On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> 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 telling you that it's outdated and needs to be updated and that a 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.
When my PC went to digital heaven in December, i wen tot my McAfee account and turned off the auto renewal, and then decommissioned the unit. I get about 2-5 emails a week asking why i turned the feature off, do i want to renew, hey how's it going Brooksie, kind of emails. Dave > > > > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
