Is McAfee Any Good?

darrenw5O94

I have a brand new laptop that comes with 30 days of Mcafee antivirus. Is it actually any good or will i go for the Norton one instead?

deafroadrunner

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

I have a brand new laptop that comes with 30 days of Mcafee antivirus. Is it actually any good or will i go for the Norton one instead?

i dont know if its any good or not tbh but we take it off and install the free avast version. its what i use on my own computer. never had any issues with it.

darrenw5O94

Yeah....i did install the free Avast software too......to be sure

Might go with Norton like on my old laptop

deafroadrunner

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

Yeah....i did install the free Avast software too......to be sure

Might go with Norton like on my old laptop

make sure u delete the mcafee one.
having two of them on isnt a good idea.

MySandwich

I find mcafee to be poor, seems a magnet for malicious files as much as anything.
There are better ones for free online

darrenw5O94

MySandwich wrote: »

I find mcafee to be poor, seems a magnet for malicious files as much as anything.
There are better ones for free online

Yeah.....i am thinking McAfee is not the best one to rely on, especially if you have to pay for it.

me_irl

AV Test is a good website for comparing free and paid antivirus programs if you're wondering.

https://www.av-test.org/en/

MySandwich

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

Yeah.....i am thinking McAfee is not the best one to rely on, especially if you have to pay for it.

Exactly, the free tools mentioned in this tread are perfectly fine. The pay ones are a bit of a racket to be honest.

Phonicks

Their is no program that offers virus protection

Best to just install all updates, avoid dodgy websites and dodgy emails and click no to all uac prompts unless your install ot updating something

Inquitus

I just use Windows defender, if you use common sense, it is more than ample for the job.

darrenw5O94

Is that enough protection because i do use internet banking?

STB.

Firefox, No script.

Use 2 step authentication if you are that paranoid.

Run Malwarebytes on your machine occasionaly.

CrazyDizzy

I had many of them, finally I downloaded free Avast that has rather high ratings. It works OK for me.
But, I absolutely agree with Phonics 

Phonicks wrote: »

Their is no program that offers virus protection

Best to just install all updates, avoid dodgy websites and dodgy emails and  click no to all uac prompts unless your install ot updating something

StereoSound

Panda free antivirus is one I have used for years...

ItsRisteard

It probably wouldn't be my go to AV but does the job.

Malwarebytes premium is very underrated.

JamesAlison

I don't think McAfee is good. As per my experience, Avast is good enough for antivirus removal.

killanena

McAfee isn't great and once the trial is up you will get pop ups quite often to subscribe.

Avast free is great for just a normal home PC, put it on silent mode and it will rarely bother you with pop ups unless it actually detects something. If your using windows 10, windows defender is perfectly adequate.

For removal I have always used malwarebytes. It used to be a one off purchase but I think it's a subscription now as well.