What is Total WebShield: Online Antivirus Protection?
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Total WebShield is modern web browsing antivirus protection for Edge. Using cloud-based technology, Total WebShield is an advanced first line of defence against online malware, phishing and other harmful websites.
Combined with a suite of privacy protection tools, Total WebShield provides a clean browsing experience whilst quietly protecting your computer from online threats in the background.
Total WebShield blocks access to websites which could harm your device or put your identity at risk. This eliminates the chances of falling for online scams and socially engineered tricks, and perhaps most importantly, suffering viruses or malware.
Total WebShield utilises the most up to date block lists to ensure your safety online. Powered by AI, threat research and crowd-sourced reports, Total WebShield is able to untangle and uncover networks of dangerous websites and put blocks in place at source.
Key Features:
- Protects against online threats - First line of defence for blocking malicious, phishing and scam websites that could result in computer damage, identity theft or financial fraud.
- Suspicious website warnings - Notifications when visiting websites which show signs of suspicious behaviour or having suffered a data breach.
- Stop Nuisance Browser Notifications - Prevent the annoyance of websites asking you to subscribe to notifications, quickly access and manage previously subscribed notifications and experience cleaner browsing.
- Dark Web Monitoring - Stay on top of, and react quickly, to any data breaches which expose private data such as account passwords.
- Tracking and Online Privacy Protection - Prevent being stalked or tracked around the web, keep your private data private and see a less biased picture of the online world.
User reviews
- Effective defense for computer and phone
- Easy to use
- Good protection against malware
- Works with Microsoft Edge
- Frequent errors and installation issues
- Poor customer support
- Misleading pricing and subscription charges
- Takes over the browser with upgrade prompts
- Difficulties in accessing features and utilizing the software
- Installation problems
- Customer support issues
- Recurring charges
- Effectiveness of malware protection
- Frustration with product usability
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Total WebShield: Online Antivirus Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Total WebShield: Online Antivirus Protection is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.