I’m ready to delete the garbage that is Avast. So, is McAfee is a good one or is thiere any other free antivirus?
No, stay away from it.
Nobody here dare to explain why they believe it’s a crap antivirus. most of them probably heard or read it somewhere and they mindlessly repeat. It’s one of the best, its malware detection is top notch. Search for “antivirus lab test” in google search engine and see.
Answe: No. Use Bitdefender (like me) or Kaspersky.
use Bitdefender or Kaspersky
McAfee will spam you with popups. Tbh it’s more of a virus then an antivirus.
Here’s the answer https://youtu.be/yIaNZXgDtRU
Most anti-virus programs tend to do a lot of false positives.
McAfee is a good antivirus, yes. It’s also completely bullshit if you want to get rid of it. If you haven’t maintained your subscription, it will pester you until its pop-ups become so frequent that it’s almost impossible to keep any other program the active program for more than a few seconds (granted, it takes several years to become this annoying). If you try to uninstall it, it will often leave relics that block your data transmission. Is that an accidental bug of the program? I doubt it - these things have been going on since my early days of being in tech support in the early 2000s, and they continue even as I am a sys admin. I’m convinced they’re malicious acts to make getting rid of the program less of a hassle than simply updating your subscription. If you don’t mind being bullied into paying someone go for it, as it is and always has been one of the leading antivirus programs. It just isn’t for me, and if I think removing it is a bitch, a casual user is going to find it more of a pain.
mcafee is a crappest virus ever, uninstall and install kaspersky free
Not good at all, stay away from it and be careful with “Automatic Renewal” if on the use.
I would never trust them with anything. They are a criminal business and they have built in adware that you can’t uninstall folks. It is trash. Norton slows down your internet speeds and Aura is far better. Aura is part of Scammer Payback and is on it better than others
No keep avast, if better just deleted any bloatware window security is good enough already
Do not get mcaffee, it can be advertised as good if you simply look up if it’s good on google but if you search through personal responses you’ll learn it’s not, it’s got a reputation for being a virus, it has put a shit ton of capacity on my computer and slows it down completely, you can’t delete it off your computer ever if you do it’s incredibly hard (also makes changes on your device and grabs your data etc)
YALL READ THIS, so gmail itself sent me a warning that some of my passwords were FOUND ONLINE. I panicked and secure everything ASAP. When I checked my extensions on chrome, McAfee was there but IM SURE AS HELL I NEVER PUT IT THERE. NOR USE IT. Then I remember, like yesterday I clicked on a suspicious websites from ads and I guess that’s how it got on my chrome and NO ITS NOT SAFE. THEY INSTALL SOMETHING ON YOUR CHROME TO GATHER YOUR ACCOUNT INFOS, SUCH AS PASSWORDS, EMAIL, ETC.
Hopped on my PC today, got a notification from McAfee about “1.86gb of junk files may be slowing down your performance”, click on it, it says to buy this extra subscription. Im wondering, why would i need an extra subscription ontop of the existing coverage? Then when i click the home page for the program, it says i havent been covered in 2508 days. Almost 8 years. I opened McAfee days ago and it said the sub was renewed mid May. I regulary enough, open McAfee and it has always said the converage was there. And yet all of a sudden, just today, it says theres been no coverage for almost 8 years. Weird when i very specifically remember the day it renewed because it gave me a notification about the renewal when it occured. How can i open this program dozens of times in the past few years and it always said i was good and then randomly today it says i havent been for 2508 days? Program is horribly inconsistant. Last scan i tried to run, i clicked “notify when complete”, it never did the scan. It has several times recently suggested upgrading the service for extra protection and for some junk file management nonsense but why should i need anything extra in the first place? Before the past month, i never had any issues except for the VPN not turning on when i try to turn it on. Probably going to get rid of it. Honestly considering completely wiping the hard drive but being on windows 10 and w10 offically no longer being supported as of mid to late next year, not sure i should even keep the PC. Either way, im really thinking this PC is compromised and should just be blown up.
I have a question; it keeps on saying “4 dangerous viruses detected”. Is that BS or for reals
McAfee is shit they tell me that “Russian men” are hacking into my account and that I need to take action now but when I do a scan on windows security it says I’m clear
NO. I have NEVER used mcafee in MY LIFE, and for no reason it got installed on my pc. Pop-ups all the time, I can’t find it in uninstall list, so I can’t uninstall it. It is a VIRUS disguised as anti-virus!!!
My mam just woke up to 219.95 euro taken out of her account by mcafee, I got onto customer support on her behalf and this is how it went
“I’ve been charged 219.95 euros by yous when I never bought anything”
“Here is our billing team phone number, they will sort it for you”
rings number, hears interference and an American automated voice “this call cannot be continued”
I tell the customer chat agent that that number doesn’t work, she asks what country I’m in and I say ireland and she sends the same number again.
I say “That number doesn’t work”
She said “it will after sometime”
“What? How long?”
“1 - 2 hours”
This confused me and was a massive red flag. I said “this is a scam” and she left the chat?
I screen recorded it all, then started a new chat and said “we think we are being scammed by mcafee, don’t leave this chat please”
The agent again sent the same number, I rang it again, but I stayed on the line after I heard “this call cannot be continued” and it actually started ringing.
Was able to talk to a real person then on the phone, who actually refunded us in the end (we got the email from PayPal that we were being refunded 219.95 euros.
But still, what’s up with the phonecall always starting with “this call cannot be continued” ? And the first live chat agent saying “it will take some time, 1-2 hours” in relation to the phone number not working (or so we thought originally) and why did the first live chat agent leave immediately when I said “this is a scam”
Something is fishy, like, deep in the Mariana trench fishy
Also, when I googled the number, a Russian (I think) website came up first, along with other sites that have nothing to do with mcafee… I’m so perplexed