steve_b_wales Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 How do you rate Mc Afee PC protection? I've been offered their new 2014 -3 user package for £14.99. I know that there are free programs out there, and they all work well, but for the money, I think this program may be worth buying. Any thoughts? Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 honestly, waste of money. free basic protection is fine, along with windows defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 John McAfee - the founder of the company - has his own opinions on this: http://www.whoismcafee.com/the-mcafee-guide-to-uninstall-mcafee/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Have a look at Avast it's free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 John McAfee - the founder of the company - has his own opinions on this: http://www.whoismcafee.com/the-mcafee-guide-to-uninstall-mcafee/ I came close to that trying to uninstall Norton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad93 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I used to use ESET. Which was very good but CPU hungry. Now I have a mac the only thing I have installed is Sophos' free tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bin using defender now for over a year and it seems to work 100%-hate to think how much money people waste on Norton etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safc1973 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 A friend who works in IT security said McAfees business software is good but for home use is terrible. I used windows security essentials when i had a windows laptop and it was far better then the McAfee that had come installed when i bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'd avoid McAfee and Norton (both bloated and they still let a lot through) Avast is superb and free. http://www.avast.com/en-gb/index If you have a Barclays account and use online banking you can get Kaspersky (which IMHO is the best around) for free http://www.barclays.co.uk/Helpsupport/Freeinternetsecuritysoftware/P1242557966961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truflex Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Kaspersky is getting good reviews at the minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Norton was installed on my laptop when I bought it. The first thing I did was to remove Norton. I use Comodo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Kaspersky is getting good reviews at the minute. Probably the best antivirus there is in my opinion. I've used it for a few years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thanks for the advice and tips. I'll have a look and see which one to download. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Another vote for Avast , though I did pay for the upgraded version ,never had a problem while using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) honestly, waste of money. free basic protection is fine, along with windows defender. Surely if something is free then the manufacturer attaches no value to it, in which case its worthless and not very good.? My experience of free software is just this to be honest. You get what your pay for..in anything. I use Eset after being recommended it by our works IT consultant ( His company has a 175million pound national account holding) and it just works away in the background and is brilliant. I have MacAfee via BT net protect plus also on the kids laptops where good levels of security are really needed...and that I have found is equally as good...I'm sure a massive global company like BT wouldn't partner with MacAfee if it wasn't. !! Edited February 24, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 kapersky ,very good and free if you are a barclays customer for online banking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I have always used norton and never had an issue,I am interested why does free security seem popular and if its that good why is it free.Free would initially put me off or do they cash in on selling your intrests to 3rd parties,surely nobody does out for nowt.Sorry for this question but just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 because there's always a sell up opportunity - which a lot of people go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I have always used norton and never had an issue,I am interested why does free security seem popular and if its that good why is it free.Free would initially put me off or do they cash in on selling your intrests to 3rd parties,surely nobody does out for nowt.Sorry for this question but just curious. I too have no problems with Norton and have used it for years and it always does what it says on the box - cannot see why the Mods are against it - Norton was being advertised at the bottom of this thread a few moments ago - maybe I am missing something??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Norton is massively bloated in terms of it's system overheads, it also lets a lot of malware through. They also didn't agree to be part of av-comparitives tests which says a lot in my book http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/avc_sum_201312_en.pdf I had to fix a couple of PCs last year for friends which were infected with Malware - both had Norton 360 installed, which remained oblivious to the infections. I used Kaspersky's standalone scanner/cleaner in both instances which detected and removed all the threats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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