Monitor the health of your online protection to improve your security and stay safe online. Included in McAfee Total Protection plans.

Take control of your online safety with Protection Score

Monitor the health of your online protection to improve your security and stay safe online. Included in McAfee Total Protection plans.

Here's an example of how
Protection Score works

Step 1:

Check your Protection Score to see how safe you are online.

Step 2:

We’ll alert you if we find your information in a data breach, so you can take immediate action.

Step 3:

We assist you in resolving the breach. Once resolved, your Protection Score goes up.

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What is Protection Score?

Protection Score checks the health of your online protection and provides simple steps to improve your security. Knowing how safe you are is the first step toward a safer life online.

How you’re protected with password manager

See how safe you are online

A quick assessment checks the strength of your online protection.

Fix security weak spots

Simple instructions make it easy to set up and fix gaps to improve your online security.

Improve your security

Personalized feedback helps you maintain healthy online protection.

Where can I find Protection Score?

Protection Score is included with McAfee Total Protection. You can access your score in the McAfee Protection Center.

What affects my Protection Score?

Activating McAfee protection on other devices will increase your score.

Running an antivirus scan will increase your score.

Scanning Wi-Fi for threats and activating VPN will increase your score.

Installing web protection to your preferred browser will increase your score.

Adding personal identifiable information (PII) to your identity monitoring will increase your score.

If your email is found in a data breach, your score will go down.

If your government ID or any financial info is found on the dark web, your score might drop more than an email or phone number.

When you resolve any identity breaches we find, your score will go back up.

Try McAfee Total Protection for free

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  • McAfee Scam Protection

    Advanced AI-powered technology helps prevent you from opening
    scam texts and can block risky sites if you accidentally click on a scam
    link in texts, email, social media posts, and more.

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  • Secure VPN

    Keeps your personal info safe anywhere you use public Wi-Fi, so you
    can confidently shop, bank, stream and download. Set your VPN to turn
    on automatically so you can stay invisible from hackers and prying eyes.

    Learn More

  • Protection Score

    Monitor the health of your online protection to improve your security
    and stay safe online. Included in McAfee Total Protection plans.

    Learn More

  • Multi-Device Compatibility

    Enable Safe Browsing on your iOS or Android device to benefit from
    real-time scam detection.
    McAfee Scam Protection™ is included in all McAfee Total Protection products

    Learn More

  • Password Protection

    While we use passwords to help prevent unauthorized access to
    accounts, many aren’t following best practices. A password manager is
    crucial to creating and storing strong passwords for important online accounts

    Learn More

  • Identity Monitoring

    Provides 24/7 monitoring and alerts you if your personal information is
    found on the dark web, where your identity and financial data can be
    used by hackers.

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