have caught these issues. I'm very disappointed and will steer away from any McAfee products in the future seeing for myself that they failed at what they said they would do!

I had McAfee Total Protection for several years, with the current subscription expiration on 3/13/2019. So today I clicked on their renewal popup and purchased LiveSafe for 2 years, now my McAfee expires 2/11/2021. Lost 1 month of coverage for wanting to be sure I am protected. Instead I feel screwed. WARNING don't get screwed by wanting to be a consumer of their product, don't renew until the last day of your subscription. Read the fine print.

Recently noticed a monthly charge of 80 dollars being charged to my credit card monthly and has been happening for the last two years. I never authorized this payment as I have one computer and authorized only a payment of 20 dollars which they somehow deemed fit to sneak in an 60 dollars into my monthly charge. This is a lot of money for me to spend and incensed me when I figured out how much they were taking as I never agreed to this charge. When talking to customer service they were eager to refund me for only ONE MONTH because they claim I authorized this fee service (which I very well did not). After they agreed to be oh so kind to refund me a sarcastically generous 80 dollars their customer service rep proceeded to ask me if I wanted to pay a 60 dollar service for 50 percent off.

I am 83 year retired accountant and not one to make complaints but considering my recent experience I should warn others that they will never be successful with their complaints, no matter how justified their complaints are. In order to prove my points I detail below my recent experience with a level 3 American executive customer service assistant.

I'm not one to write complaints but considering my recent experience I feel I should warn others... I ordered their one year clean-up protection for my Mac, roughly $100.00. Upon ordering and being directed to their customer service they proceeded to try and upsell me for more protection. I mentioned I did not want to put out that much money - almost $600.00 if I recall. They then proceeded to drop the price which was about half. I continued to decline but the phone rep kept talking over me and trying to sell me on their product. I repeatedly said, "No, I do not want to put out that much money," but he would not listen to me. I eventually raised my voice so as to have them hear me and I said "no means no"! With that the rep hung up on me. I am now online with my bank reversing the initial charge as this had been a horrible experience and I will never give this company my business again.

I have had LifeSafe for 4 years now. I think the trouble people are having with the auto renewal is they don't realize they turned it on. You have to watch what you are doing when you set up new software. You have to make sure that companies don't sneak things in you don't want. Yes there is one thing that McAfee did to me. I bought my computer from Dell and it came with LifeSafe pre-installed but I didn't realize that it also had another antivirus program with it. So when it renewed I was shocked to see how much cost to renew. I called them right away and yes they tried everything in their power to make keep the subscription for both. You just have to firm and know what you want. Please don't let them push you into something you don't want. All companies try to upsell - it is not just this one. This is how they make their money.

Had the service for one month. In that time I had to call and waste hours on the phone with Tech services to have them take over my computer and reinstall their program three times before some honest tech told me it doesn't work with Windows 7. They were supposed to call me in 48 hours to discuss a refund and never did. I called today and they told me it is over 30 days and they don't refund after that. A supervisor was supposed to call me back to discuss the refund but never did.

Last year, I bought McAfee antivirus at £31.99 for 1 year protection but I was not aware of that my auto renewal was on and this year on 21 Dec 2018 they charged me £89.99 for another year protection as auto renewal. During that same period they are advertising the same product with 70% discount which is £26.99. I absolutely not happy with this.

Just 1 week ago I purchased the McAfee Total Protection plan for up to 10 devices so I could share the protection with my other devices and my sister. Since I paid and downloaded the product, every single day I get a pop up that my "computer is at risk" that my protection has been used up. This is a personal computer, I do not use it all day every day and even if I did, should my protection expire within a week? My father had McAfee and often asks about pop ups and I tell him that he likely clicked on something or did not update his protection when updates were available. Now I see that he was COMPLETELY correct. It is confusing for anyone to continuously get these pop ups. I highly recommend you go literally ANY OTHER COMPUTER PROTECTION SERVICE.

They want your money & don't deliver, a lot of complaints on them. I'll be filing a complaint with the proper agencies.

I ordered the software after having looked at a few different companies. Mcafee said that their software would be compatible with my MAC and it was not. I am fairly good with technology and I feel confident in saying that it was not user error and was coming from their end. No big deal really, but it took me over 4 weeks to get a refund. I sent upwards of 5 emails regarding my refund as per the website's instructions and got nowhere. It took a lot of work on my part to get my money back for their defective product. I do not recommend their services.

These people are thieves! They took my yearly subscription a month in advance. I called and asked for a refund. I was told that since it was still pending, that it would be back in my account in 48 hours. When it did not appear, I called again. I was told by the supervisor Chris that is would actually take 5-7 business days. I was understandably upset, the reason being is that when they took this money out of my account, they overdrafted it and I now owe my bank $200 in overdraft fees. It has not been 8 days and I still have not received my money back, meaning I cannot even deposit a paycheck or it will take some of it for the fees. This is robbery at its finest. I just got off the phone with them again and was told that there is an error with the refund and they will let me know when they can give it back. DO NOT USE THEM!

Denigrating, demeaning and unprofessional service. It took them 4 hours of pushing another product on to me which I did not ask for, I just want to get my service for what I paid for but they were not willing to assist! Shocking shocking shocking experience. I have 3 months left on my so-called protection with McAfee, pls do not buy it. The tech support in Australia is hopeless and insulting. Even the supervisor!

I tried to install McAfee Virus Protection on my old computer. It never installed correctly and slowed my performance. I removed the protection and figured it was gone. McAfee has a default auto renew on this service. I was charged double what my first year cost automatically. The email telling me this charge was going to occur conveniently ended up in my junk email. Called customer service for the company. It is not even McAfee, but a third party company. They tell me it will be $100 to stop service. I told them I will just despite charges with the credit card company for free. He begin raising his voice telling me I can't do this because McAfee is a reputable company. My thoughts after this experience is just the opposite. Stay away!

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to honestly and accurately report our experiences as consumers. McAfee Safe Connect is an application that didn't work on my device since April of 2018 day of my subscription, I am being charged despite the fact that the application is not working and they are not willing to refund my account. The lesson here is for USA consumers to stop doing business with any company that is outsourcing their services overseas because, overseas companies are not following USA rules and second, it is NOT secure in every aspects, and finally, why are they sending jobs overseas while people in the USA need jobs and we are giving our money to other people outside USA.

Malware program has a habit of popping up when shutting down and telling me that something needs fixing but when I try to get it fixed I ALWAYS get a screen trying to sell more Malware. You would think that they could manage to recognize subscribers, other companies do. When I did get through to talk with someone, he was heavily accented and tried to charge me for fixing. I declined his hard sell and fixed the issue myself for 0 cost. I don't even know if he was a McAfee employee. There again, you would think they would have better security!!! If he was an employee I find it despicable that they would try to charge for fixing something that was a simple fix and something I thought Malware prevention was included. All in all, I'm finding the program a FAIL.

I cancelled my subscription with McAfee many years ago, as we were still getting viruses on our home computer and felt the service was not working for us. However, it seems they have an automatic renewal with our bank, and even though you cancel, they will continue to take your money every year until you stop the auto-renewal. In order to do this you need to log into your account, but we have since moved house, changed our computer, and e-mail address, so we haven't been able to even access our account! Customer services are a waste of time, one person says we cancelled in 2013, yet today I have spoken to someone in California, (we live in England) who says there is no record of us canceling.

Not happy with support. Try to get a refund. The supervisor was supposed to call me. Have not heard a word from him to help me. I would not recommend McAfee to any of my friends. I will never use them again. You get the runaround from them.

Used the product for years. I decided to run a manual scan, only to have the software tell me that my subscription expired six months ago. I was shocked, but figured I got careless. I logged on to my account, which showed the my subscription expires in 2019. And there is no way to contact them. I tried a chat room and heard nothing. They've left me exposed even though I am paid up.

Does anyone know a way to block their ad, I have ad blocker but it still pops up every half-hour? This ad slows my PC. Interrupts whatever app in FB or a game, I sent emails asking then to stop. I will report you to BBB and any other authority I can find. Renew with McAfee LOL!!! In your dreams!! STOP ALREADY!

Anti-virus is OK but has false positive they have done nothing about. Support is very attentive but every call starts as though the problem is new even though it is them calling me - I gave up after months. The biggest problem is the renewal scam. 10 user Total Protect is available on their site for $44 but the renewal is $99! They throw in a "free" tune-up program value $69 but it is a pretty useless me-to product no one would value at $59 and anyway they say it is free. DO NOT auto-renew. They'll more than double the cost!

This was by far the worst experience I have ever had. From the beginning I had nothing but problems. I could not even get the program to download even past the first step. I contacted Technical Support online, chatted live with people from India (first issue right there). None of the people would read what I wrote, they insisted on remotely accessing my computer and tried doing the simplest and most pointless things to get it to download (turning off my Time Machine Back-up, changing my screen saver) and spending over 2 hours until I had to kick them off my computer because they wouldn't listen to me. I finally asked, on my 3rd call, to have an expert/next level problem solver call me and they said I would have to wait 24-48 hours. I demanded a refund. Do not recommend this company let alone the product.

Went online to buy more anti spam and virus to protect my computer. A sales rep from McAfee said he would fix my problem. He said for $149 dollars he could help me. When he had finished and fixed the issue he stated that I could not pay by credit card that I should send a check instead. This sounded a little odd to me. In about three days later he called me to send a check to him or he stated that he would turn me to a third party for collection. I am in my early 70s with great good credit. I am retired military of 23 years of service to my country. I will not be harassed by a person who can't hardly speak English.

When I tried to renew I was directed to Quantum Technology in India. I thought I was n McAfee customer service. So they wanted to take direct control of my computer. Afterwards they wanted to extort over $300 for a three year subscription plus a browser blocker for even more. I only wanted to renew a $30 subscription. What a scam! Also they wanted another $30 to install the garbage. This company is nothing more than a blood sucking lying leech rip off. Avoid at all costs!

What a load of horse manure! First you buy the software which by the way is now just a code, not a disk you install. The code then says 'invalid'. You are then directed to a customer service representative who gets access to your computer and tells you that a hacker has blocked the installation. You will get some kind of 3 year protection for 399.99!!! Yeah right! Sorry I'm not that gullible. Sucks because I installed McAfee last year with no problem. Luckily I don't store banking info on my computer.

I was told that by purchasing a 3 year subscription for around $300 that it would include Anti-virus software for this term AND TechMaster support for this term. However, I was misinformed by 3 different support persons when deciding and now they tell me that the money only covers anti-virus. This is no real savings since the anti-virus is about a hundred a year. I am very disappointed in McAfee. Additionally, even though, the TechMaster support personnel are good at what they do, they are foreign English speakers and some are difficult to understand. They often do not understand the issues when explained in normal conversational English.

McAfee Billed to New CC W/O Permission. That's right, BEWARE! Even if your credit card information on file with McAfee is inactive or no longer viable (expired), McAfee will retrieve your NEW CC information from Master Card/Visa (others?) and then bill your NEW credit card with a subscription. Customer service at McAfee stated that they have this agreement in place with banks to "protect" their clients and ensure digital security.

Honestly, McAfee is basically installed by default in most computers regardless of whether or not you want it. Once it expires, there are constant pop ups about renewing it. And deleting it is a whole process that proves this company doesn't care about customer service but only about have customers and keeping them - not because they want to but because getting rid of it is such a hassle. This is a difficulty I have never faced with any other protection company. To delete it, I had to google multiple things and DOWNLOAD a McAfee service to uninstall their OWN service. I literally could not simply uninstall it. This extremely frustrated me and I will never be downloading this service willingly again.

I purchased a McAfee® Total Protection for one device. My MacBook pro is full of malwares e adwares! And after 3 reinstallations it appear just a window saying that the software didn't run! And I paid!

I just got off the phone with customer service and they are refunding my money but I still have to pay double to remove it from my credit card for renewal. I need this issue resolved as soon as possible... I don't have double the money so they don't keep charging me! I'm VERY upset!

When I called in for help to install, very pushing in trying to sell me more help. I told them I have someone who can clean my computer. When Deborah kept pushing the issue while in my computer I grabbed the mouse to close her out of my computer & we fought back & forth with the mouse. I was so shocked. That happen this morning!

FRAUD. I never signed up for auto renewal. I work for a company that requires its own security and charges me $75.00 a month for tech support and security. McAfee drafted $100.99 for a renewal which I did not want nor need. I spoke with three different customer service reps, 2 in the Philippines, 1 in the US. All 3 contradicted themselves several times throughout the call. They lie and made stuff up just to get you off the phone. I called ANOTHER rep in Texas who suggested I conference call my bank to expedite my refund to ensure the money would be in my account the next day all the while knowing that the company wouldn't do that. McAfee takes 5-7 business days to refund money that they fraudulently stole from you. Worst customer service ever.

I have a severe complaint about McAfee products and the lousy customer service department including the very stupid supervisors. McAfee support charged me 107.00 twice on my bank account. They are only supposed to charge me yearly. Not every damn month. I requested a refund and I was told by a very stupid supervisor that if I want a refund they are going to cancel my protection on my computer. What kind of sense does that make. None. My expiration date on my lap top computer is in 2019. First of all they are charging me once a month instead of once a year. They are supposedly investigating this but they have no answers. Why is that. I am so pissed off by this. You need to seriously investigate this crappy company. They are crooks and frauds. Signed with extreme disgust.

When I called McAfee today to have them re-install the antivirus they told me I had a virus and that's why I don't have McAfee on my computer and they charge me #199.00 to remove the virus and re-install it again, They hardly speak English, they are most of them from India. I told them I paid for antivirus BUT I got a virus because of you. I'm calling my bank tomorrow and have my money refunded.

This product does not deserve any stars. I read the highly rated reviews; a trial version came with my HP laptop, so it must be good, right? And; McAfee offers a "100% Satisfaction Guarantee." The software did not catch the virus I got about day 40 . To add insult to injury it occurred while I was writing my novel. More than 400 pages were replaced by McAfee with this message: "This issue may be due to virus infection, we do have a free virus removal support option and in order to avail that you may need to turn on McAfee automatic renewal. Shall we go ahead?"

Technician James made a big error. Charge me for service by saying, "You need these programs." As far as I know were never received on my computer. Cannot get in touch with James. McAfee does not have a e-mail address and a fax number. Impossible to reach James to help with this issue. As for as I KNOWN gave James $533.57 for service. Have not receive a invoice to match my credit card statement. Have a contract for 2 year ending December 2018. WANT MY MONEY BACK for service never received.

I downloaded McAfee Antivirus on my laptop, it did all the updates, upon restarting the computer, my screen was black with only the cursor visible. My second laptop's screen also went black after the McAfee updates. Repairman said this is a very common and typical problem of McAfee and Webroot antivirus software being corrupt and thus corrupting the computer and particularly Windows systems. Maybe if consumers were warned of such, antivirus software ratings wouldn't give consumers a false sense of security.

Problem started when I went to renew my client's corporate antivirus software. I clicked on the link. They sent me to their web store. Went to a form with all my contact information already on it. I clicked to submit my payment, and I got a message that my postal code wasn't valid. Considering it came from their records, and it's been valid everywhere for the last 30 years this was a surprise. Ok so I called the next day to finish the order.

This antivirus has been preferred at every company I have been employed, so I trust that they are the best. I have never had any issue with security or use with this software. I have the ease of mind that my computer is safe. And the pop-up reminders are great! I don't have to worry about remembering updates or anything like that. Being able to set when I want updates is a nice feature as well.

I chose McAfee because my sister recommended it. She usually uses it and really likes it. I really like that McAfee is easy to use and is updated regularly. I like that it sometimes shows me when there's a possible problem and I choose whether or not to address it. The only features I'd probably improve would be the option of allowing an update. Sometimes it's sad when it automatically tries to update on my computer and I'm in the middle of something. However, my overall experience with the software has been really good. I haven't had any viruses since using it.

I like McAfee a lot because it seems to work really well for me. You can renew online if you want or go someplace else. However, I would like for it to be explained better how it work, why it works and why it works so well. Still, my overall experience was very good and it makes me feel safe when using it at all times like with purchases. It really makes me feel comfortable when using it. Many people I know use this and they all have great confidence in it.

I like the way McAfee seems safe and is easy to use and get. The system would be easy for people who are not as good with computers as me. McAfee was a little pricey but I didn't use the computer enough to know if the price was really a significant amount. The price was the main reason I stop doing it. Otherwise McAfee worked well for the most part and it was helpful. McAfee was okay and I would do again for a free trial.

McAfee was chosen for me to begin with by my Dad. He was our tech person in the family and he researched everything before he bought it, so we trusted his judgment. I've kept it throughout the years because it does its job and I have never had any issues. I like that it automatically updates, and frequently checks to see if anything you have downloaded has any issues, not just viruses. It also checks data usage, and odd files that it finds that could be nothing, repeats or a virus. I trust this company a lot. But I seem to recall every year the price going up considerably, making me want to explore other carriers. However I would have to do research on them to see if they compare in quality. You do get what you pay for.

I used this software because it came highly recommended to me by people who are knowledgeable in IT. It gets a lot of advertising. We received a lot of emails almost daily that explained its value. It was easy to use. But, I am not sure that the software really worked as we did get a virus on our PC. We have also used a Mac and the security has proven to be far more beneficial in keeping our stuff safe.

McAfee antivirus software seems to be aimed at keeping you aware of all the possible threats to your security. The name was recognizable and I hoped they would live up to the good reputation they enjoy as top notch antivirus software. I like that it's easy to install and trustworthy... I wanted a software package that would live in the background and only interrupt me when it's really important and McAfee's less annoying than the free antivirus software that interrupts and disrupts what you are doing all the time to tell you that you should upgrade to be even more protected.

I like all the features of this antivirus software, and it's been a lot better than other antivirus software. It's been a trusted antivirus software for some years now. It's secure, protects my files, passwords, and sensitive information, and I really don't have to worry about hackers or viruses attacking my computer. And the experience with them has been awesome, and they clearly live up to their word and my expectations.

Got the laptop at Best Buy and McAfee was some of the sample software that was on there for it. The real time scanning in the calendar for easy scheduling of clean was really nice. But it should have more description on the findings. Sometimes it was like he just said what it was whether it's a virus or malware potential in one program and didn't really say the developer was or why you might have that file on there.

My overall experience with this software has been good, all I need is basic protection and McAfee was free with the computer that I purchased. I like the fact that it was easy to download and keeps everything updated automatically. It keeps everything safe for what I need too.

It always kept my computer safe. And I never had a problem with them. Easy to buy at local Walmart and serviced up to three computers at a time. Scanned my computer at the same time everyday. If a virus did pop up the free McAfee was quick and fast to resolve blocked it from my computer. I loved the peace of mind knowing my computer was safe. Because I have kids that would play on the computer. It was a great product plus the price was good. However, I would improve the speed of the disk downloading. It was very slow to install. But I really like once was installed on the computer. I never had to worry about getting a virus.

One day I was trying to download a resource pack for Minecraft (I am a Gamer) and it asked for "Your Passcode". I have never seen that before as it usually asks for your administrator's passcode. I could not type in my password and then I could not close the tabs and the installer. Then, the Password tab closed and the installer installed without me typing in the passcode. Then, I could not control my computer and the McAfee website popped up then closed. Just to confirm I did not buy the McAfee "AntiVirus". Really a Virus, But then my computer worked normally.

McAfee is Super Simple and very super easy access. My grandmother who is very not-Technologically-advanced uses it every day, and will continue. But maybe they should try lowering the price or offering more budget-friendly packages or specials for returning customers aka my grandmother who's been with them for ten years. Other than that, McAfee is great and has used this company for 10 years. I've never had any issues with it, neither had my grandmother who uses it way more often than I.

It came free with the computer that I purchased, so it was nice that I didn't pay for it. It was also easy to uninstall, if I wanted to do that. It reminded me of regular updates, but not in an intrusive way. However, it was not really clear what viruses it was scanning for or when it was scanning. I was unsure if I needed to do more to protect my computer. I'd heard of McAfee before, so that certainly helped prevent me from immediately uninstalling the software. But, I ended up uninstalling and using Windows Defender, instead.

It watches the websites and warns me before I log into it that it might be questionable. It gives me a chance to reconsider my choice... Also monitors log ins for cookies attached and prevents them from getting into your computer. I like having someone watching out for me so I don't have to worry every minute. I just wish the housekeeping mode would run faster and that the software to automatically update to the latest viruses and bug out there so you would have the latest and greatest protection for your everyday use.

I found it to be easy to use and understand, and the price was very reasonable. I would choose to do it again. It is a very good value and I have heard from friends and family they also feel the same. If you do have questions you can contact a real person. But, I would improve the availability. I would like to see new offers from them maybe even some discounts, and loyalty rewards.

McAfee was simple to find and easy for an inexperienced user to understand and use to its potential. I chose this virus software because it could be used on both iOS, Mac, and Windows platforms, and because I thought the subscription price point was reasonable. I liked that it could be used on all my devices, since between four family members, we have quite a few. McAfee also has a guarantee that I like where they will fix your issue free if a virus gets past their product and that the company stands behind their software.

I like how simple and easy it is to set up and use on all my devices that I use to surf the internet. I really like this software above all the other alternatives. In general I really like this company for all my software needs. Although, I'm not too fond of their price range. They should set up a new rewards program for their loyal customers. Also set up a program where all the customer has to do is insert the software and or download the app.

I chose this McAfee antivirus software because of its excellent reputation as a software company. It was developed by a highly reputable software company that offers up-to-date virus protection, easy instructions and non-complicating troubleshooting. It's easy to maneuver and understand.

McAfee did its job even though I'm pretty sure I still got a few viruses that got by. My parents used it so that's why I ended up using it myself. It was easy to download as well. I like that it would pop up when a virus was incoming and it would drop pop ups. It made my mind at ease. It would also tell me of unsecured sites before I ended them. But I didn't like their price. I would like that McAfee would be free or cost less money and have more options and would catch every single virus that was incoming.

Having McAfee was a great experience and I liked that if I needed help someone was there, and they were easy to get ahold of, over the phone or online. I like that there are plenty of ways to run virus scans. However, I wish they offered a safer reboot program. After rebooting and signing in, none of my changes were saved and I had to start completely over, which caused many problems for me.

I had problems with the software & my problems just got worse on my laptop computer. I can no longer use my laptop without all kind of pop ups & online techs wanting me to purchase help online. Not everyone can afford to keep purchasing software.

The McAfee virus software is a well known brand that has been on every computer that I have had which include 2 desktop computers and 3 laptop computers. McAfee came with a 60 day free trial so it was a no brainer that I was going to use it and it was pretty good the way it worked. The virus software worked well and I experienced no problems on my computer while using it, and I got no viruses and it was easy to scan when I decided to use that part of it.

I've set up my dad's computer, his ISP provides free McAfee antivirus protection. When I first tried to install it I had problems so I called tech support. He said he needed to take control of my computer which I did. He immediately pointed out that I had some failed updates and that was one problem. (I believe most if not all have some failed updates) and for a certain price he would fix them all up. I didn't, called the ISP and they helped me for free. A short time later yesterday I got a notice (when I was doing a protection update I was told to update my software) when I reinstalled the software I was told (by messages on the computer) that my subscription was about to expire. I went back to my ISP's site and reinstalled the version (exact same GUI) provided by them. Twice totally misled hence this review. It seemed to me that their tech (1st time) was on commission. 2nd time misled into installing a paid version.

No matter how many times I try to cancel the service they just keep charging my credit card. It's gotten to the point that I have to threaten to go to lawyers or cancel my credit card. I will never purchase anything from McAfee again. Buyer beware. Do not purchase online and do not use your credit card with this company!!!

My experience with McAfee has been ok. I used this one because it was installed on my laptop. I then quit using it though and am currently using the free software that was already installed on the laptop also. I like it to do its job without me having to interact with the product at all. I also prefer using Windows antivirus because I trust them.

McAfee is the only company I would consider at this time. This is a company once you use their service you want to keep it forever. This is by far a great product to have and you will always keep it. I like all of their features and the blockage of virus and other malware. I can always depend on tech. support at any time I need it. The people are always friendly and I love the way they are there to help me at any time to solve any problem I may have. I tell all my friends and coworkers to use this service and now they are telling all of their friends.

It was recommended to me by my friends and colleagues at work. Online reviews were good and my experience was really good also. I like that it is easy to use on the machine and there is no need to worry about malware. Takes care of everything. Does regular scans, detects virus from external devices, and also deletes virus when detected. Sometimes takes a lot of time to scan the device though. Cannot carry on with work because the pop up stays on the screen and kind of distracting. It should run in the background. McAfee is very good but can do better.

McAfee is a well known trusted name in the antivirus field. It was recommended by our friend who is knowledgeable in the computer field. It's easy to set up to run on a regular basis. It is also easy to understand. I feel protected that my PC is safe. I also like that I can schedule the maintenance. The more protection they give the better. The harder that it becomes to be hacked or get viruses, the better. But computer users should also practice safe guards.

McAfee was the most renowned product in my area so I was more prone to trust it. I enjoyed using this software. It seems to protect the computer from viruses as well as keep it clear from unnecessary files, cache, and data. Being able to turn certain features on and of such as parental controls, private browsing, and also a proxy server would be a nice improvement. I would still use this product in the future as well as recommend it to others. Overall I am satisfied with the product.

Overall, McAfee was decent software. I chose this software because it was compatible with my older laptop. And it was suggested to me by my boyfriend, who works in IT. It has been awhile since I have used it, but I like the regular updates and ability to choose when to do security sweeps. But I wish I could make it more customizable, and less generic.

I used McAfee because it was what was on the computer when I received it. I did like how it reminded me of updates and if it found a problem on the computer. Computers are too high tech for me but overall, the program is easy to manage. But, those of us who do not understand all the technology talk, it's easy to get confused by it. Also, I do not like all the pop ups that come from the program. It's not the greatest program out there, but when you are on a budget it gets the job done. But I prefer Windows antivirus. Less pop ups, easy to understand and customer service was great.

McAfee came with my laptop and it offers a good amount of services. Also, it's well known so it feels like a safe option. It was easy to set up and scan for viruses, it had a password manager which is helpful, and it had protection from sketchy websites. However, I didn't like all the pop up reminders and it was a little annoying being told to renew when I couldn't because it costs too much. I'd download a free version with less features if they offered it. Nevertheless, I liked having McAfee, it worked smoothly. It's a solid protection for my computer.

We have a great tech person we use and he had stated McAfee is the best so we follow his advice on this program. We feel very safe and secure using this product and have been using it for a long period of time and will continue to renew to have our computers free of antivirus hackers.

McAfee originally came loaded on the computer I was using. Based on manufacturer use of the product and free trial I used it for a time. It had an easy to use, simple operating platform and the reports are written so a non-tech can understand them. It is also compatible with many device types & platforms. But, it does not adequately protect against current intrusions, malware, or viruses. Tests have proven that other options like Norton, Bitdefender, or even some free programs have better protection.

McAfee was the one that my laptop recommended. The software was installed I just had to activate it. I like how easy it was to use and how it made me feel smart. I like how it told me a lot of info about my computer. I wanted it to be easier to have tech support. But McAfee is expensive and I wish it didn't expire soon. They could make it easier to get rid of viruses and update the software, and make it cheaper and the subscription last longer.

Every day I get an ALERT that I have NO virus protection on my devices. Total protection claims to have this included in this package and I have 5 devices so I paid good money for this. I believe this is fraud on the part of McAfee to claim that it is included and not put it in their download.

My overall experience with McAfee was good. I choose this software because my family uses it and recommend it. It also has good product reviews as well as it has been around for a while. I just like knowing that I am protected from viruses, that updates keep my protection current, so I can be safe when using the internet regardless of what websites I visit. I trust that McAfee makes design adjustments when needed to better protect its customers.

The antivirus software we have still to this day, seemed to work the best for our family computers. I loved using it and it always keeps our computers safe, without a lot of trouble or effort for me and my children. It warns us when there's an issue and then it shows me how to fix it in easy detail or it does it itself and tells me.

McAfee was a great software. I like that it keeps my software applications safe from viruses. I haven't had any problems with it. I would recommend this to my friends and family members who have used the product before.