On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:16 -0500, "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
I think it's more likely to continue working but produce nag screens telling you that it's outdated and needs to be updated and that a licence extension needs to be purchased. If it was my PC, I'd uninstall. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > 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. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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.
