For Windows 8 users, McAfee Security Advisor provides security status updates from your McAfee software, and lets you access the McAfee software Home page.
Like the McAfee software Home page, the McAfee Security Advisor screen shows whether your PC is protected and changes according to security events that occur on your PC.
 | If your PC is in an At Risk state, a message might also show on the McAfee Security Advisor tile on your Start screen. |
Here's how the McAfee Security Advisor screen provides information about your PC's security status:
| • | A protection status bar briefly describes your PC's current state of protection. Click or touch the status bar to open your McAfee software and read more details or change settings to improve your protection. | ||||||||||
| • | Below the protection status bar, the screen shows the status of these critical protection features:
Click or touch any protection feature to open your McAfee software and review or change your protection settings.
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| • | Under Other things I can do, you can click or touch links to learn more about the protection features and statuses. |
Types of protection status
Here are the types of protection status and their associated colors:
| • | Green = Protected: If the protection status bar is green, your PC is protected. If a protection feature is green, it is working properly to protect your PC. |
| • | Red = At Risk: If the protection status bar is red, your PC is at risk of attack from viruses, spyware, and other potential threats. If any protection feature is red, there is a problem or risk with that critical protection feature. For complete protection, you must fix all protection problems. |
| • | Gray = Neutral: Your McAfee software is installed but not activated, or you have not installed McAfee security software. To protect your PC completely, you need to have security software installed and activated. |