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AVOID if you have (or plan to have) a wireless network ! ! ! ! !
The latest incarnation of McAfee's Total Protection (version 2008) seems to have gone backwards in time. Nowadays, when the trend is for users to go wireless, McAfee has decided to strip out their wireless network security component from their Total Protection 2008 suite. This component was integrated into the 2007 version, but for some reason now you need to download it from their website and install it independently. THIS IS HOW THE NIGHMARE BEGINS!!!!!!! <
>Once installed, the wireless component will then start prompting you endlessly for its own individual registration; but the registration will fail because it conflicts with the registration of the Total Protection suite. Countless hours of non-free (yes, McAfee DOES NOT have free telephone support even for installation issues) have not solved the issue. They instructed me to run a special removal tool they have for their software. McAfee's Total Protection does not uninstall itself completely using Windows' Add/Remove option. Then they had me install the wireless component first and then the Total Protection suite, but the same kept happening. They even took over my computer remotely but failed to produce results. <
>I have been dealing with McAfee for days now and no resolution has been attained. By the way, this is happening consistently in 6 computers I have in my network. In a time when the computer protection segment of the software industry is getting more and stronger competitors (Kaspersky, Bit Defender, Computer Associates and now Microsoft) than ever before, McAffe is falling on their face. SAVE YOURSELF A NIGHTMARE!!!!! <
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Great Security Suite!
I have been a long time user of McAfee security products. <
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>I have installed it on many work and personal PC's over the last several years. <
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>Recently, my home subscriptions (2 PC's) expired and I was reading a review of BitDefender. I decided to give it a try. It was very light on resources but I discovered it did not scan http traffic by default and kept disabling itself after updates on one of the PC's. <
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>So, I went back to McAfee and this new version works as well as ever. I also really like the Site Advisor Plus. It provides lots of detailed information on sites, especially downloads and spam. <
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>Also, McAfee is the only major security software maker that receives ICSA 2006 certification for all the components (AntiVirus, Firewall & AntiSpyware) of their security suite. <
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>The installation is easy and straightforward. It requires registration but this is easy and allows you to opt out of notification options. <
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>The suite updates itself daily and gives a good balance between warnings/alerts & automatically setting permissions. <
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>The Anti-Spam feature works extremely well and integrates seamlessly with Outlook. <
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>I do not use the Data Backup feature as I have other more reliable means of backing up so I cannot comment on this feature.

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Forced into autorenewal, must call cust service to cancel
The McAfee suite worked reasonably well under Win XP but I had difficulties with it under Vista. Ended up switching to OneCare... <
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>My main issue with McAfee is that the service comes with an auto-renewal feature. They will charge your credit card on the subscription's anniversary. Fair enough... <
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>However, I wanted to cancel it as I no longer use the software. To my surprise, you can't just go to the web site, click on a "cancel" link and be done. They actually force you to contact customer service (phone, chat, email) and then take you through a long process (15min in my case) of getting through it. They first put you in a queue, then verify your details multiple times, then, after you make it clear that you want to cancel the service and receive a refund, the conversation goes like this: <
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>Me: Please cancel my service and issue a refund (the 4th time I asked...) <
>McAfee: why? <
>Me: I just noticed an auto renewal charge and I don't want the service <
>McAfee: OK, we will terminate the auto renewal <
>Me: What? I don't want to terminate future auto-renwals, I want to cancel the one from last week and get a refund... <
>McAfee: may we ask why? <
>Me: please cancel and issue a refund... <
>McAfee: OK... <
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>It is obvious that McAfee has all the intentions to make cancellations as difficult as possible. The 10%-20% of people who'd rather not spend the time dealing with it are pure profit. However, the rest of us consumers should not reward such practice. <
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