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The thread primarily discusses opinions and experiences with various antivirus software, including McAfee Total Protection 2011, which the original poster has recently subscribed to based on a recommendation. Contributors generally express skepticism about McAfee's effectiveness, with one user describing it as "junk" and suggesting alternatives like ESET NOD32, Kaspersky, or free options like Microsoft Security Essentials, which they endorse for its ease of use and automatic updates. Overall, the sentiment leans toward favoring more reliable or cost-effective solutions over McAfee, with several users highlighting potential issues such as update problems and advocating for trusted alternatives.
The thread primarily discusses opinions and experiences with various antivirus software, including McAfee Total Protection 2011, which the original poster has recently subscribed to based on a recommendation. Contributors generally express skepticism about McAfee's effectiveness, with one user describing it as "junk" and suggesting alternatives like ESET NOD32, Kaspersky, or free options like Microsoft Security Essentials, which they endorse for its ease of use and automatic updates. Overall, the sentiment leans toward favoring more reliable or cost-effective solutions over McAfee, with several users highlighting potential issues such as update problems and advocating for trusted alternatives.
Trouble
Noob Whisperer
Everyone's choice in AntiVirus / AntiMalware protection is pretty subjective, you find something you like, or somebody you know and trust has recommended, which is not a resource hog and has a generally small foot print overall, is generally easy to configure and doesn't bug the heck out of you everytime you try to do something, you're golden.
Being a fixed income retiree I like free and so I'm currently using Microsoft Security Essentials which is free (even for small businesses up to 10 computers) and it seems to do alright.
Kaspersky and or Eset/Nod32 would be my picks to click if I was going to spend my hard earned practically non-existent personal fortune on a commercial product.
But like I said everyone has their own personal favorites so opinions vary McAfee wouldn't even be in my top half dozen even if it was free. There are several sites Link Removed due to 404 Error that do some pretty comprehensive side by side testing, but often tests results can lag as much as a year, and a product that didn't do well, may have picked itself up, dusted itself off and come out fighting lean and mean with its' latest updated versions. It's an area of software development that seems forever in-flux and a bloated piece of junk one year might come back as a big hit the next year.
Being a fixed income retiree I like free and so I'm currently using Microsoft Security Essentials which is free (even for small businesses up to 10 computers) and it seems to do alright.
Kaspersky and or Eset/Nod32 would be my picks to click if I was going to spend my hard earned practically non-existent personal fortune on a commercial product.
But like I said everyone has their own personal favorites so opinions vary McAfee wouldn't even be in my top half dozen even if it was free. There are several sites Link Removed due to 404 Error that do some pretty comprehensive side by side testing, but often tests results can lag as much as a year, and a product that didn't do well, may have picked itself up, dusted itself off and come out fighting lean and mean with its' latest updated versions. It's an area of software development that seems forever in-flux and a bloated piece of junk one year might come back as a big hit the next year.
arnold1972
New Member
its definately junk in my opinion.
Far better solutions out there.
Far better solutions out there.
johhnymarshal
New Member
mcafee is a good security suite. If you could have another option, I would suggest you to go for PANDA 2013 Antivirus. It provides complete security against each and every malwarebyte.
here is the latest of update problems people have had with their software, one update not too long ago caused required formats.
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based on this history, I would go for e-set: Top-rated PC antivirus and antispyware | ESET NOD32 Antivirus or kaspersky: Link Removed but why pay for something that Microsoft provides at no cost. I use Microsoft Security Essentials, it updates automatically and allows manual updating whenever you want, and they release new definition updates with about the same frequency as the payware antivirus, though you need to manually update to get them about as frequently.
Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows
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based on this history, I would go for e-set: Top-rated PC antivirus and antispyware | ESET NOD32 Antivirus or kaspersky: Link Removed but why pay for something that Microsoft provides at no cost. I use Microsoft Security Essentials, it updates automatically and allows manual updating whenever you want, and they release new definition updates with about the same frequency as the payware antivirus, though you need to manually update to get them about as frequently.
Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows
