Installing McAfee Family Protection on second lapt...

Guys/gals - I am trying to install Mcafee family Protection (downloaded from the MyBT pages) on a second laptop.  I have been using the product successfully for some time on my first laptop, but am building a new one to replace it.
On running the install program on the second machine it appears to 'install' correctly, but then I am faced with the "Create a Mcafee Family Protection account", where I am faced with the 'email address', 'password' and 'confirm password' screens.  I do not want to create an account as I already have one.  When I enter the email address it says this already exists and I have to use a unique one.  I appear not to be able to get past this screen without putting in another email address.  Surely there is a way of installing the software but using my existing account, otherwise what's the point of saying it can be installed on up to 3 machines.  It would appear to do that you have to have three different email addresses?!
Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks guys, but I think you're suggestions are relating to anti-virus products?
You are quite right.
Have a look at http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/features/security/3286114/the-five-best-free-parental-control-programs/
I haven't tried these so can't comment from my own experience:  my over 30 year old children might object if I tried!
As so often with reviews of 'best', McAfee doesn't appear on the list.
Also, configuring for OpenDNS will do much of what you want.

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