Thoughts on McAfee antivirus?
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Comments (4)Yes, McAfee is an incoming and outgoing firewall, although you can change a setting so that you're not notified if a program attempts to access the Internet (but that's not advised). Basically, the built-in Windows firewall is better than nothing at all, but not by much. If you want real protection, get the McAfee, especially since your ISP offers it at no cost to you. Until you get the McAfee installed, you should at least be using the Windows firewall. But as soon as you install McAfee, you should disable the Windows firewall....See MoreMcAfee problem
Comments (7)you may have malware now on your pc that is causing the McAfee problem that is the method many use to stop the antivirus on the pc from working, I would suggest trying to download, update and run malwarebytes to see if it finds malware. Some types of infections will also prevent you from going to security sites and getting the needed programs if you can not access security sites you will need to download the program on a clean machine to cd or flash drive then install it on the infected pc. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware download, install, update, run full scan, allow to remove, reboot....See MoreMillionaire on the run: McAfee Founder
Comments (6)zep- Makes sense. I usually just post the word "Bump..." when something has sat at the top for a week. I interpreted your message of "Go away" as directed at the poster!...See MoreUninstalling McAfee
Comments (7)Click the link I provided, a box will open save the file to your desktop. Once it's on the desktop double click it and run it. You should already have the Avast set up file on the desktop if not go ahead and download Avast free just don't install it, until you run the McAfee Product Removal Tool (MCPR.exe) This tool MCPR.exe is called the McAfee Product Removal Tool. Let us now how that works or if there are any issues with the link. Here is a link that might be useful: MCPR.exe removal tool...See More- 2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago
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