On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:42 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > 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 telling you that it's outdated and needs to be updated and that a 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.
How would I go about uninstalling it? Do I have to find uninstall software.? Paul > > > > 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. -- 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.
