Compare Features of McAfee Total Protection Essential and Norton Antivirus Plus
Common Features
Antimalware
McAfee Total Protection Essential
McAfee's Antimalware has multiple layer of protection to protect against all kind of common threats like ransomware, viruses, trojans, spyware etc. It uses signature based as well as behavioral analysis to detect the unknown threats.
Norton Antivirus Plus
Norton antivirus provides many scan options to detect and remove any malware like smart scan, custom scan, full scan etc. It also comes bundled with Norton power eraser which is an aggressive malware removal tool to eliminate hard to remove threats. Best part of the Norton antimalware is that it is highly customizable. In terms of its effectiveness it has scored good in independent testing labs. In our in house test it blocked all the threats effectively. As per my personal long term experience it never missed any threat.
Firewall
McAfee Total Protection Essential
McAfee has a two way advanced firewall which monitor inbound as well as outbound connection.
Norton Antivirus Plus
Norton smart firewall is a powerful and unique firewall. It offers intrusion detection and highly customized options to define your own rules. Settings are also easy to manage.
Web-protection
McAfee Total Protection Essential
McAfee's web protection alert you about dangerous websites avoid you to visit phishing websites. It also monitors download for any kind of risk.
Norton Antivirus Plus
Under web protection Norton provides antiphishing through a browser extension. It can be installed on Chrome, Firefox, Edge or IE browsers. It stops you before visiting to the harmful website and in our testing it shows very good and accurate result. Even without extension it will scan every download for any harmful content.
Password-manager
McAfee Total Protection Essential
McAfee's password manager help you to store, organize and autofill passwords easily.
Norton Antivirus Plus
You require to install the password manager as a browser extension to automatically store the passwords. It is a simple to use and powerful password manager to get rid of the password hassles.
Extra Features in McAfee Total Protection Essential
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Vpn
McAfee VPN let you encrypt your connection and make you anonymous on the internet.
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Privacy-tools
In privacy monitoring it monitors dark web for any of your leaked private information and alert you.
Vpn
McAfee VPN let you encrypt your connection and make you anonymous on the internet.
Privacy-tools
In privacy monitoring it monitors dark web for any of your leaked private information and alert you.
Extra Features in Norton Antivirus Plus
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Antiransomware
It includes ransomware protection but I didn't found any option to customize or control the anti-ransomware settings.
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Antispam
Under antispam protection you can configure outlook to stop spam mails. It also blocks other ports to prevent other kind of spams.
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Cloud-backup
It comes with 2GB cloud backup space where you can sync your important files and folders. It is a useful feature to secure you important files in case of any data loss.
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