My Mcfee 2005 has expired. I have seen Zonealarm 2007 security suite and Mcfee 2007 for £25 from Amazon. Whitch is better ? or is the free stuff just as good. Cheers Shug. Also I have to uninstall Mcfee 2005. I have heard its a bit tricky at times.
By all accounts there are MANY free apps out ther that equal or better the retail varietys. Try this link for freeware apps. http://www.filehippo.com/ I've used the following, with good results. Ad Aware Personal 1.06 AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.0.50 Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4 Norton is a tricky little devil to uninstall, they even have a free removal tool to do it! maybe mac does too? Cheers.
ahh maybe use the search for other forums like this or go to this link: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/292257 and for the record; nortan is the WORST scanner i have ever seen
@kateman, Thanks heaps for the thread link, saved and will use it accordingly.I also try to keep things in house if possible. Your comment, Why the worst? It may not be the definative in protection as most users will attest to, but surely it has some redeeming features? Further comments/experiences/suggestions welcome. Cheers.
nope, nope definatly not. it can slow down some people's computers. is hardly ever up-to-date with some of the latest threats. and misses sooooooooooo many infections. i have looked at so many hijackthis logs and EVERYONE that had norton, had some kind of problem!
Well I have said in the past that, you either love it or hate it! It's nice to know you haven't made up your mind yet...LOL Avast is one that I installed just yesterday, I'll give it a go and see how it performs. There's also one or two others installed like the suggestions made to shug119 (hope your listening still). These guys that create freeware apps to keep our systems secure, are in my view absolute champs. The mind boggles when a freeware picks up nasties that shareware can't/doesn't? Let's hope we all make the right choices, and that we don't keep all our eggs in one basket. Cheers.
i just got norton internet security 2007 and i reformatted my desk top before installing norton and i still get pop up error messages !!! and norton was unable to detect the virus??? what should i do...norton internet security includes antispyware, anti virus, id theft protection.... any one can help me!!!
@matttt: stop hijackthing the threads! this is also a double post! iam trying to answer your original one right now
@kateman Question: So your not afraid to speak your mind, your part pirate and you can multitask? Hmmm... I'm smitten lol.
I have put on Zonealarm firewall AVG anti virus AVE anti spyware Windows defender. My PC is now faster, now Mcfee is off.
wtf? what is the question? haha part pirate? how do you mean? and what is smitten? haha its good to hear shrug is good (Y)
Kateman,It must be just my sense of humour. I made a simple observation that I thought was humourous, but it wasn't perhaps put in the best possible way. I unresevedly appologise if this comment has offended in any way. I'll make better efforts in the future.
Nice to know While I'm here, I'm just about to start a thread regarding torrents. Know anything about them?
