NS whitetail Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 My Norton ran out the other week and I was advised to install McAfee this time.( computer guy said it was cheaper and better than Norton). Sometimes when I turn on the computer, McAfee doesn't enable its virus protection, ( sometimes it does, sometimes it don't ). When I go to help or support and hit enable, the computer freezes up Anyone know of this problem or is McAfee just plain junk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? I would have stuck with norton never have used McAfee tho. So not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? McAfee is OK. We're running Trend Micro Center now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? [ QUOTE ] or is McAfee just plain junk [/ QUOTE ] You answered your own question with that statement.. I would have stayed with Nortons,, or tried the FREE version of AVG Antivirus http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 which I have found to do a great job..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? I Absolutely concur with the representative from Vermont!!! Had Nortons...it ran out...tried PC Tools...it slowed down the system too much...tried the AVG free version...couldnt be happier (I bought mcafee's anti-virus..it's sitting in a drawer in a box...bought it tried it out for one day...it's back in the box) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? I think that I will take the puter to the shop on Monday ( if they aint to busy ) get it cleaned up and off comes McAfee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? MaAfee stink I think its more of a virus then anything ... I had a ton of problems till I de-installed it ... never have had a problem with Norton. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? [ QUOTE ] I think that I will take the puter to the shop on Monday ( if they aint to busy ) get it cleaned up and off comes McAfee [/ QUOTE ] Lewis,, McAfee is a real resource hog and loves to take control of every aspect of your computer,, it thinks it's protecting your system, but instead is being very prohibative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkrie1357 Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? I use PC Cillin Go to the link & you can do a free scan of your computer online without downloading. http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/home.htm KRAFT Corp. dumped Norton virus Corp. wide & went to PC Cillin. You can Purchase right online too if you like it. They used to have a 30 day Free Trial??? Don't know if they still do. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? AVG is awsome and a great scanner for your computer is Bit defender. Go to google and type in "online virus scanner." Bit defender is like the third one down and works great. It detects and removes any viruses. It takes a while to do but just let it run. It doesn't block viruses, it eliminates them along with spyware. Another freebie is Ad Aware personal. It's a spyware blocker that is always running and you can use it to scan for tracking software. AVG, Bit Defender and AdAware are the best and are all free. Also, Windows firewall is all you need to keep on your computer. Just enable automatic updates so you don't have that annoying popup saying updates are ready to be installed and let it do it's job. Just some advice I use for my personal computer and my buddy who works as a computer engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? AVG. Not a fan of McAfee or Norton. Have had more problems with their software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? Norton and Trend micro are great anti virus programs. Mcafee on the other hand isn't quite as good in my opinion. My aunt had it on her laptop and it caused tons of problems. Uninstalled it and put Norton on and everything is good to go now. The computer moves faster and there are no more viruses on the system. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? mcafee is garbage, imo. i use norton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Re: McAfee ???????? If you didn't completely unistall norton before you installed McAffee that can cause major problems. Anti-virus softwares don't work and play well with each other. Never ever have more than one installed a computer at the same time. Also your firewall settings can seriously cause headaches with AV programs. Norton and McAfee are both good programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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