McAfee WebAdvisor Description

McAfee WebAdvisor helps you stay safe while browsing and searching the web. WebAdvisor protects you from malware and phishing attempts as you surf the web. It does not affect your browsing performance. Protect yourself against malicious sites that may contain spyware, viruses, adware, and phishing scams. McAfee WebAdvisor is free and will help you enjoy worry-free web surfing. McAfee WebAdvisor offers misclick protection to block malware and phishing websites if you click on a malicious URL, typo protection that protects against incorrectly typed web addresses and points you in the right direction, safer downloading that scans your downloads and alerts if there is a risk, security check to make sure your firewall and antivirus are active before you surf, and safe browsing that uses a color-coded system that lets you know which links you can click.

Pricing

Free Version:
Yes

Integrations

Reviews - 5 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
McAfee
Year Founded:
2016
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.mcafee.com/en-us/safe-browser/mcafee-webadvisor.html

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Product Details

Platforms
Windows
Type of Training
Documentation
Customer Support
Online

McAfee WebAdvisor Features and Options

Computer Security Software

Anti Spam
Antivirus
Audit Trail
Compliance Management
Database Security Audit
File Access Control
Financial Data Protection
Maintenance Scheduling
Real Time Monitoring
Security Event Log
Virus Definition Update
Vulnerability Protection

McAfee WebAdvisor User Reviews

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  • Name: Sara ..
    Job Title: User
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
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    Ease
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Horrible intrusive app

    Date: Jan 17 2024

    Summary: So horrible that it took me more than a month to find the way to uninstall it.

    Positive: None.

    Negative: Horrible intrusive app.

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  • Name: Amina C.
    Job Title: Owner
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Not Worth It

    Date: Jan 10 2024

    Summary: Waste of time, not a good product, basically a scam so they can make money off of Yahoo clicks. Should be reported to someone cause WOW.

    Positive: I didn't notice any positives other than scanning my downloads. Rescanning my computer with Malwarebytes, it missed SO MUCH.

    Negative: Had to do so much research and uninstalling after realizing they were somehow changing my browser to redirect to Yahoo from Google. SO ANNOYING.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Network Administrator
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Yahoo Secure Search Virus

    Date: Sep 05 2023

    Summary: Yahoo Secure Search Virus made me pull my hair out. While the extension worked itself, it's not worth the hassle of dealing with the reinstallation of the secure yahoo search engine. This is malware in itself.

    Positive: Performs functions of most standard web protectors. Tested on some confirmed malicious sources to ensure it worked.

    Negative: Leaves a redirect virus that is left over and re-installs itself even after uninstalling McAfee Web Advisor. Had to remove registry data to resolve the issue.

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  • Name: Kevin P.
    Job Title: Process Architect
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
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    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    It's a scam

    Date: Jun 14 2023

    Summary: Scam app that installed itself on my computer and could not easily be deleted. From what I can see online this is what they do to every user, I would be very surprised if anyone has ever actually willingly bought this awful product.

    Positive: There are none, it's a virus. There's nothing good to say about the product at all.

    Negative: Any so called anti virus program that installs itself without permission and then cannot be deleted is clearly a scam. It adds no value to you at and just slows your computer down with continued popups. The people who operate these kinds of service are trying to trick you out of your money and will kill your computer to do it.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: N/A
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Once Useful, Now Annoying

    Date: Aug 16 2021

    Summary: Used to be a good product now it's just an ad for a different product and unless you want another 60-70 pop up ads per day, I don't recommend it.

    Positive: Warns you about suspicious links, scans your downloads, generally saves you from yourself when it comes to online security.

    Negative: Used to say there were no cons but as of this morning literally every time I switch to a new webpage it pops up an ad for McAfee secure search which is absolute garbage. It's annoying enough that I would rather risk the dangers I listed in the pro's section than keep it installed.

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