Hi Toni, Thank you for giving me your opinion of McAfee. I will pass along what you said to my friend. Yes you have helped me before, and I know I can trust what you say. I really do appreciate your help! Take care, lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Hernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Opinion wanted on McAfee
> 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 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
