Comments on: McAfee Software Conflicts in Windows Vista

By: oshi

oshi — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:03:06 +0000

hi me2 had the sane problem with macafee and vista the problem was not just slow lime wire but also my media player not working so i rmove it and downloaded avg free edition evry thing go soo ezee now. but avg does not have a internet scurty is not that aproblem?

By: John A Thomson

John A Thomson — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:28:14 +0000

Still can’t believe that McAfee and Norton are still managing to get their ~~crapware~~ software onto new systems. The Microsoft discussion forums are full of issues caused by these two!

AVG and Avast are the sensible option every day of the week. Been using both of these for years after the moment of truth revealed Norton to be a system resource hog and incapable of keeping viruses out!

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:24:52 +0000

Ive found a P2P shareing program that works fine with mcaffe and its realy good 2. its called shareaza.

By: john

john — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:32:53 +0000

Both of these free antivirus programs have been around a long time. They are supported by a company, not someone in their basement. Both companies offer “pro” versions of their antivirus with more features in addition to the “free” version – but the free one works just fine if you don’t want to spend any money.

If you doubt me, just google “avast review” or “avg review” – or visit the support forums on their respective sites.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:22:49 +0000

I would like to get rid of my Mcafee and d/l from one of the free anti-virus programs you mentioned, but how do you know these programs work??

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:04:10 +0000

I think I’ll join the bandwagon and ditch the CrapAfee from my Premium running machine as well. My problem with it is how it interacts with Thunderbird. Even after crippling it and having it freak out about no protection, it still won’t let my email send. (I receive fine, oddly enough.)

I used to run Computer Associates EZarmor program and actually really liked that one. They’re supposed to offer a Vista-ready version at the end of the month. I think, though, I’ll check out the free AVG that you touted.

Thanks.

By: john

john — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:53:22 +0000

yes – that should fix your problems…

By: Paulo Enrico

Paulo Enrico — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:20:20 +0000

I bought a new Toshiba laptop 3 weeks ago and I’ve been seeing seemed problem when I’m using uzureus or Emule.
Should I try unistall the McAfee too?

Thanks!

By: Abei Villafane

Abei Villafane — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:15:02 +0000

Thanks for your site, I found you on google. I’m so happy that we have identical problems and i’m not alone because I fixed my problem by removing mcafee and not only does limewire work now but the computer speeded up a little too I put in AVG antivirus.