I bought McAfee VirusScan Plus last night but a friend who I asked for advice installing it said (emphatically) not to install it at all.
He said that it is highly pervasive, only moderately effective, impossible to uninstall and pretty much the worst virus protection software on the market.
His is but one opinion though ..
2006-12-18 05:31:58 · 6 answers · asked by James R. Reed, II 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
McAfee is one of the better paid for antivirus software programs out there. Its as effective as free options but the interface is better and easier to use.
I used it on my old computer as it came with my broadband package and it was easy enough to uninstall once my subscription had ran out. Your friends misleading you there.
And like someone said before, its not a system hog like Norton.
The combination I use is AVG, Zonealarm, and Spyware doctor. Of which only Spyware doctor is paid for. Also AVG offer free spyware protection.
2006-12-18 05:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by emotionallychallenged 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 14:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sophia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally rely on this program. It is fairly cheap, does what I need, and does not slow your computer down as some other *cough* Norton* programs will. Also the uninstall is simple and not impossible.
Sorry but your friend may be mistaken this time.
2006-12-18 05:35:12 · answer #3 · answered by aronlove 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol no... mcaffe and symantec are the two top antivirus companies in the world... they will be first to know when a virus attacks and have the cure before all the other companies... keep it or go with symantec norton antivirus.
2006-12-18 05:43:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur friend is right.. i fix dozens of pc's everyday trust me.. its impossible to uninstall and very irritating it will try to seel some of its other products.. use kaspersky or nod32 they use less resource and the best guys out there.. days of norton gone when they tried to destroy avast.. its history now and so is norton
cheers
2006-12-18 07:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Neo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with him...McAfee and Norton are both very cumbersome and don't really work that well. I use Trend PC-Cillin and it works great for me. If you want a FREE antivirus, use AVG...I recommend it to everyone.
2006-12-18 05:35:30 · answer #6 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋