McAfee All Access 2013

Home computer security used to be simple. Mom or Dad installed a security suite and possibly parental control on a single PC, and the whole family took turns using it. That quaint model isn't remotely compatible with a modern household teeming with PCs, Macs, smartphones, and tablets. Sure, you could select and install protection separately for each device, but a subscription to McAfee All Access 2013 lets you protect them all and manage your installations from a central dashboard.

For $99 per year you can protect every single device you own; $149 per year protects all devices in your household. That's quite a deal! The 2013 edition of McAfee All Access makes installing security on your devices even easier, and it adds a brand-new password management component.

Online Management
When you first install McAfee All Access, you'll set up your McAfee account online and install appropriate protection for the Mac or PC on which you're installing it. During installation you can choose to install security on just the device you're using or on that device plus a smartphone. Once installation is finished, you can extend McAfee's protective umbrella to all the rest of your devices.

The online McAfee dashboard is your control center for security. You can log into it from any Mac or PC and install the appropriate security utility on that device, or send an email to a different Mac or PC with a link to installation. In a similar fashion, you can download McAfee's mobile security app to your computer for installation on a smartphone or tablet, or send a link to the device in email or SMS. The process is slick and simple.

The dashboard offers an overview of security status for all of your devices with McAfee security installed. Clicking a particular device gets you details about what security components are installed, and what additional components could be installed. If you've installed the McAfee Family Protection parental control system, the dashboard offers a summary of recent activities. You can also access your backups using the Web restore console.

Selecting a mobile device in the dashboard brings up an additional set of options. A map shows the device's most recent location, with buttons to check its current location, lock the device to protect privacy, or totally wipe a stolen device.

From the online dashboard you can also invoke McAfee's enhanced free support. There's a link to view FAQs, to initiate an online chat support session, or to call McAfee tech support. If you've hit a wall during installation due to belligerent malware (as I did in testing), your chat session can easily become a remote-control assistance session.

PC Protection
The default protection for a PC is McAfee Total Protection 2013, but if you prefer you can install McAfee Internet Security 2013 instead. For a netbook or other low-resource device you can even choose McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2013.

Giving you a choice of what protection to install isn't a common feature. Bitdefender Sphere protects all devices in your household for $99.99 per year, but it specifically installs Bitdefender's full security suite on all PCs. Norton One, which protects up to five devices for $149.95 per year, always installsNorton 360 on PCs.

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Premium Edition comes with 50GB of shared online backup. Norton One offers 25GB, also shared. McAfee All Access offers 2GB of Mozy-powered online backup for each installation of McAfee Total Protection, up to a total of 15 installations (30 for a household license). That's more total storage than the other two, but backed-up files don't sync between devices with McAfee.

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