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| Thread ID: 91418 | 2008-07-06 10:44:00 | Telecom and the McAfee security suite | decibel (11645) | Press F1 |
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| 685762 | 2008-07-06 10:44:00 | Has anyone else received this offer in the mail? (I'm surprised no-one else has commented) McAfee doesn't get much comment here in the forum, so I'm curious. I currently have Avast, Comodo firewall and SpyBot but I'm always open for something new. (specially the paid version for $zero.) |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 685763 | 2008-07-06 10:49:00 | McAfee is slightly less bloated and has a slightly better scanner than Norton's. Norton's is the worst AV on the net IMO. avast! will beat McAfee hands down. You've got a good set up in terms of security there. Don't spoil it by putting McAfee on it :) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 685764 | 2008-07-06 10:52:00 | Had several customers ask me that - :yuck: The setup you described as having now is far better than McAfee. Question: Why would you want to put on a application like McAfee that slows down the PC, and generally makes the PC :yuck: ;) McAfee was rubbished when xtra supplied it ages ago - nothings changed, its still crap and buggy. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 685765 | 2008-07-06 23:57:00 | I recently had a customer who presented me with their notebook PC running Vista business and Office 2007. It had the following problems: 1. Outlook stops working several times a day 2. Windows “not responding” messages appear, have to reboot. 3. McAfee problems. Messages about reinstalling. 4. Sometimes can’t open PDF files. 5. Screen freezes, have to reboot. It's OS patches and Office patches were all up to date. I removed McAfee and replaced it with Avast and just the Windows firewall and she hasn't had a problem since. |
AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 685766 | 2008-07-07 01:23:00 | Got the letter in the mail today as well, offering me McAfee Security Suite. Why I would go that way when I got Nod32, Spybot and SuperDuper-AntiSpyware - nah, I don't think so. Having said all that, I can download the program and save it to disk for anybody that's interested? Wainuitech - you don't have clients that need it? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 685767 | 2008-07-07 01:26:00 | Having said all that, I can download the program and save it to disk for anybody that's interested? Wainuitech - you don't have clients that need it? sarel :eek: I wanna keep my clients thanks :) - I wouldn't put McAfee on any ones computer. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 685768 | 2008-07-07 01:54:00 | Good on ya mate. LOL sarel ps. It's still available to anybody else. To stop any public humiliation just pm me if interested. LOL sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 685769 | 2008-11-05 06:31:00 | I've picked up on this thread as my annual McAfee sub has expired and I was going to take advantage of Telecom's offer. Telecom support couldn't tell me if their package was the same or similar to what I have - "possibly" or "probably" wasn't the answer I was looking for. I rang McAfee but usual story, bad phone lines, trouble communicating to customer service my reason for calling etc etc. Must be my mood this week, I can't be bothered with hassle, and as I have to uninstall McAfee anyway before installing the Telecom product I thought I'd ditch McAfee and try something else. Advice in this thread seems to be that Avast is ok and would someone please advise what else I need. Thanks |
bellbird (6169) | ||
| 685770 | 2008-11-05 06:41:00 | All you need is an AV program like Avast Home or NOD32, if you want to pay for it And something like Comodo (if you can deal with as few popups), if you want a firewall. But IMO, you dont really need a firewall, besides XP's / Vista's. If you dont go to dodgy sites, or use P2P programs |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 685771 | 2008-11-05 08:19:00 | About the dodgy sites. With McAfee, all the sites that came up when I googled something had a green tick if they had been checked and were ok. Does Avast or other software do the same. | bellbird (6169) | ||
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