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Summary: Avoid this junk at all cost !
Review: Cons: You can't repair it, you can't remove it, and the tech support stinks. Pros: It looks pretty and takes up lots of disk space. The CD disk makes for a nice dog toy and the box is good for small bits of rubish and perhaps as another dog toy. Giving this a rating of one star is generous, infact I feel they should be giving me a few stars back in exchange for this worthless junk. Avoid this mess at all costs !!
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Summary: Works flawlessly on my Vaio Laptop w/Windows XP Pro
Review: Experience so far in one word: Perfect...VirusScan installed flawlessly on the first try and its user interface is very easy to use. I have not noticed any degradation in performance in my laptop at all. Not a bit. Seems to run as fast as before. The auto update feature works well too, allowing you to schedule times for your computer to automatically check for virus definition updates. That way you always have the most current protection. You get a free year of virus definition updates too. And VirusScan comes free with a firewall program which seems to work very well. I use it every time I go on the internet and it seems to always pick up port scans or attempts by programs on my computer to send info out (like Real Player automatically trying to check for updates). It then gives you the option to allow or disallow this activity. Very neat. There is also a Tracer feature that enables you to "ping" a website and find out the IP address and owner of the website. A nice feature, but frankly, it's too complex a feature for me and I haven't found the need to use this. Bottom line is, this program is a great value for the money -- even if it didn't have the rebate offers attached to it. The rebate offers make it that much better.
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Summary: Essential for any version WIN2K OS...
Review: I don't know what everyone is complaining about this software. I got screwed with that Klez.h@MM virus back in 2001. I used to have the McAfee 4.0 version. I admit, I had configuration problems with that one, maybe becuz I was on WIN98. I upgraded to Win2K Pro and bought retail Virus 7.0 and it installed flawlessly. It didn't bug up any other software (I run CAD software so I know performance! - aka memory hogging stuff). Now these idiots send out this sobig/Luv worms and "friends" I had to reinstall it to add a the firewall option (I didn't install it the first time) and closed up the ports and have survived wonderfully without being infected. My warning logs were over 100 hits on some days for being online for only 30 min or so. The Firewall runs wonderfully!
McAfee's website is much more user friendly then it was 2 yrs ago - troubleshooting was no problem for me to fix little bleeps if they showed up. Emailing to tech support wasn't bad either - I got responses within 48 hrs during the work week.
I have kind of a bandaid system of motherboard, hardware and hodge-podge software and due to technically difficulties SP2/SP3 cannot take to my system, so McAfee is my only defense (other then preferencing IE) I'm not a paranoid type of person but with WIN2K being subject to these hits lately, I have survived and its all due to McAfee.
The new VirusScan 8.0 is/will be out soon, so either buy this and download it on a T1 line or go to McAfee and get the 8.0 version - all the updates are on that.
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Summary: Worked until I had to install on XP
Review: I had a copy of this running in WIN 2000 & it worked fine. I changed machines & installed it with XP & it never worked. I kept getting error messages when I booted up my Outlook. My husband's computer (on a Dell installed version) kept catching viruses on the same messages (luckily I did not open any of the suspicious attachments). After uninstalling & reinstalling several times to no avail, I contacted McAfee support (by instant messaging). The first tech support took 30 minutes & no sucess - basically telling me to uninstall by hand about 15 files & then reboot. The second time on tech support, I spent 45 minutes trying to convince some idiot that the program was NOT working - finally forwarded one of the virus messages to him & his "LAB". Wow, I was right!!!! His fix that took another 30 minutes included a reboot (so I lost touch with him) & did not work. I am giving up & buying something else, my time is more valuable that this!
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Summary: Big mistake
Review: I had McAfee version 7 on my computer for one year. I updated to Version 8 according to their instructions and have had nothing but problems since. Their technical support is all but non existent. Now I can't delete the software. It has an insert disk box popping up everytime the computer resarts, their shredder option has disappeared, I'm getting runtime script errors and I keep getting booted of my internet connection. Their only technical support is through email, chat or $2.95 aminute on the phone. I have gotten no where with the first two options. I can't afford to spend $2.95 a minute on the third option. They have apretty goood racket going. They sell you the product, don't take responsibility for it and then want to charge you to fix what they messed up.
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Summary: Just purchased this software for added firewall protection
Review: I have Norton 2002 anti-virus on windows XP. Norton was disenabled by a virus backdoor.servu.30 and it couldn't detect it. I ran five other anti-virus programs to test which detected this virus, none could delete it as it was a system file, but simply quarantined the file. I used Stop-Sign eAthology which first detected the virus, Tuscan, bitdetector and a couple others. McAfee was the only program that actually deleted the file. Most would have wanted to reinstall their windows operating system and with a year's worth of data, this was a last ditch consideration, so I didn't jump at it. I reinstalled Norton (after attempting to install a trial version of their firewall which detected changed files) which may have also cleaned up some bad files, however, I did this reinstall prior to McAfee's scan. By the way, if Norton is already installed, McAfee won't load until you remove it, so unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to run both. McAfee's firewall seems to rely more on you to configure it and decide which web pages to allow internet access, however, it seems to work well enough. I haven't tried Norton's firewall, but it appears to be very thorough from the demo's I've seen. Perhaps I'd rate McAfee higher on the anti-virus detection/removal and Norton on it's firewall...would be nice to use these in conjunction, but I doubt you can. I would recommend this product. I had no installation problems.
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Summary: Just purchased this software for added firewall protection
Review: I have Norton 2002 anti-virus on windows XP. Norton was disenabled by a virus backdoor.servu.30 and it couldn't detect it. I ran five other anti-virus programs to test which detected this virus, none could delete it as it was a system file, but simply quarantined the file. I used Stop-Sign eAthology which first detected the virus, Tuscan, bitdetector and a couple others. McAfee was the only program that actually deleted the file. Most would have wanted to reinstall their windows operating system and with a year's worth of data, this was a last ditch consideration, so I didn't jump at it. I reinstalled Norton (after attempting to install a trial version of their firewall which detected changed files) which may have also cleaned up some bad files, however, I did this reinstall prior to McAfee's scan. By the way, if Norton is already installed, McAfee won't load until you remove it, so unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to run both. McAfee's firewall seems to rely more on you to configure it and decide which web pages to allow internet access, however, it seems to work well enough. I haven't tried Norton's firewall, but it appears to be very thorough from the demo's I've seen. Perhaps I'd rate McAfee higher on the anti-virus detection/removal and Norton on it's firewall...would be nice to use these in conjunction, but I doubt you can. I would recommend this product. I had no installation problems.
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Summary: Excellent combination of Anti-Virus and Firewall!
Review: I have used VirusScan 5.21 together with Black Ice Defender firewall without any problems other than significant slowing down of the system at times. I purchased VirusScan 6.0 but decided not to install it given the large number of problems reported on this webpage. Having read the favorable comments on VirusScan 7.0, I decided to purchase it (free with the special offers at the time from McAfee and Amazon.com)and give it a try.
The results are amazing! I have not had my computer (a 450 mhz- "slow" these days!)operate so well since I purchased it four years ago! Absolutely everything runs extremely well, with no slowdown of anything whatsoever!
The amount of information McAfee provides with respect to all aspects of what is happening all of the time is astounding! Installation is very, very easy- no problems at all! I very highly recommend it and appreciate having customer reviews on this website!
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Summary: McAfee VirusScan and Firewall similar to shareware
Review: I really regret discontinuing my Norton service in exchange for the cheaper McAfee. I'm encouraged to see the thoughtful comments of so many more sophisticated users echoing the same thoughts I have about this product. I find it very, very depressing to buy a retail product loaded with pop ups and "partner advistements" penetrating the fire wall. This has been a regretful experience couple with lots of frustration. Pay a few dollars more and stay away from this product.
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Summary: More like a virus than a scanner
Review: I upgraded from 6.0 which I liked. Initially this product pops up every day with a dialog box which must then be dismissed, asking if you would like to upgrade your product. If you say yes, it takes you to a promotional page which does not actually provide upgrades. Then a couple months ago, a software upgrade included "Security Center". With this, the promotional popups grew worse. This included a "Security rating" which is nothing more than an index of how much McAffee stuff you have and NOT how secure your system really is. They make it look more "scientific" with numbers such as "5.8" if you have virus scan and not the rest, but this is not a real metric. The software is very intrusive and interferes with using my computer. I have had NUMEROUS dialogs with McAfee to turn off these undesirable features. They do not read the complaint, provide incorrect information, question whether I purchased it (I did and from their page) and generally not even really acknowledge what is wrong. I have nine months left to go on the update subscription. I am ripping it out and buying Norton .. that's how much I hate it.
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