Do I really need McAfee securitycenter on my computer?

Question

every year I get this email to renew my subscription, and if you ask me it's quiet excessive

how do I uninstall mcafee, I tried once before and it would not let me install other software

Answer 1

No. There are a number of free anti-virus and malware options available, including AVG, Avast!, Avira-Anti-Vir, and Comodo Anti-Virus for anti-virus products.

For malware checking the old standbys of Ad-Aware and Spybot are still great choices. Comodo also has some free anti-malware tools.

Generally I don't like the big fat suites that promise everything. Go with best-in-breed and what works best for you in combination.

In terms of firewalls, you have choices including the built-in Windows firewall (free, easy, not that great), Comodo (a good choice), and Zone Alarm (free) which is OK, or Zone Alarm Pro (paid) which is the most highly rated personal firewall.

Take a look at the Microsoft Security Site for some other useful information: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx

For some other possibly useful references visit my personal "tools" page at http://home.comcast.net/~kmckenzie99/tools/.

For a list of excellent and mostly free tools of all kinds visit http://www.filehippo.com.

For my blog site with various random info visit http://360.yahoo.com/mckenzie_keith and review my blog entries. You might find some useful information there.

Cheers and good luck! - Keith

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The short answer is NO! McAfee is imo is proof that marketing works. Along with norton they are the leading brands of system protection because they have nice packaging and they have lots of deals with stores and marketing agencys. Dont get me wrong computer security is important, however, ironically i think such protection is only really usefull for a competent user, how is a novice suppost to decide what programs to allow through the firewall. Aswell as the fact that the only viruses you need to worry about will be on your system ruining your computer before you or your antivirus can do anything about it, and they will never aid in cleaning a decent virus (a firewall however will, but only when used to an advanced degree). So the soloution? Go free, find the best rated free antivirus program, and a free firewall. To name a few tools i have tried and trusted (however all antivirus software i have ever used has let me down at some point apart from f-secure) AVG, Comodo, Avast, Prevx (sort of), Spybot S&D and Adaware. But at the end of the day a truely decent virus will get you whatever you do, and the simplist cure is a system wipe, backup your data and update poor flawed windows everyday! Hope it helps you decide.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Do I Need Mcafee

Answer 6

You can have Mcafee Security center. But it is important that you have dedicated antispyware protecting your computer since 80% of the computer are infected with spyware.Download XoftSpy SE from http://www.geeksjunction.com

Answer 7

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Do I really need McAfee securitycenter on my computer?
every year I get this email to renew my subscription, and if you ask me it's quiet excessive

Answer 8

You need it or one of it's free alternatives such as Zone Alarm. Without it hackers have better access to your computer than you do.

Answer 9

REMOVE PROGRAMS:

XP:
start
all programs:
look for the uninstall file for the program to be removed
click and uninstall

start
my computer
local disk drive [c]
windows
programs
right click program
select delete

start
my documents
downloads
right click program download
select delete

start
control panel
add/remove programs
click change/remove

desktop
right click desktop shortcut
select delete

start
run
if you don't have run on your start page
press windows flag key and letter R

enter regedit in search bar
press enter

hkey_local_machine\software\mi...
right click and select delete

hkey_users\software\microsoft\...
right click and select delete

hkey_current_users\software\mi...
right click and select delete

now some programs will appear after \software and NOT \microsoft\program

VISTA:

start
control panel
default programs
program and features
click uninstall

start
all programs
program
click the uninstall file if present

start
computer
OS [c]
windows
programs
right click program
select delete

start
username
downloads
right click program download
select delete

start
run
if you don't have run on your start page
press windows flag key and letter R

enter regedit in search bar
press enter

[ THIS IS...NOT...FOR THE CHICKEN HEARTED !
AND....YOU ...COULD..DESTROY YOUR PC !! ]

hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft
right click program and select delete

hkey_users\software\microsoft\program name
right click and select delete

hkey_current_users\software\microsoft\program name
right click and select delete

now some programs will appear after \software and NOT \microsoft\program


Task Manager:

XP:
ctrl + delete + alt
click on processes
click image name
click process/program to be removed
click end process

Vista:
ctrl + shift + esc
click on processes
click image name
click process/program to be removed
click end process

Answer 10

Try something else, www.avast.com, www.comodo.com etc. all free and most likely do a better job