McAfee VirusScan 2005 9.0 and Firewall 2005 6.0 Bundle review:1 stars (The worst support ever!) - I've used Virus Scan 8.0 and Personal Firewall Plus 5.0 for the past year on my PC without any problems. Recently I installed VS 9.0 and PFP 6.0 (after first uninstalling the older versions), and now it seems although the new products are registered, I can't receive the updates. I am still prompted to register so that I can receive updates, however I receive an error message when I try to do so (probably because it's already registered). Needless to say, McAfee's support is horrible. Their online chat is the worst form of support I've ever encountered; it's slow, painfully slow. Get ready to waste hours, then have your session terminated when one of their idiot technicians tries to send you a pop-up. This is the only form of free technical support they offer, if you want to speak with a person on the phone you must pay $39. It's insulting to say the least. I installed VS 9.0 and PFP 6.0 on my new notebook without any problems, but trying to update my PC has become a huge waste of time. I can't imagine chat based support is more productive or cost effective than phone based support. Based on the support, don't buy McAfee!5 stars (Safe surfing for life?) - I bought this software as I was getting more and more worried about the threat of viruses infecting my home PC. My workplace has always used McAfee and I had always found it very easy to use and we have had no problems with viruses so far. So I invested in McAfee at home. After a few niggles installing the Virus Scan and the Firewall Plus I must say I am very pleased. The software runs quietly on my PC, only alerting me if anything suspicious happens and the Firewall blocks tens of events entering my PC everyday. The Security Center has a full analysis of what exactly has been blocked from your PC so you can investigate further if you wish. If you value your PC, like me, you really do need to protect it and this software is a good place to start. 1 stars (Don't buy McAfee - look elsewhere!) - I purchased this McAfee Kit that included both Personal Firewall and VirusScan to run on my WinXp P4, 512 system from a physical store (one of those fantastic discount warehouses) The software NEVER worked!

I installed the software from the disk as instructed; however, as soon as I went online it started attempting to verify my subscription. This process never worked; no matter what actions I took the product never appeared on my online MyAccount page and therefore never functioned as designed.

I contacted the McAfee online help desk which quickly informed me that they would only be able to resolve this issue over the phone. To my surprise (disgust) this phone help service is a PAID service. That's right, you need to pull out your credit card and pay just to talk to a help desk associate in some far off land. As a sucker that I am, I paid for a block of time to attempt to resolve this installation issue. It was like throwing good money after bad. This support desk promised emails back and never sent. Then on subsequent calls they promised call backs; which also never happened. After spending $30 on support calls I gave up!

I have serious doubts about this company as they DO NOT STAND behind their products. I suggest you look elsewhere when looking to secure your computer.

Also, don't get lured in by the promised rebates. After 5 months I am still waiting!!!

McAfee VirusScan 2005 9.0 and Firewall 2005 6.0 Bundle Features:
Computer software (programs)
Internet security filter filtering
CD

McAfee VirusScan 2005 9.0 and Firewall 2005 6.0 Bundle is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 52.99USD.