![]() ![]() While the Premium plan only tells you what’s there and provides contacts for clearing them, the McAfee+ Advanced and Ultimate subscriptions include a service for erasing the data. There is McAfee’s Personal Data Cleanup feature that scans the top data brokers for instances of your personal information. It lacks any sex offender alerts, but the company plans to expand its coverage and features as time goes on. To start, there’s no way to monitor payday loan establishments, address changes or a change to your home’s title. It can tell you if you’re ready to apply for a loan or mortgage and potentially save a little embarrassment if you’re not.Īs a new service, McAfee+ falls short of the best. The plan includes access to the VantageScore 3.0 which is a good substitute for the more popular FICO score. ![]() It also has a way to lock your TransUnion account, preventing any new financial activity. The company’s Advanced plan includes single bureau scores and alerts and the Ultimate subscription that I signed up for covers all three. While its legacy is in malware protection, credit monitoring, scores and reports are at the center of the McAfee+ collection. ![]() McAfee+ Ultimate review: Credit scores and identity monitoring Over the three months I worked with the service, I used a variety of computers with the browser-based interface as well as the McAfee My Security app with my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 phone. Several times a week, I checked on my credit scores, new inquiries and data breaches. I paid for it with my credit card and was reimbursed by Tom’s Guide. To get an in-depth look, I signed up for McAfee+ Ultimate in the late summer. This makes it one of the most well thought of companies by its customers. McAfee got an A+ on the Better Business Bureau’s most recent survey. Its breakthrough is the inclusion of a ChromeOS-based app, along with software for Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad, making it among the most comprehensive when it comes to the most-used computing platforms. Reasonably priced, it provides the scores and reports from all three major credit agencies and an instant TransUnion credit freeze. By adding a variety of identity protection services and insurance to McAfee’s premier security offering, the McAfee+ Ultimate plan combines identity protection with malware defenses and an unlimited VPN. ![]()
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