At&t yahoo told me that i need to uninstall Mcafee to use their virus software. which one should i use?
2007-02-20 03:09:45 · 7 answers · asked by satirecafe 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
If AT&T Yahoo is offering you their antivirus for free, why not use it? Better than paying for McAfee updates eternally. The only reason I wouldn't take them up on the offer is if you really like McAfee... but if you did, you wouldn't be asking this, would you?
That said, yes, uninstall your old antivirus (McAfee) before installing new antivirus. This applies if you ever decide to drop the AT&T Yahoo version too and go to something else down the road.
2007-02-20 03:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by toforama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-24 07:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would definitely dump the McAfee. McAfee takes about 70M of RAM to run, and is generally a resource hog.
I'd opt for AVG Antivirus (FREE version). You can get it at http://www.grisoft.com or at http://www.download.com
AVG also offers a FREE spyware protection program at the http://www.grisoft.com web site.
While it is great that AT&T and Yahoo offer antivirus protection to protect you from things going to your PC, I would definitely use the AVG to prevent anything from getting into your PC. I don't beleive you'll run into any conflicts. If you do have conflict issues, I'd personally opt for the AVG Antivirus running on my PC. Antivirus on your PC is essentially the last defense you have in self protection.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-20 03:31:17 · answer #3 · answered by Dick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AT&T Technical Support@+1^800^782^3911
2017-01-04 09:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'd definitely get rid of McAfee without a doubt. You never want 2 security programs running as they will always conflict with eachother. So keep the yahoo one and you'll be better off.
2007-02-20 03:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by Rapid Repairs 4 Computers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee may not be your best choice as it hogs lots of memory.
I have found the free versions of Avast! OR AVG very good. Do a google search for: Free anti-virus software. You may have to flip through their respective sites for the free version, but I assure you they are buried in there somewhere.
2007-02-20 03:18:03 · answer #6 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother! Norton is well known to cause slow-down and other problems. To give an example - how many companies do you know that have had to write a program to, fully, remove their own products? Try one of the free AV's, they're every bit as good (if not better) than norton.
2016-05-23 22:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋