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Summary: rebates a joke also
Review: In addition to the problems with McAfee pop-ups (one of them seems to have no "close" option thereby requiring control/alt/delete command) and lenghly scans (no results are indicated)the rebate process is unclear, complicated and impossible to comply with. I bought a bundle of 8.0 and Firewall, took a few weeks to install and set up, and then was too late for the 15 day time limit on rebates. I'll uninstall and buy another product soon. Don't be fooled by the rebate offer and buy something customers like.
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Summary: Stick with 7.0
Review: Instead of purchasing a virus scanner, I have purchased the McAfee product dashboard. This kindly informs me that I only rate a 5.8 out of 10 on my "security index" (whatever that is). All I have to do to score a 10 is buy all their other products.McAfee should be ashamed of themselves for the blatant advertising of their other products embedded into the application. The tray icon with quick access to the McAfee Store is particularly offensive. In terms of feature set, this version adds no apparent value over the previous version. In fact, some features seem to be missing (cannot seem to fine-tune the scan settings), or maybe are just so well-hidden as to appear missing. The Updater application no longer runs in the background, requiring manual checks for updates (note that McAfee claims it runs in the background, but it does not actually do so--the "Install Automatically" option has yet to download a DAT file). Strangely, the Updater runs in a browser popup requiring one to remember to turn off popup blockers in order to make it work. The "improved" scanning engine now detects "potentially unwanted" applications. If you happen to have something that makes the cut, you will be reminded on every scan--if there is a way to exclude a file, it is exceptionally well hidden. In short, if you do not currently own a virus scanner, then this one will do the job. If you already have one, do not bother "upgrading" to this one.
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Summary: Stick with 7.0
Review: Instead of purchasing a virus scanner, I have purchased the McAfee product dashboard. This kindly informs me that I only rate a 5.8 out of 10 on my "security index" (whatever that is). All I have to do to score a 10 is buy all their other products. McAfee should be ashamed of themselves for the blatant advertising of their other products embedded into the application. The tray icon with quick access to the McAfee Store is particularly offensive. In terms of feature set, this version adds no apparent value over the previous version. In fact, some features seem to be missing (cannot seem to fine-tune the scan settings), or maybe are just so well-hidden as to appear missing. The Updater application no longer runs in the background, requiring manual checks for updates (note that McAfee claims it runs in the background, but it does not actually do so--the "Install Automatically" option has yet to download a DAT file). Strangely, the Updater runs in a browser popup requiring one to remember to turn off popup blockers in order to make it work. The "improved" scanning engine now detects "potentially unwanted" applications. If you happen to have something that makes the cut, you will be reminded on every scan--if there is a way to exclude a file, it is exceptionally well hidden. In short, if you do not currently own a virus scanner, then this one will do the job. If you already have one, do not bother "upgrading" to this one.
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Summary: McAfee Internet Security Suite: 80% bad, 20% Ads
Review: McAfee Internet Security Suite: 2004 (v 6.0) I gave it 2 stars because I can see what the folks at McAfee are trying to do. I just wish it was done one product at a time. The bundle is not worth the effort...it should have stayed in a test lab until they got it right. Setting: The biggest issue I have with this product is that the profile settings seem to "get lost" with each downloaded update. I have to re-set the "safe list" and verify my product EVERYTIME AN UPDATE IS REALESED. Another issue is that if you are a "limited user" using 2000/XP/XP-Pro, you can "see the options" the Admin as setup, but can't change them. Warning Messages: There are far too many for me. I am no expert in IT; however I am not a novice either. I can tell you if this were on a novice's PC; they would be set to throw the laptop out the window. The silliest message was one I just got, after a Privacy Update was installed, that says "Internet Explorer is trying to access the internet. What would like to do?" How about letting me ONLINE!! OK, so I can see using a "thin client" (i.e. a web browser's interface) to get updates. It makes sense, you are online anyway, why not use the person's browser rather than load a larger app? What I have an issue with is (a) this won't work if your pop-up blocker is ON... (b) U/N and P/W??? What's the purpose for this? I BOUGHT YOUR PRODUCT, LOADED IT AND REGISTERED! WHY MAKE ME CREATE AN ACCOUNT? Finally, WHY ON EARTH WOULD A PROGRAM CALLED SPAMKILLER CONSTANTLY HAVE A VIRUS WITHIN IT'S OWN DIRECTORY???? Yes, you read right. I was told by this it's own ActiveShield utility, that there was an infected file, 4 times mind you, in the SpamKiller directory. What's that about? I've had it with this product. I'm going back to Norton's SystemWorks 2003, and Norton's Personal Firewall 2003 (ALL of Norton's 2004 version are a big mess, and a waste of hard drive space, RAM, and time)
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Summary: McAfee -- "Security Software" from Hell
Review: McAfee reminds me of the 18th-century thieves who, when pursued by the crowd, would join the pursuers shouting "Stop Thief." McAfee sells you "security software" to deal with everything from popups to spyware, and then the program you install annoys you constantly with popups and advertisements for all the McAfee products you haven't yet purchased. If you complain about this to their customer service department, you get a boilerplate response, directions to go to their useless and endless list of FAQ's, and -- get this -- an invitation to use their "priority" phone support system, which costs $2.95 a minute. They are simply the worst, the bottom, the pits. If their practices were done by a normal (non-web) business, their CEO and middle management would probably all be in the penitentiary for deceptive and unethical merchandizing practices. AVOID MCAFEE PRODUCTS AS YOU WOULD AVOID THE PLAGUE. IF YOU ALLOW THEM ONTO YOUR HARD DISK, YOU WILL BE SORRY FOREVER AFTER.
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Summary: McAfee -- "Security Software" from Hell
Review: McAfee reminds me of the 18th-century thieves who, when pursued by the crowd, would join the pursuers shouting "Stop Thief." McAfee sells you "security software" to deal with everything from popups to spyware, and then the program you install annoys you constantly with popups and advertisements for all the McAfee products you haven't yet purchased. If you complain about this to their customer service department, you get a boilerplate response, directions to go to their useless and endless list of FAQ's, and -- get this -- an invitation to use their "priority" phone support system, which costs $2.95 a minute. They are simply the worst, the bottom, the pits. If their practices were done by a normal (non-web) business, their CEO and middle management would probably all be in the penitentiary for deceptive and unethical merchandizing practices. AVOID MCAFEE PRODUCTS AS YOU WOULD AVOID THE PLAGUE. IF YOU ALLOW THEM ONTO YOUR HARD DISK, YOU WILL BE SORRY FOREVER AFTER.
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Summary: this is the best
Review: people here just want to put mcafee down.i have had no mix up with 8.0. i thank these people needs to learn how to work a computer.8.0 is the best so far.you will always have people bashing something.i love 8.0. mcafee you have it going man. you all keep up the good work.:<)
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Summary: They can have it back
Review: Rather than flog a dead horse, I'll just say my experience was similar to others who have given this software 'one star': frustrating to install and try to get working, impossible to get rid of easily, and tech support was absolutely no help. I returned mine even though opened software qualifies for only a partial refund. I wouldn't use this if they were giving it away.
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Summary: Impossible to uninstall, virus scan hangs my PC.
Review: The VirusScan Home Edition 7.0 I purchased half a year ago can not be uninstalled from my Windows 98 computer without manually deleting all the entries from the registry (dozens of them!). It can not be reinstalled either - Hawk.dll and/or ScanComp.dll would go missing from time to time. As an added benefit, the VirusScan hangs the whole computer once in a while. This quality of installer makes one wonder what the quality of the product really is. I hope this one star rating qualifies as a charitable donation.
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Summary: bad bad bad
Review: This product will constantly do pop-up ads on your desktop telling you to buy their email protection product, etc. There is no way to disable these. It seems they aren't happy to get my money, they want more and more and have no respect for my privacy.
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