HI Lisa. I used MCAfee for a few years without any problems. I don't use it now only because the program costs money and I can use AVG for free. Here's my experience with Norton versus MCAfee. Norton caught a trojan horse on my computer and didn't clean it. The trojan horse multiplied faster than I could clean it and it destroyed data that I had worked my tail off collecting and fixing up the way I wanted. Eventually my computer wouldn't even boot up, so I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall everything. In the process I lost a lot of unrecoverable data and had to start all over again with the stuff that I was able to replace or recover. After that I switched to MCAfee. At this time I was on a college network with all kinds of nasties running around on it infecting the computers. A similar virus found its way into my machine. McAfee caught it right away and then was able to heal the infected files like a dream, so I was able to carry on without any further difficulties.
In response to one comment that was made about McAfee, i.e. that McAfee doesn't clean all viruses or all spyware, the fact is that no program does that. The antivirus and antispyware manufacturers know that, and that's why they continuously update their databases. As for whether McAfee has spyware in it, I don't know. I do know that it did its job very well when I used it, and I didn't have trouble with spyware at the time that was more than the spyware trouble I usually have now. As long as your friend has more than one antispyware solution running on her machine, she shouldn't have too much trouble with it. I've helped you before, Lisa, and you know from experience that my advice has been carefully thought out and helpful. Believe me when I say that if I thought McAfee was bad software I would tell you not to install it, but I don't believe it is. If I'm wrong, please except my most contrite apologies for steering you and your friend wrong, and the same apology goes to the rest of the list for any possible misinformation. Tony Hernandez: Speaksclan Patriarch http://www.tonyspeaks.com http://www.speaksclan.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Opinion wanted on McAfee > Hello everyone, > What do you all think of the anti-virus program McAfee? My friend just > got comcast for her Internet, and that's what they offer there customers > for anti-virus protection. Every times she runs spybot and super anti > spyware McAfee comes up and says there is adware in those programs. So > she wanted me to ask you all what you think of McAfee? My friend is > sighted so accessibility is not an issue for her. Any feed back on this > would be very much appreciated! Many thanks in advance! > Take care, > Lisa > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blind-Computing mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1260 - Release Date: 2/5/2008 > 9:44 AM > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blind-Computing mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com
