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McAfee antivirus
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:19 pm
by jozsefkoma
I changed my operating system today and I found on a CD with some drivers an antivirus called McAfee.
It was on the original drivers cd for my computer and I didn't knew that XD
Anyway, I want to ask if it is a good antivirus or not.
Please response.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:27 pm
by tyteen4a03
It's average. I don't like it, but if it's free I suppose it's OK.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:58 pm
by yot yot5
I use AVG free. It works very well.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:08 pm
by jdl
yot yot5 wrote:I use AVG free. It works very well.
I've used AVG for maybe 2 years, and it rarely ever picks up any viruses, I wouldn't recommend it.
This is my second year using Mcafee and I say it works VERY well. The real-time scanning is great and removes anything that shouldn't be there.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:36 pm
by Muzozavr
McAfee can be a real resource hog. Installing it on a weaker machine can potentially slow things down to a crawl. Otherwise, from what I know, it's a good antivirus.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:09 pm
by Sammy_P
Muzozavr wrote:McAfee can be a real resource hog.
So THAT'S what is slowing down MOFI!
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:39 pm
by Muzozavr
The combination of McAfee and the RelevantKnowledge spyware/adware/whatever that is somehow resistant to McAfee slows down all the systems in my computer class to an absolute CRAWL. The CPU usage can go to 100 at times and stay there for almost a whole minute.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:26 pm
by MyNameIsKooky
I had RelevantKnowledge once. I easily disabled it via registry editing.
jdl wrote:I've used AVG for maybe 2 years, and it rarely ever picks up any viruses, I wouldn't recommend it.
I command it to scan often and it seems to work pretty well.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:38 am
by Qloof234
The only Anti-Virus software I use is the Microsoft Security Essentials stuff. Considering my alternatives are Kaspersky (which isn't fantastic, though it did a good job of blocking viruses) and Norton (hint: no), I'm fine with this.
I've heard McAfee's good, though.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:55 am
by Muzozavr
MyNameIsKooky wrote:I had RelevantKnowledge once. I easily disabled it via registry editing.
jdl wrote:I've used AVG for maybe 2 years, and it rarely ever picks up any viruses, I wouldn't recommend it.
I command it to scan often and it seems to work pretty well.
Yeah, but we don't have admin access on those machines. CMD works, but REGEDIT doesn't.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:07 pm
by Mark
McAfee was a good utility back in the old days.
Today I would recommend Panda Cloud Antivirus .
It's free, has automatic updates, and uses minimal resources.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:38 pm
by tyteen4a03
This is a figure of AV detection rate.
As you can see, McAfee's miss rate is about 1.5%. Panda is a bit lower than that.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:19 am
by Dark Drago
I have AVIRA on desktop and KASPERSKY on netbook
KASPERSKY is so annoying, keeps popping out unwantedly
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:42 am
by yot yot5
Makes AVG look kinda bad now...
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:13 am
by tyteen4a03
yot yot5 wrote:Makes AVG look kinda bad now...
AVG has been bad since like, forever.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:20 pm
by VirtLands
I use no resident antivirus at all.
Instead I use Malwarebytes and HitMan Pro as a standby (non-active).
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.surfright.nl/en/products/
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:51 pm
by Qloof234
tyteen4a03 wrote:
So Norton doesn't block viruses at all, I take it?
This post is just a joke, if anyone's wondering
EDIT: Accidental double-post