McAfee Total Protection

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Product

McAfee Total Protection is a McAfee consumer security subscription that combines antivirus, firewall, web protection, identity monitoring and a password manager for individuals and families on multiple devices. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. The one capability recorded for it is malware detection. It is aimed at Consumer buyers. It is McAfee's entry in the home antimalware category.

Current Version: 16.0 R54
Product Page: mcafee.com/…/mcafee-total-protect…
Market: Consumer
Licence: Paid
Price: USD 9.99 / monthly
Record Created: 2026-08-20
Last Updated: 2026-10-21

Vendor

McAfee is one of the oldest names in the industry and now covers a much narrower business than the name suggests. Founded by John McAfee in 1987, it was bought by Intel in 2011 and traded as Intel Security, returned to its own name in 2017, listed, and then went private again in March 2022 when an investor group led by Advent International and Permira bought it for more than 14 billion dollars. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. The part that matters for this index is the split that happened just before that. In 2021 McAfee sold its enterprise business, which was merged with FireEye's products arm and renamed Trellix in 2022. Both companies appear here, and they are no longer related: anything McAfee sells today is for households, not organisations. The current line is McAfee+, sold as Essential, Premium and Advanced tiers, which bundle identity monitoring, personal data cleanup, a VPN and scam protection around the antivirus rather than selling the antivirus alone. The older McAfee Total Protection and McAfee AntiVirus Plus names remain on the lower-priced, device-focused plans. Vendor page →

Website: mcafee.com
Country: United States
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Year Established: 1987
Customers: 50K organisations
Users: 600M devices protected
Revenue: $1.9B (2021)

Platforms

Android	native
iOS	native
macOS	native
Windows	native

Target Market

Consumer secondary

Capabilities

Pricing

Plan	Licence	Priced per	Billed	Price
Summary	Subscription	not stated	monthly	USD 9.99

Versions

16.0 R54Windows
4.29.0.0macOS

The newest release each source names per platform, not every release the vendor has shipped. A release date is shown only where one is recorded.

Independent Tests

At a glance — latest result per lab test

AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection TestAdvanced

Tested: Windows2026-06-15lab report ↗

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection TestStandard

Tested: Windows2026-10-15lab report ↗

AV-Comparatives Performance TestAdvanced+

Tested: Windows2026-10-20lab report ↗

AV-TEST Antivirus Test

Tested: Windowslab report ↗

SE Labs Home Anti-Malware ProtectionAAA

2026-06-30lab report ↗

Each bar is one lab’s own figure on that lab’s own scale. Labs test different models at different times, so the figures are not combined into one score.

All results

AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection TestAV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test — February–May 20262026-06-15

AdvancedProtection Rate: 98.5%False Positives: 2

AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection TestAV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test — July–October 20252025-11-17

Advanced+Protection Rate: 99.5%False Positives: 6

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection TestAV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 20252025-10-15

Offline Detection Rate: 87.3%Online Detection Rate: 99.3%Online Protection Rate: 100%False Positives: 46

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection TestAV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — March 20262026-04-15

Offline Detection Rate: 86.1%Online Detection Rate: 99.2%Online Protection Rate: 99.97%False Positives: 14

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection TestAV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 20262026-10-15

StandardOffline Detection Rate: 81.3%Online Detection Rate: 98.3%Online Protection Rate: 99.97%False Positives: 36

AV-Comparatives Performance TestAV-Comparatives Performance Test — September 20252025-10-15

Impact Score: 7.6AV-Comparatives Score: 85

AV-Comparatives Performance TestAV-Comparatives Performance Test — April 20262026-04-22

Impact Score: 3.3AV-Comparatives Score: 90

AV-Comparatives Performance TestAntivirus Performance Test September 20262026-10-20

Advanced+Impact Score: 3.1AV-Comparatives Score: 90

AV-TEST Antivirus TestTest antivirus software for Windows 11 - June 2026

Protection: 6Performance: 6Usability: 6

AV-TEST Antivirus TestTest antivirus software for Windows 11 - August 2026

Protection: 6Performance: 6Usability: 6

SE Labs Home Anti-Malware ProtectionHome Anti-Malware 2026 Q2

AAAOverall 99Protection Accuracy: 98%Legitimate Accuracy: 100%Total Accuracy Rating: 99%

SE Labs Home Anti-Malware ProtectionHome Anti-Malware 2026 Q1

AAAOverall 100Protection Accuracy: 100%Legitimate Accuracy: 100%Total Accuracy Rating: 100%

Certifications

OESIS Framework SupportSupported1 activeSupported

OPSWAT Certified Security ApplicationPlatinum1 activePlatinum

Change History

This record was created 2026-08-20. Everything below is what has changed since.

2026-10-21Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Performance Test result: Advanced+evidence
2026-10-15Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test result: Standardevidence
2026-09-30Test result addedNew SE Labs Home Anti-Malware Protection result: AAAevidence
2026-09-30Test result addedNew SE Labs Home Anti-Malware Protection result: AAAevidence
2026-09-30Test result addedNew AV-TEST Antivirus Test resultevidence
2026-09-28Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test result: Advanced+evidence
2026-09-28Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test result: Advancedevidence
2026-09-22Product updatedListed in Home Antimalwareevidence
2026-09-21Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Performance Test resultevidence
2026-09-21Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Performance Test resultevidence
2026-09-21Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test resultevidence
2026-09-21Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test resultevidence
2026-09-20Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-09-20Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-09-20Pricing plan addedPrice: USD 9.99 monthlyevidence
2026-09-19Platform addedRuns on iOSevidence
2026-09-19Platform addedRuns on Androidevidence
2026-09-19Product updatedNo longer sold to: Enterpriseevidence
2026-09-09New versionNew version: 16.0 R54 (Windows)evidence
2026-09-09New versionNew version: 4.29.0.0 (macOS)evidence
2026-09-04Product updatedListed in Network Firewallevidence
2026-08-26Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-26Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-26Test result addedNew AV-TEST Antivirus Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-TEST Antivirus Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test resultevidence
2026-08-25Test result addedNew AV-TEST Antivirus Test resultevidence
2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OESIS Framework Support (Supported)evidence
2026-08-20Capability addedMalware Detection: built inevidence
2026-08-20Pricing plan addedPrice: paidevidence
2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Enterpriseevidence
2026-08-20Product updatedAlso sold to: Consumerevidence
2026-08-20New versionNew version: 16.0 R54evidence
2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on macOSevidence
2026-08-20Platform addedRuns on Windowsevidence
2026-08-20Certification addedCertified: OPSWAT Certified Security Application (Platinum)evidence
2026-08-20Product createdNew product listedevidence

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Malware Detectionkey	native
Ransomware Protectionkey	Not known
Behavioral Detectionkey	Not known
Web Protectionkey	Not known
Email Protection	Not known
Host Firewall	Not known
Sandbox Analysis	Not known
Cloud-Assisted Scanning	Not known
Heuristic Detection	Not known
Device Control	Not known
Vulnerability Shielding	Not known
Central Management Console	Not known