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Publisher's Description
From McAfee:
McAfee Family Protection is easy-to-use and built to empower parents to say "yes" to their children's online interests while protecting them as they learn and explore.
The program can be set-up in a matter of minutes. Once it's installed, parents are provided peace of mind while allowing their children to explore safely online. McAfee Family Protection protects children of all ages from inappropriate content, social networking risks, strangers, and other threats. Social networking sites open the door to threats like cyberbullying, communication with strangers, and posting confidential information. McAfee Family Protection helps mitigate these risks by enabling parents to understand their children's online activities and communicating proper online behavior.
McAfee Family Protection's unique YouTube filtering technology prevents exposure to objectionable videos yet gives children access to ones that are appropriate. Parents on-the-go can be notified instantly by email and/or text message if their child has posted personal information on social network sites or attempted to access inappropriate sites. With McAfee Family Protection, parents have peace of mind that their children are safe to learn, explore, play, communicate, and enjoy the Internet. You may install this product on up to 3 computers in your home.
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"piece of ....."
Version: McAfee Family Protection 1.0
Pros
let's see..the usual family protection mumbo jumbo.
Cons
Deleting this thing is close to impossible.
I deleted the whole program with Revo Uninstaller after i accidentally pressed the button to delete the "disable program" button.. and internet explorer and mozilla firefox just won't work anymore x.xSummary
Well i pretty much hate this thing.
I am totally stumped on how to get rid of it once and for all.
I'm not sure whether it was this program or something else that made my computer extremeeelly slow and lame. :(
Also..i can't even go on AIM, MSN, IE, and things of that sort.
so my last resort is to redownload this and try to disable it.
wish me luck, or i'll have to reboot my computer. siiiigh. -
"Poor manual, senseless timeouts, poor customization"
Version: McAfee Family Protection 1.0
Pros
here are my 10 characters...
Cons
Limited options for customization. Has an apparently un-fixable default log-out of about 15 min - it doesnt realize that online access means more than just a browser. Kicks me off of Email, Quicken or online games after 15 min.
Summary
I find myself disabling this lousy software to get most things done. The log-in screen is small and hard to read, and (at least with the Verizon version) one has to use a registered Verizon Email as the each user's username (instead of, for instance, 'Dad' or 'Junior.' The time-outs are hair-pullingly frustrating.
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"Didn't block anything..."
Version: McAfee Family Protection 1.0
Pros
Tech support?? They were there...
Cons
Did not block any sites, customer service could not figure it out...
Summary
Thought I would try this program out and after trial and error with different settings, I broke down and got on to chat with tech support. They tried to be helpful and escalated me. Got someone who shared my screen with me, but did not help.
Any search for 'sex', 'boobs', etc in google and clicking on the first few hits loaded each page just nicely.
Tried all 3 major browsers, I am on x64, but the program loaded fine and tech support didn't say anything about that being an issue.
Maybe you will have luck, but I revert back to the ol' freebee - OpenDNS
