Features
| Compatibility |
|
| Basic protection | ✓ |
| Anti ransomware | ✓ |
| Firewall | ✓ |
| Web protection | ✓ |
| VPN | ✓ |
| Cloud backup | ✗ |
| Data encryption | ✗ |
| Parental control | ✗ |
| Password manager | ✓ |
| Software updater | ✗ |
| Device optimizer | ✗ |
| File shredder | ✓ |
| Mic monitor | ✗ |
| Camera monitor | ✗ |
| Ad blocker | ✗ |
| Privacy protection | ✓ |
| Dark web monitoring | ✓ |
| Identity protection | ✓ |
| Identity theft insurance | ✓upto $1 million |
| Credit bureau monitoring | ✓1 bureau |
| Bank / Credit card fraud alert | ✓ |
| Court record alert | ✗ |
| Home title alert | ✗ |
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Last Updated: July 30, 2025
We calculate this score based on certain criteria. 0.5 points for each essential feature (max 2.5) and 0.1 points for each additional security tool. Our reviewer can give up to 0.5 points. 0.5 points are for additional useful features.
McAfee+ Advanced Family overview
McAfee+ plans comes with unlimited device support for household. Individual plans come without parental control whereas family plans come with parental control feature. McAfee Advanced Family plan includes parental control, VPN, text scam detector, password manager, antiphishing, social privacy manager, Data broker privacy monitor, dark web monitoring. Identity monitoring comes with up to $1 million coverage. 1 bureaus credit monitoring. Bank and card monitoring and security freeze features.
Detailed features review of McAfee+ Advanced Family
antimalware
McAfee's Antimalware has multiple layer of protection to protect against all kind of common threats like ransomware, viruses, trojans, spyware etc. McAfee uses AI based malware detection.
firewall
McAfee uses Windows firewall to control inbound connections and an advanced firewall for the outbound connections. So basically it uses two firewall. I don't know it is good or bad. But it is offering a two way firewall protection.
web protection
McAfee's web protection alert you about dangerous websites and avoid you to visit phishing websites. McAfee do this with a browser extension named McAfee WebAdvisor.
password manager
McAfee's password manager help you to store, organize and autofill passwords easily. Its password manager is named as McAfee True Key. It is a browser based extension. It has the option to import passwords from other popular password managers.
vpn
McAfee VPN let you encrypt your connection and make you anonymous on the internet. McAfee VPN is named as Safe Connect.
privacy tools
In privacy monitoring it monitors dark web for any of your leaked private information and alert you. In full service mcafee not just only scan the information with the data brokers but also help you to remove them.
In its premium plan it includes following features.
- Social privacy manager
- Personal Data cleanup (Full service)
- Online account cleanup (Scan only)
identity protection
Scan up to 60 type of personal information on the dark web. In this plan it includes only identity monitoring and alerts.
This plan provides $1 million coverage. Credit monitoring and bank and credit card transaction monitoring. 1-Bureau credit monitoring and security freeze features.
parental control
McAfee family plan includes parental control feature to manage and monitor your children's activity.
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