On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:05 PM, eckinator wrote: > my Toshiba portégé came with mc afee preinstalled so it is a good > thing my ISP offers complimentary mc afee or I'd have to worry about > how to do a /full/ uninstall - thing i hate most about antivirus is > how deeply it lodges itself in my system
I didn't uninstall McAfee, but I assume that once the free trial expires, it will lie harmlessly dormant. Am I correct or nieve? Paul > > 2011/2/28 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>: >> >> On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >>> Paul, >>> My internet service provider was SBC and now AT&T. >>> They provide free McAfee downloading. >>> Check your provider. >>> They don't offer it up easily. >>> Regards, Bob S. >> >> I have comcast. I don't know if they will provide virus protection. In any >> case, I followed Matt's suggestion and downloaded the Microsoft software. It >> was easy. That's a good thing: >> >> Paul >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> My wife has a PC, because I didn't want to spend the money to get her a >>>>> Mac:-). Seriously, all she does is e-mail and a bit of web surfing, and >>>>> her Acer laptop works fine. It came with McAfee virus protection, but >>>>> it has expired and they want $40 a year to continue. Sounds like a lot. >>>>> Is there a better option? Something inexpensive that I won't have to >>>>> set up? Something that will install itself if I go to the website and >>>>> click on it? I have no idea how one installs software on a PC, although >>>>> I suspect it's not very hard. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help on this. >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>> >>>> I've been using the free version of Avast! for several years and am >>>> perfectly satisfied with it. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
