McAfee Parental Controls Reviewer's Comments

McAfee Parental Controls is now a part of McAffe Internet Security Suite 2007. Please see our review for Internet Security Suite. 

Feature Set:  

Even though there are a plethora of options as far as setting up ratings, sensitivities, and individual profiling, they are very difficult to understand. The overblocking/underblocking was very good, but when you did get a blocked website and performed an override function, there was an occasional looping of override options.

Ease of Use:  

There were numerous options and acronyms that most users have no idea of what they mean. This is not for the novice computer user. Even though there are a plethora of options as far as setting up ratings, sensitivities, and individual profiling, they are very difficult to understand.

Ease of Installation:  

McAfee Parental Controls was extremely difficult to setup. If your computer is not setup with separate users, this can be a very complex setup procedure.

Filtering Effectiveness:  

The overblocking/underblocking was very good, but when you did get a blocked website and performed an override function, there were occasional looping of override options.

Summary:  

The application is very visual in its graphics, a very nice design. Overall, a good product, but more work needs to be done to elevate the ranking of this product.