When I bought Dell Mcafee was installed.popup saysI am not protected. click on Mcfee icon saysanti virsus & spam still protected. How do I find out what I have.Mcafee impossible to contact via internet or phone.
2006-11-04 02:10:51 · 4 answers · asked by MR PHILIP P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Please do you see the program in your add/remove? (McAfee).
If you see it then you have the program. Or ou can go to start=run and type in: c://program files and click on browser, click on program files. You will see all your files listed that are installed in your system. If you see, "McAfee, you can open right where you are and the program will open. (If you don't see McAfee, listed with all of your other programs then it is not installed.
Or you can search your hidden files. (Only look at them, don't fool with them because they are hidden for a reason). So that you don't mess with them.
Perform run: type in c://program files. Only this time click "OK". An all of your hidden files will appear. Just look for McAfee, and if you don't see Mcafee you don't have. If was not installed.
Please don't mess with your hidden files. Close it back out.
You can only run one antivirus program, or you will have serious conflict with your sytem. You can run three or four antispyware program without any conflict.
After checking all of the above and you know for sure that you don't have Mcafee in your system. (A program that is pure junk like Nortons, never finds anything an is a resource hog).
My suggestion if you do find Mcafee, go to add/remove and remove Mcafee from your system. As this is only the start of the toruble that you will have with McAfee. Get rid of it now for a far superior technology that is free below.
Use http://www.avast.com Avast is a free state of the art technology antivirus program out of Prague. Has one of the very best background scanners that will find hidden malware in any webpage or file and destroy in realtime before it can enter your system. You will get two or three times per day auto updates.
Download their free home for personal use. Their corporate version is the very same. They just make corporate pay.
They will ask you for your email address so they can send you your free key that is good for one year. After one year all you have to do is request a new key.
Used Avast for nine plus years an I never had one virus in my systems. Scans all 195,000 objects in my system.
Clinical Psychiatrist, France
Excuse my english
2006-11-04 02:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the best thing you can do is remove mcafee and install your own antivirus software. That would let you know for sure...
2006-11-04 11:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call Dell and their tech support can answer this.
2006-11-04 10:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by Marissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the McGee web sight and update the virus definitions. when mine does that its time to update.
2006-11-04 10:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by george 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋