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McAfee's been a mess for years... (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous User on Mon Nov 14, 2005 at 09:47:47 AM PDT

At this point, I don't recommend McAfee. To anyone. Their home products are a mess, their corporate products are average (better options are available), their customer service is a joke, and I haven't visited their website in a long time, but it used to be one huge rash of popups advertising their programs (which is why I haven't gone there in a long time...you want me to buy your software? Don't annoy the heck out of me). I truly think that a lot of their survival comes from bundling agreements with vendors such as Dell and Comcast. In the corporate world, Symantec AV Corporate Edition (currently at version 10) is a great program with a small memory footprint, easy to work with and manage. At the home level, free programs such as Avast! Antivirus (I no longer recommend Norton, their 2006 version is more bloated than it needs to be), free firewalls from ZoneLabs, Kerio, Sygate, and XP's built-in one offer other options. There's simply no good reason to spend money on an average product any more when better ones are available for free.


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