McAfee Anti-Theft Help

Review your device's protection status

Your device's protection status appears in the top half of the Home Page and indicates whether your device is protected, according to your software or subscription status. For example, when your subscription expires, the protection status bar changes to red and displays a message that McAfee Anti-Theft is no longer protecting your device.

View the Home Page from your device by double-clicking the McAfee Anti-Theft icon in your taskbar.

The types of protection status are:

Secure (green)

McAfee Anti-Theft protection features are working and there are no issues.

Not set up (black)

You need to set up McAfee Anti-Theft to protect your device and its sensitive files.

At risk (red)

McAfee Anti-Theft is no longer protecting your device and there is an issue that needs your attention, like an expired subscription.

McAfee Anti-Theft relies on your device maintaining an Internet connection at all times. If your device is not connected to the Internet for a certain number of days, the auto-lock timer is triggered and McAfee Anti-Theft locks down your device.