Domain Name Com's Software McAfee VirusScan 2005 [Old Version]

Software McAfee VirusScan 2005 [Old Version]

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- Don't get screwed !!!
I've been a McAfee fan for years, until last week. An antivirus auto-update didn't finish loading, which put my PC in a constant rebooting stage. After paying $$ to speak to someone at McAfee, and getting "scripted brainless runarounds", he finally told me it was my system vendor's problem and not theirs.
I had to install a new hard drive, reinstall all my applications, and then restore my data from backups. I then decided to use a less popular, but well-reviewed antivirus product. It found a number of viruses in my restored data that McAfee had been missing for years.
The new program only uses a fraction of the system RAM that McAfee did. McAfee's Security Center uses a lot of RAM, which is a waste, because its main purpose is to constantly annouce what McAfee software products you haven't bought yet.
Don't buy McAfee, you can do a lot better !!

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- VirusScan needs insecure system to run
I recently upgraded from version 7 to 9 and I must say that this is a big step backwards.

The first thing I noticed is that the product blatantly lies to you. It will claim that your virus scan is up to date when, in fact, it hasn't done any updates since it was installed!!! The problem was finally traced to using a browser other than Internet Explorer.

Their customer support was totally worthless in this regard. Multiple reinstallations of McAfee did NOT cure this problem. After monitoring their update program it was determined that ActiveX is required to update their product. I use a different web browser than IE and I have ActiveX disabled for security reasons (highly recommended that it be disabled by various network security sites). Thus, since ActiveX was disabled, McAfee would not update but, it would always say that it did.

When I get my rebates for the product, I'll be purchasing a different AntiVirus product and trashing this one. I used to really like and support McAfee but with this release, I've had to do a 180 degree change in direction. I don't need their marketing telling me that I should purchase all their other products. I don't need to be led to believe that I'm up to date when I'm not. I shouldn't need to reduce the security of my system in order to run their product. I shouldn't be required to use other products configured in a special way to run any anti virus package. For these reasons, I rate this new release as terrible.

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- McAfee VirusScan Seriously Bad
The new version 9 of McAfee VirusScan 2005 has some serious problems over previous versions.

1. It REQUIRES Microsoft Internet Explorer to be the default web browser or it will not update. MS IE has been determined to be the weakest browser on the market and Firefox, Opera and others cannot be the default. MS IE has many security holes and for a security company to mandate that you use a browser that's not secure is just nonsense.

2. You now need to also include McAfee's marketing tool called "Security Center" that constantly reminds you that you don't have all the McAfee products installed.

3. There's no logging ability any more so you never know what's going on, if a virus has been detected, if updates actually occurred and such.

4. If you're into games, video editing and other activities where pop-up's will get in the way, you need to completely shutdown VirusScan or the pop-ups will hinder your gaming pleasure or your work. They do cause the system to slow down while they load and then you also get a second pop-up asking to clean your system. Shutting down VirusScan to do work kind of defeats the purpose of even having it.

5. There is no way to exclude files from being checked so if you run a firewall or BlackIce that captures evidence logs, VirusScan will pop-up all the time when the firewall logs get information. There is no way to avoid the constant notices because you cannot exclude these files.

Had I known it had these limitations and problems, I would have never spent the money on this package.

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- Works....but at what cost?
I'm not sure if this is the same version that AOL gives to its memebers now but I had no problems with McAfee until I started playing games on my PC again. Actually any software that made heavy demands on my processor or graphics card experienced "hiccups" and some slowdown. It took me awhile to realize it but there is a program that McAfee runs in the backround (mcshield.exe) that runs even if McAfee itself is shut down (I guess to help monitor your system for incoming viruses). As soon as I uninstalled McAfee this problem disappeared. I definitely want comprehesive virus protection but not if the cost is not being able to enjoy games or movies on my system.

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- Super! McAfee is BACK!
I'm a Norton user, have been since 2000. Studies were posted showing this was a better product. Next Windows XP had problems with McAfee and Norton beat them to the contract, developing a certified product first. HOWEVER, Norton is now the slacker. While on top, sucking up the money of millions, Norton is turning it's attention to other things. I love McAfee, now. Norton AntiVirus 2003 & 2004 will not catch the W32Spybot. Norton Internet Secrutiy will slow down your network, not allow you to EVER turn off Norton Internet Security, and cannot be uninstalled (must rip it out of the registry). In effect they take over your PC like NetZero, AOL, and much like a trojan. When I bought McAfee 9.0 2005 to replace Norton 2004 it caught the following:
- (2) Trojans: Exploit MhtRedir.gen
- (1) Trojan: Exploit CodeBase.gen
- (1) Virus: EICAR test file
Also, McAfee is very price considerate to their coupon people(...). I don't know what took them (4) years, but they are back in my book.

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