Mcafee - Opinion please

[Adam Piggott]

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Tx2 wrote:
> I've just purchased a new laptop from Dell, and it comes with a 3yr
> version of the Mcafee SecurityCenter.
>
> Prior to this, on my desktop, i've used a combination of NOD32,
> Counterspy and Spywareguard. For anti-spam I used Spamihilator.
>
> I'm in two minds as to whether to give this Mcafee a chance instead of
> getting additional licences to cover the laptop for the other software.
>
> What is the general conscensus of opinion about Mcafee? Is it reliable
> *and* efficient in what it does, or should I bin it and go for my own
> 'tailored' solution?

Blimey, I'm surprised being a NOD32 user that you didn't go straight back
to it. Mind you, one does has to test the water now and then.

I've had to remove McAfee from several customer machines because they
weren't updating properly, weren't warning the user they were weeks out of
date, or had severe resource usage.

I'd avoid the "big name" anti-virus as they mostly concentrate on next
year's shiny new version with bigger warning signs and more vapourware
features, whereas the likes of Eset have better things to do. Like protect
their customers.
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[Tx2]

In article <45bfcca7$0$760$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
Adam Piggott <usenet@proactiveservices.co.invalid>
thought we'd be interested in the following...


> Blimey, I'm surprised being a NOD32 user that you didn't go straight back
> to it. Mind you, one does has to test the water now and then.

Tested, and reverted! I've uninstalled Mcafee, and whacked NOD32 back
on.

Despite my efforts to 'enforce' it, Mcafee seemed to not start the virus
scan element of the software automatically, then it did, then it didn't,
then it did - ad infinitum.

I feel a lot better now...

:-)


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[greg@webyourbusiness.com]

On Jan 31, 1:39 pm, Tx2 <this.is.an....@lid.address.u.know.com> wrote:
> In article <45bfcca7$0$760$5a6ae...@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
> Adam Piggott <use...@proactiveservices.co.invalid>
> thought we'd be interested in the following...
>
> > Blimey, I'm surprised being aNOD32user that you didn't go straight back
> > to it. Mind you, one does has to test the water now and then.
>
> Tested, and reverted! I've uninstalled Mcafee, and whackedNOD32back
> on.
>
> Despite my efforts to 'enforce' it, Mcafee seemed to not start the virus
> scan element of the software automatically, then it did, then it didn't,
> then it did - ad infinitum.
>
> I feel a lot better now...
>
> :-)
>

and so you should - even a "free" version of norton or mcafee isn't
worth the hard-drive space they take up!

http://www.nod32usa.com/ - NOD32 all the way.. lean and mean on
threat!