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I haven't really kept up on McAfee news, isn't he wanted for murder somewhere? But I thought the vid was hilarious! I have to say, the McAfee AV on Windows is
by fourmii 13y ago
I haven't really kept up on McAfee news, isn't he wanted for murder somewhere? But I thought the vid was hilarious!
I have to say, the McAfee AV on Windows is pretty much as described. I have to support it for clients, and often, when I get complaints about PC slow down or freezes, one of the first things I do is to disable all the McAfee services.
Anyone recommend better competitors to McAfee?
- DocG 13y agoFor free soft, I used to install AV, but it had horrible chance of getting messed up by user by installing 30 days trial and blocking me running my small viruses on my own comupter. MSE all the way, no way to accidentally install trial and allows to run everything I want.
- wmt 13y agoSo MSE is good because it doesn't block YOUR VIRUSES? Not the most solid praise I've heard.
- DocG 13y agoLet me rephrase it. It allows me to be in control when I want it. If I choose to run something it THINKS is malicious, it will let me. It is decently hidden menu for a casual user, but easy enough for people who need it. With AVG only way was to allow certain directories and it was buried under menus.
- pseudometa 13y agoYeah, get a Mac
- kryten 13y agoAnd for those with computers people can be bothered to write virii for because of the massive market share, I would suggest Microsoft Security Essentials or if you have windows 8, don't bother with AV as it is built in.
- venomsnake 13y agoAnd how would exactly getting a mac protect him from malware when he dual boots to windows?
- bradleyland 13y agoI'm a Mac user, and my blood boils when I hear people say this. It's so incredibly smug and lacking in any sense of social sensitivity. I've been on the receiving end. [At a moderately busy coffee shop] I sit down with my MacBook to send a few quick emails. A man -- also using a Mac -- sits at the table in front of me, facing away from me. I pull my laptop out and open it up. It recovers from sleep, and I connect to the free WiFi. I've used it many times in the past without issue, but today, I cannot get any web pages to respond. I say meekly to the man sitting in front of me: "Excuse me, are you able to connect to the WiFi?" Him: "Yep." Me: "That's strange, I'm able to connect, but I can't get any web pages to load." Him: "Get a Mac." Me: "I've already got one, thanks for nothing." I understand the imposition I made on him, but hearing "get a Mac" just had me seething. I'd never had an opportunity to say those words to someone else, so I'm not trying to claim any moral high-ground here, but I knew at that moment that I'd never say them should the opportunity arise.
- wmt 13y agoAnd get the Flashback trojan -- no user interaction required!
- venomsnake 13y agoEverything from prayer upwards is better than McAfee except the Norton $#|&'s. My standard win setup is Security Essentials, UAC up to the max and commodo firewall and Sandboxie for trainers and the like. So far nothing has passed.
- huhtenberg 13y agoEMET is a good thing to be running too - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544
- Havoc 13y ago>So far nothing has passed. Nothing that you know of anyway.
- venomsnake 13y agoWell I do make audits with other tools from time to time booted from another OS. Also blocking flash and having vmware instances for the real dangerous stuff helps. And anything that is smart enough to subvert that is usually used by NSA and the likes and I doubt I have gotten their attention.
- rattray 13y agoAny downsides you've noticed to those programs/settings? Also not sure what is meant by "for trainers and the like" ?
- venomsnake 13y agoTrainers, memory editors, mods and everything else that is of not verifiable origin.
- j_s 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainer_%28games%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainer_%28games%29 > programs made to modify behaviour of a computer game
- untog 13y agoisn't he wanted for murder somewhere? But I thought the vid was hilarious! I imagine murderers are capable of both killing and comedy, though not necessarily at the same time.
- angersock 13y agoOne must try to keep the laughter in slaughter.
- fakeer 13y agoFreely[0] available MS Security Essentials tops on Windows, in both performance and protection. I've tried them all, all the famous ones at least. [0]As in free milk bottle.
- rch 13y ago> isn't he wanted for murder somewhere? This was certainly effective in getting me to catch up on the story. Good PR move?
- prawks 13y agoI'd had great experiences with NOD32 on my personal PCs in the past. Haven't used anything in a while, and nothing in a business setting.