Comments on: MCAFEE VIRUS SCAN PLUS 2008-ADDICTION

By: trustkill

trustkill — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:07:16 +0000

^5 Link48010 you said it! this isn’t just antivirus it’s av, firewall, email, etc. security. my favorite features are the ability to configure independent connections on my local area network and site advisor.
i usually dont run into many trojan sites, but even being smart and safe it will still happen every now and then. mcafee’s site advisor really helps in google searches as it puts a nice little check mark; green, yellow or red if its been tested.

the part i don’t understand is the resource hog stuff. what? lol, are you people still running mommy and daddy’s compaq 386 from 1997? maybe it’s time to upgrade that 512mb of memory or.. “but i have a brand new computer!” okay, maybe *cough* vista is your resource hog. stop playing Crysis while you’re running virusscan?
i know i used mcafee suite 2006 before this with no problems. i didnt care for the 2007 security whatever package they had going. maybe their standalone av is crap or other versions are hit and miss, but this one is good.
i’ve even tried kapersky and nod32. no complaints really, i just like this bundle better than kapersky’s (and nod32’s lack there of).

By: Link48010

Link48010 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:49:08 +0000

Okay, sorry, after reading all the Nod32 comments, I have to say this. BET YOU WISH YOU HAD A FIREWALL HUH?!

By: Link48010

Link48010 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:42:23 +0000

“rico
September 6th, 2007 | 22:56

Also a big fan of NOD32. McAfee screwed my pc last time i used it. Could not uninstall the damn thing so i had to reinstall windows.”

You did something wrong. *No* program should simply screw up your PC to that point unless you failed to read a warning, already had a virus, or just boobed something up. I’m a beta tester for Mcafee and Symantec, never had my PC crash from one, I’ve had the program not work, but not my computer. Mcafee and Symantec both have handy dandy removal tools to get their products off your PC, you should have started in safe mode and ran those first.

By: Link48010

Link48010 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:34:33 +0000

Mcafee Total Protection (that I use) is an excellent program. I really see that every security suite has recourse problems, detection issues with certain viruses. Mcafee has decent (not amazing) heuristics but weak repair skills and scans slowly, but it’s a much lighter program than most. Norton has simply the best heuristics and detection rates along with Kaspersky in the 99% range, but both Norton and Kaspersky take an unforgivable toll on the system. OneCare has very poor heuristics but is the lightest on the system that I’ve ever used and is well integrated with the windows system (duh). NOD32 lacks a firewall and ID theft protection etc that other suites have. It has virus detection rates in the 98-99% range like Norton, but is lighter on the system, but lacks minimal spyware protection, falling in the 60%, all the programs I mentioned except NOD32 ranged in the 80% range for spyware. It isn’t a question of “what is the best suite/solution” it’s more like “what set of pros and cons are you willing to accept.”

By: apples

apples — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:13:15 +0000

is this the cracked version? do i still need to renew it every three months?

By: vkjk

vkjk — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:20:03 +0000

Mcafee is better to protect your computer but uses lots of RAM. It also needs subscription, it pop-ups always for renewal of subscription. But no one uploads Mcafee 2008 enterprise version

By: wadfsadf

wadfsadf — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:38:47 +0000

rapid share link?

By: costa200

costa200 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:02:59 +0000

At maggie… Your sources suck big time and they are probably paid to tell you that. NOD32 updates at least once a day. I can’t even begin to imagine how they got to that number… In fact looking at Avast and AVG scores all i can see is utter bullshit. Both those AV update everyday…

By: Emm

Emm — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:01:34 +0000

Ok maggie, I understan what you want to tell ppl… but look here: you tell them to search for info given by pros and you made a statement by comparing the amount of updates each AV gets a year, from that source. Q and I pointed out that even if the source is made by “professional” it isn’t acurate… and in this case is tottaly wrong… in doing this it puts NO32, an AV product that I recomment, in a bad light (or how that word goues… my native language isn’t English, sorry).

Ppl do these statements because it’s the only REAL fact… THEIR EXPERIENCES!

I can tell you that a friend of mine had KAV at his workplace, working 8 h a day, and his PC got infected… I can tell you that another friend of mine got infected by a YM! worm with NOD32 even though I had (and still have) the same NOD32 and mine caught it. I’ve used Norton in the past and after a few script worms that trashed NAV and the system I said “what a shitty AV… and I’ve been using it for so many years!”. I tried BD 6 in the past and after a simple DB update it displayed 0 known viruses. God knows what happened but that would mean that it couldn’t recognize any threat at all!

These all are just experiences that the AV tests made by your professionals don’t cover! So even if you teach ppl to look for all the information and have it at hand before stating something it might not be enough.

By: Q

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:48:42 +0000

VB100 Results Overview: Kaspersky
39 Success / 14 Failure / 0 No Entry
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE15

VB100 Results Overview: Grisoft (AVG)
18 Success / 22 Failure / 13 No Entry
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE10

VB100 Results Overview: Symantec
39 Success / 6 Failure / 8 No Entry
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE4

VB100 Results Overview: McAfee
32 Success / 19 Failure / 2 No Entry
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE2

VB100 Results Overview: Eset (NOD32)
45 Success / 3 Failure / 5 No Entry
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?vendor=VE14

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By: miracomopasoloco

miracomopasoloco — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:36:23 +0000

maggie thatcher

thx a lot for that comparison charts!

IMO there’s no one better than KAV, its simply the best!

i use symantec @ work the corporation one and never get anything.

and use nod @ home

but if you ask me for one AV program, i’ll said that KAV is the best!

By: maggie thatcher

maggie thatcher — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:50:36 +0000

http://www.av-test.org/
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,130869/printable.html
http://www.virusbtn.com/index

By: rico

rico — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:56:17 +0000

Also a big fan of NOD32. McAfee screwed my pc last time i used it. Could not uninstall the damn thing so i had to reinstall windows.

Just get NOD32 and you see the different.

ps. NOD32 updates the definition all the time , sometimes a couple a times a day so to people saying otherwise they have not used the program !

By: maggie thatcher

maggie thatcher — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:19:43 +0000

I agree with pitu
everyone has an AV program they prefer over any other and all comments are more than useful to at least one person. The fact I gave were NOT MY OWN but independant lab tests as was quoted if you look instead of just reading into what you want to.
EMM… dont take it personally, dam assoles that do need to take a chill pill and READ. Check google or create an account with AV100 etc who do independant testing. Im not condeming or praising any AV software because I dont run any, im just saying that before any one person tells people that this is good and that is crap, they should have all the information at hand and not just from some user that swears blind that the product they use is the best and that on “my computer I get xxx amount of updates”… who cares your individual computer is not somebody elses nor is your surfing habits etc. Every user and computer is unique and in that they will find the best AV program that suits their needs.

By: pitu

pitu — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:03:31 +0000

Of the 56 post so far only 2-3 are usefull. If you want symantec or mcaffe, just use the corporate editions. if you want NOD32, use it. If you like AVG, so be it. Now stfu.