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anyone impacted by this? I don't run mcafee
1 posted on 04/21/2010 1:29:46 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

McAffee/Norton is to virus protection what the BATF is to law enforcement.

Over-armed, hyper-charged, over-zealous, and totally unnecessary.

Use MS Essentials. Free, no hassles, no bloat.


59 posted on 04/21/2010 2:54:11 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

We switch from McAfee last year.


63 posted on 04/21/2010 3:03:14 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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Yep. Kept shutting my system down. Had to restore.


68 posted on 04/21/2010 3:46:52 PM PDT by swheats (America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
It did screw up commerce.

How did an antivirus company release a new version that was untested? "Sorry Sir, that bullet that you bought from us had a defective primer." "We at, name the ammo company, had NO idea that you wanted to shoot it from a gun made in 1950!" I do not expect any ammo company would use that excuse.

71 posted on 04/21/2010 4:28:00 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ("Endeavor to persevere.")
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"...according to messages on the company's support forum.

The forum has since gone offline."

Their computers must have been running McAfee...

74 posted on 04/21/2010 5:18:08 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Every PC I’ve had that came with McAfee was slow and had frequent crashes. Deleting McAfee invariably fixed it.

Between the free versions of Avast, AdAware and Spybot, I’ve had few issues with viruses and adware. It also helps to avoid web sites that push adware and to have sense enough not to click on unknown links and attachments.


78 posted on 04/21/2010 6:06:35 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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