McAfee offers cash for clunkers | Sorry we bricked your PC, here's some money

[siljaline]

Time to look for another AV solution ?
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/mcafee_repair_invoice/>

Silj

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-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
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[JD]

siljaline wrote:
> Time to look for another AV solution ?
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/mcafee_repair_invoice/>
>
> Silj
>

Pretty funny and a little sad at the same time. The funniest part is
"McAfee also promised a two-year extension to subscribers whose PCs were
knackered by the update." Sad that most McAfee users probably won't look
for another AV solution. Oh well. 8-)

--
JD..

[siljaline]

JD wrote:
> Pretty funny and a little sad at the same time. The funniest part is
> "McAfee also promised a two-year extension to subscribers whose PCs were
> knackered by the update." Sad that most McAfee users probably won't look
> for another AV solution. Oh well. 8-)

You got that right, if my AV vendor knackered my PC, they could give me a
lifetime license, I wouldn't accept.

Life goes on ...

Cheers,

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[Bast]

JD wrote:
> siljaline wrote:
>> Time to look for another AV solution ?
>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/mcafee_repair_invoice/>
>>
>> Silj
>>
>
> Pretty funny and a little sad at the same time. The funniest part is
> "McAfee also promised a two-year extension to subscribers whose PCs were
> knackered by the update." Sad that most McAfee users probably won't look
> for another AV solution. Oh well. 8-)


My guess is many will look at replacing those PC's with shiny new MACS.
Apple's sales people are missing a cash cow if they haven't jumped on this.