My Dell laptop came with McAfee security.It's running out.Do I need it for $35 a year?
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12-31-2008 09:22 AM
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12-31-2008 09:26 AM
if you have comcast , they supply mcaffee free of charge. If not you definitely need some type of protection
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12-31-2008 09:27 AMYour best defense again viruses is smart surfing. your windows firewall is about as good as any commercial one, so there's no need to pay for one, and as long as you know what you're doing and what you're downloading, more than likely, you'll be fine. For additional peace of mind I use AVG...it's free, and works about 99% as good as Mcafee.
http://www.avg.com/
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12-31-2008 10:07 AM
I would have said exactly the same thing.
I ause AVG free too, and also run Spybot Search & Destoy about once a week (also free.)
The McAfee suite is a huge resource hog. My Mom's subscription recently expired, so I cleaned the whole mess off her pc - it runs 2x faster now.
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12-31-2008 12:10 PM
I just uninstalled McAffe and I am amazed at how much faster my laptop is now! Thanks for the quick advice everyone.SOS rocks!
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12-31-2008 12:47 PM
It didn't take long to turn this into a porn discusion did it. You all make me very proud!
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12-31-2008 12:48 PM
AVG is the only way to go!!!!
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12-31-2008 05:16 PMI just installed Norton 360 on everything. It runs much faster and starts very quickly. it also keeps your browser clean and has a built-in registry cleaner. The last feature really makes a big difference. I cleaned my laptoip last night and it ran 30-40% faster immediately. That's just from 2 or 3 weeks of not running it.
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12-31-2008 05:29 PM
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12-31-2008 11:04 PMUsed to be- no more. In fact, they now advertise how fast it is.