This is a little review on a security software regularly used by me. This software is the McAfee Personal Firewall Plus, by McAfee. It has been released in 2005, and the version reviewed is v7.1.113 ( http://www.mcafee.com)
This software basically acts as a firewall and protects you and your computer from actual Internet threats such as viruses, Trojan horses, and other exploit-oriented worms and malwares.It is part of the McAfee Security Center Suite 2005.
It targets daily home and office users concerned about their online security.
It targets daily home and office users concerned about their online security.
Pros:
- Simple and intuitive user interface
- Summary of main information on start page
- Ease of use, as the firewall adds the connection rules based on each program used
- Uses lot of memory and CPU processing, mainly during the Signature file updates.
One of the interesting features of the McAfee Firewall is the possibility for the user to view a summary of the recent traffic volume across his Internet connection. He gets current and total statistics on both incoming an outgoing connections. The user also has a graphical view of the online traffic usage on a per program basis.
Another cool feature of this software is its Visual TraceRouting tool. Indeed, the user can simply click on an IP address (either blocked or not), and initiate a "visual" trace route on that address.
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