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McAfee All Access

Company
McAfee Inc
Version
14.8
Devices supported
Computer
Operating system
Mac OS X
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Price *
84.95 €
Language of interface
arabic, bulgarian, chinese, czech, danish, dutch, english, estonian, french, german, greek, hebrew, hungarian, italian, japanese, korean, norwegian, polish, portuguese, russian, serbian, slovak, spanish, turkish
Test date
SIP Bench III, 2nd test cycle, Winter 13/14

*Prices might change according to the latest company offers

EFFECTIVENESS

The overall effectiveness score is fair on adult content and very weak on other harmful content.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between teenagers and children.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between web and web 2.0.
There is no major difference in effectiveness among the different languages.
Effectiveness score with adult content filtering for users up to 12 year old: 2.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users up to 12 year old: 0.0
Effectiveness score with adult content filtering for users 13 years and older: 2.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users 13 years and older: 0.0
Effectiveness score for users up to 12 year old: 1.0 out of 4 points
Effectiveness score for users 13 years and older: 1.0 out of 4 points


USABILITY

Installation of the tool: The installation process is well comprehensible. The installer does not provide advanced options and cannot be influenced with regard to kind or amount of information, except for the language. The installation is consistent, but generally meets users' expectations, e.g. error messages are not always helpful.
Configuration of the tool: The configuration process is comprehensible. The navigation contains some inconsistencies (confusing shortcut navigation at bottom). The process can be individualized with regard to several filter tasks, and you can influence the amount of information in an adequate way. The configuration progress is easy to learn and context sensitive explanations are generally available.
Usage of the tool: The tool provides no options to react when a web site has been blocked, but provide a context sensitive alert message and support the dialogue between parents and children. The reporting is well comprehensible.

Usability of the installation process: 2.5
Usability of the configuration process: 3.3
Usability of the usage of the product: 2.8


Overall score for usability: 3.0 out of 4 points


FUNCTIONALITY

It is possible to create several user profiles and to customize categories according to default age classes or custom content categories. The parent can indicate specific URLs to be blocked (creation of a black list) or allowed (creation of a white list) by the filter despites the selected categories to be blocked/allowed. Parents can specify time frames for using the internet . Access to Social Network and streaming content can be blocked. Safe search is available.


SECURITY

The low rate results from the possibility for the user to uninstall the tool without a password.
Overall score for security: 0 out of 4 points


DETAILED FUNCTIONALITY

Area of needFunctionalitySpecific issuesAssessment
Management Management of User profiles Create several profiles Yes
Remote Management Manage on various devices No
Monitoring Remote access to monitoring No
Filtering Customisation Topics Customisation of Filtering Topics Yes
URLs White List Restrict Browsing to White List No
Default White List No
Modification OR Creation Yes
URLs Black List Creation of User's own Black List Yes
Keywords Keywords Default Black List No
Default White List No
Creation of a User's Black List No
Creation of a User's White List No
Time Time Limit Settings Set a specific time frame or web access duration Yes
Blocking Message Type Ask for unblocking by parents No
Redirect to safe resources No
Usage Restriction Web Block Access Yes
Monitor Access Yes
Safe search Availability Yes
Social Networks Block Access Yes
Monitor Usage No
Personal data Provision Block No
Streaming Block Access Yes
Monitor Access No
P2P Block the application No
Monitor Downloads No
Skype Block chat No
Block video chat No
Monitor No
Prevent new Contact No
Windows Life Messenger Block chat No
Block video chat No
Monitor No
Prevent new Contact No
Email Block email client and/or webmail access No

DETAILED USABILITY FINDINGS


Yes / No
I: installation in 3 steps or lessNo
I: choice of installation for beginners or advanced usersNo

C: different degrees of strength for the filteringYes
C: different content criteria for the filteringYes
C: option to transfer filter configurations between target usersn/a
C: option to transfer filter configurations between devicesNo
C: overall comprehensible configurationYes
C: overall conformity with user expectationsYes
C: overall easy to learnYes

U: alert message in a child friendly languageYes
U: option to customise the reaction in case of blockingNo
U: overall easily operable and comprehensible reportingYes

DETAILED SECURITY FINDINGS

The Tool prevents the user from by-passing the filter by:Yes / No
Using the IP address instead of the URLYes
Using an alternative browserYes
Changing time and date settings*n/a
Disabling or uninstalling the software without a password*No
Closing the filtering tool trough the Task ManagerNo
Using a proxy instead of a direct connection to the InternetYes
Accessing the web-pages through the Google CacheYes
Reaching a website through translation sitesYes
Renaming a blocked applicationYes
Using Safe ModeNo
Filtering Content personalised by userNo
Filtering Content evolving through timeNo
Filtering Multimedia contentNo
Filtering outbound contentNo


Funded by
Logo: EUEuropean Commission


Partners:
Cybion Online Business Intelligence

Stiftung Digitale Chancen

coordinated by:
Innova - Technology Transfer and Valorisation



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