Rogue15 Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 got my new computer, but need to figure out how to keep that cursed mcaffee thing from doing that annoying popup w/ UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!! it's so annoying and i probably don't even need it as i ditched 'internet that-****s-your-computer' and went to firefox. how do i stop that **** from popping up like that (but without taking down off the firewall)
jon_hill987 Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 What you do is you uninstall McAffee then install some free programs like AVG and ZoneAlarm that do as go a job for free.
Astrotoy7 Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 yeah, ive heard interesting thinsg about AVG. Im an Norton Internet Security person meself... Im sure you can turn whatever's popping up off R15 .... mtfbwya
TiE23 Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 ehh, I get the same problem too. But its not to bad, just when it updates a little window (Like on AIM or MSN) pops up and tells you that it updated. TiE
El Sitherino Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 truth is AVG is better than any pay program. Kinda funny...
edlib Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 McAfee is crap. They used to be really good once upon a time (back before Win 98) but now thier stuff creates more problems than they'll ever fix. I'm with the "uninstall it ASAP and get something else on there" crowd. I use AVG on my 2nd computer. Works fine, no problems yet. I use Norton on this one though.
swphreak Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 I like McAfee a lot more than Norton's Symantec AV. McAfee runs perfectly for me, and I've never had problems with it. You can set it so that is checks for updates at a time you're away so when you come back, you just click the window closed and move on with your life.
Troopr-Undr-Fir Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith truth is AVG is better than any pay program. Kinda funny... werd to your mother *insert hip-hop smiley here*
El Sitherino Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 Originally posted by Troopr-Undr-Fir *insert hip-hop smiley here* ^_^
acdcfanbill Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 i dont use any anti-virus progs they are way more of a pain to me than they prevent. i maybe get a virus once every 18-24 months, and windows is reinstalled more often than that... just a hassle, every time try one and scan, i get nothing, u ppl need to be more careful online
Astrotoy7 Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by acdcfanbill i dont use any anti-virus progs they are way more of a pain to me than they prevent. i maybe get a virus once every 18-24 months, and windows is reinstalled more often than that... just a hassle, every time try one and scan, i get nothing, u ppl need to be more careful online yessir, but getting a crippling compy virus is much less prevalent now, due to firewalls etc... but, I ran without my NIS or any of the ad/spy ware progs and i got all sorts of junk that just crept into my system *must be the sites im going to* mtfbwya
MTV2 Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 i use norton, but AVG is supposed to be a great program, it got a softy award
Samuel Dravis Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 yessir, but getting a crippling compy virus is much less prevalent now, due to firewalls etc... but, I ran without my NIS or any of the ad/spy ware progs and i got all sorts of junk that just crept into my system *must be the sites im going to* mtfbwya What was it... it supposedly took like 20 mins for even a dialup user (without at firewall) to get hit with some kind of worm or another? Doesn't sound 'less prevalent' to me.
BongoBob Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 FRom a pc mag I have, the one with the softy's... Studies have shown that it takes only 4 minutes for a clean install of windows to get something bad, that's why theres a firewall. AVG rules.
Acrylic Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 I scanned my computer, becuase it was acting funky. We paid for Norton, and in the 1 hour it took to scan all my files, it found nothing. Now, I downloaded AVG, and so far, in 5 minutes, it found 11 backdoor trojans. So, I guess AVG rules.
Troopr-Undr-Fir Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith ^_^ Ba-dum chhh... serioulsy though, that was bad Originally posted by Acrylic Now, I downloaded AVG, and so far, in 5 minutes, it found 11 backdoor trojans. I wonder how boring life would be with out my mind being polluted
Astrotoy7 Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Acrylic ... in 5 minutes, it found 11 backdoor trojans. Unfortunately Im thinkin what Troops thinkin Disgusting ! mtfbwya
Acrylic Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 Unfortunately Im thinkin what Troops thinkin Disgusting ! mtfbwya No I don't download <i>that much</i> porn...hahahaha... No I don't download any. I think it's from foreign sites. At the end, the scan found 30 backdoors Trojans. Damn you, Norton.
swphreak Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 For the heck of it, I downloaded this AVG program and gave it a run. Nothing found... McAfee works for me just fine
Astrotoy7 Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Just out of curiousity, Acrylic,, are you running Norton AV, or Norton Internet security. There is adifference, especially when it comes to this stuff.... I think the most prudent think to do is to run an AV program, plus a spyware and adware program. Ive even found that spybot picks up things spysweeper doesnt and vice versa. I also highly recommend a registry cleaner, as alot of this stuff leaves registry entries that dont do any help for system start times etc. Tweak registry Cleaner is a great *free* registry cleaning proggie. mtfbwya
Leper Messiah Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 apparently all the while my computer is using the university's wireless network it is protected by the Uni's firewall. anyone know if its worth having more protection than that?
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