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  #31  
Old June 27th 15, 06:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Char Jackson wrote on 6/27/2015 1:29 PM:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:11:57 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

IMHO, it is time to get a paid subscription to either McAfee and/or
Symantec Endpoint protection. I have used McAfee before and now I am
using Symantec Endpoint because I get both free of charge because I buy
corporate license and so Home use becomes free for employees.


If I were making a list of recommended AV programs, Symantec/Norton and
McAfee would be at the bottom of that list.


Why?
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  #32  
Old June 27th 15, 06:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Char Jackson
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:57:47 -0400, Ron wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People that
continue to say that haven't used either program in the past 2 years or
so.


I haven't used either of them in far longer than 2 years, and it'll be far
longer than 2 years before I trust either of them again. Both have
completely squandered any good will they might have once had by producing
total crap for a decade. If they want to be accepted again, they'll have to
totally reinvent themselves, starting with the company name.

  #33  
Old June 27th 15, 06:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 6/27/2015 1:32 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:57:47 -0400, Ron wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People that
continue to say that haven't used either program in the past 2 years or
so.


I haven't used either of them in far longer than 2 years, and it'll be far
longer than 2 years before I trust either of them again. Both have
completely squandered any good will they might have once had by producing
total crap for a decade. If they want to be accepted again, they'll have to
totally reinvent themselves, starting with the company name.


You mean like "Intel Security Group, (previously McAfee, Inc.)"
  #34  
Old June 27th 15, 06:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 6/27/2015 1:32 PM, Alek wrote:
Char Jackson wrote on 6/27/2015 1:29 PM:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:11:57 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

IMHO, it is time to get a paid subscription to either McAfee and/or
Symantec Endpoint protection. I have used McAfee before and now I am
using Symantec Endpoint because I get both free of charge because I buy
corporate license and so Home use becomes free for employees.


If I were making a list of recommended AV programs, Symantec/Norton and
McAfee would be at the bottom of that list.


Why?


Because some people are living in the past.
  #35  
Old June 27th 15, 06:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 2015-06-26 9:47 PM, T. Asgard wrote:
On 26-Jun-2015 21:08, Slimer wrote:
On 2015-06-26 8:35 PM, Justin Tyme wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:16:08 -0400, Slimer wrote:

On 2015-06-26 5:11 PM, Good Guy wrote:

Big snip

Mcafee? I don't use any products that come as PUP's. Mcafee is close
to being malware. Anything but Mcafee!


Since we're not all USENET veterans, care to explain what a PUP is?



http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PUP.html


Thank you, however I can't help but wonder what the "unwanted" programs
in Mcafee's suite are. After all, if all that you want is the
anti-virus, you're free to install that alone. In my case, I like the
anti-virus, the firewall and the vulnerability scanner (which lets me
know if some of my programs have updates available) which is why they
are the only ones I install.

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  #36  
Old June 27th 15, 06:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 2015-06-27 10:30 AM, Ron wrote:
On 6/27/2015 10:26 AM, T. Asgard wrote:
On 27-Jun-2015 09:57, Ron wrote:
On 6/26/2015 5:11 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 26/06/2015 21:34, wrote:
Hi. I'm looking for a new FREE antivirus program. I've been using
AVG. I
recently installed it on a new machine and all was going well until I
tried
installing a program called aTube Catcher, which lets you download
and save
YouTube videos. I have aTube Catcher on one machine and it works
fine. I try
installing it on a new machine and AVG keeps finding a file and
stopping me from
installing the program. I looked it up online and there are quite a
few
complaints, all pointing at AVG. I've also noticed on the new
machine, AVG is
finding fault with downloads of other programs I have been using on
the old
machine. AVG just seems to have gotten very choosy lately, so I'm
wondering if
there's another goor freebie out there. Thanks.


You say free so why not uninstall AVG and re-activate Windows Defender?

WD is a baseline POS.


Same as Norton and McAfee.


Ummm, no.

http://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/...ows/windows-8/


LOL @ Windows Defender's rating. I'm not surprised that McAfee got such
great results but particularly impressed by how well Avira fared.

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  #37  
Old June 27th 15, 07:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 6/27/2015 2:05 PM, Ken1943 wrote:

And, I happen to USE Norton on one computer and McAfee on another one.
So I know they both work very well.


Really, every AV works until you get hit. I have used a program for
years, that most have not heard of.

Years ago many people used NOD32 and Outpost Firewall. They still do, to
some extent. Those programs had trouble working together for many users,
when Windows 7 came out.

I switched to Outpost Security Suite and still use it.


It has nothing to do with "getting hit". For years McAfee and Norton
were resource hogs. That is no longer the case.

No AV program is foolproof, but people can be fools in what they choose
to download

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Old June 27th 15, 07:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 12:32:44 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:57:47 -0400, Ron wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People that
continue to say that haven't used either program in the past 2 years or
so.


I haven't used either of them in far longer than 2 years, and it'll be far
longer than 2 years before I trust either of them again. Both have
completely squandered any good will they might have once had by producing
total crap for a decade. If they want to be accepted again, they'll have to
totally reinvent themselves, starting with the company name.





A big ditto to all you say about them!
  #39  
Old June 27th 15, 08:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Per Ron:
No AV program is foolproof, but people can be fools in what they choose
to download


Only infection I have had to deal with was on the daughter's desktop PC.

Avast threw up it's huge "Warning...Infected....You don't really want to
open this...." (in so many words) dialog but my macho son-in-law just
*had* to click "Yes"....

Can't recall the name of the virus, but had to rebuild the box from
scratch - and others reported the same experience.
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  #40  
Old June 27th 15, 08:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ron
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On 6/27/2015 3:01 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Ron:
No AV program is foolproof, but people can be fools in what they choose
to download


Only infection I have had to deal with was on the daughter's desktop PC.

Avast threw up it's huge "Warning...Infected....You don't really want to
open this...." (in so many words) dialog but my macho son-in-law just
*had* to click "Yes"....

Can't recall the name of the virus, but had to rebuild the box from
scratch - and others reported the same experience.


LOL. A couple of years ago I fixed my little brothers laptop using the
recovery partition, and 2 days later he had boinked it again. It is now
in my mom's possession and he sticks to his android tablet and phone.
  #41  
Old June 27th 15, 10:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Ron wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People that continue to say that
haven't used either program in the past 2 years or so.


Company I work for banned both of those about a year ago due to ineffectiveness
and bloat. Thousands of computers.
We got tired of the constant virus infiltrations from remote users getting into
the servers.
We now use an enterprise quality anti-virus ware and it's expensive.
So far our computers and servers have been virus free (crosses fingers and
knocks on plastic wood).

  #42  
Old June 28th 15, 02:42 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Char Jackson
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 11:34:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 12:32:44 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:57:47 -0400, Ron wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People that
continue to say that haven't used either program in the past 2 years or
so.


I haven't used either of them in far longer than 2 years, and it'll be far
longer than 2 years before I trust either of them again. Both have
completely squandered any good will they might have once had by producing
total crap for a decade. If they want to be accepted again, they'll have to
totally reinvent themselves, starting with the company name.





A big ditto to all you say about them!


Thanks, Ken. :-)

  #43  
Old June 28th 15, 02:46 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:49:02 -0500, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

We now use an enterprise quality anti-virus ware and it's expensive.


Which one?


It's Sophos.
Did not want to advertise.
I don't have any virus shields on the home computers - not needed,
they don't get viruses, but I use the free Sophos scanner once a week
along with Malware bytes, and a complete system scan of all computers
once per month with Kaspersky 10 boot disk.

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Old June 29th 15, 12:06 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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"s|b" wrote:

(And I admit; I was too lazy to look it up :-).


Probably the most valid of all excuses in my book! G


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Old June 29th 15, 12:10 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Char Jackson wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:57:47 -0400, Ron
wrote:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with McAfee OR Norton. People
that continue to say that haven't used either program in the past
2 years or so.


I haven't used either of them in far longer than 2 years, and
it'll be far longer than 2 years before I trust either of them
again. Both have completely squandered any good will they might
have once had by producing total crap for a decade. If they want
to be accepted again, they'll have to totally reinvent themselves,
starting with the company name.


+1

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