McAfee

[danny37]

anybody use McAfee total care having a problem with it?
i have it set to manual start and unchecked in startup but it seems to turn itself back on at startup and in the task mgr when i end the processes for it as it has many,they also turn themselves back on before i can even get them all shut down .dont get me wrong its good security software but i have to wonder about any security that can keep turning its self on,the problem is it is popping up when im playing ah2,its not cutting the game out but i can see it flicker on the screen and i instantly know what it is,i minimize the game and sure enough its McAfee there on my screen.
is there a security software that stays shutoff when you shut it off?

[wrag]

If you are paying for it then I suggest you use Eset/Nod32 fullpackage and you will find you don't have to shut it down.

I have it and it has NEVER caused me a problem and it gives you excellent protection! 

[Fulmar]

Their corporate anti-virus product seems to be a much different grade than their retail customer product.  I'd avoid their retail stuff.

[gyrene81]

Do yourself a favor...uninstall anything to do with McAffee and grab a better anti-virus...you're not as secure as they want you to believe (even the corporate stuff stinks)...and all it does is take up system resources. If you want a good subscription based anti-virus Avast and Avira are less expensive, have lower system overhead, and actually work...they have free "home user" versions too but unless you're very computer savvy I don't recommend them.

[CHECKERS]

McAfee ..... is junk !

 last version that work ok was stand alone Mcafee antivirus version 7 ....

 NOD 32 works ok

[batch]

I cant disagree with the other posts since I also believe McAfee is among the worst of products....... ranks right along side Nortons in my mind as crap.........

To solve your problem however if you arent going to switch products.... nearly any product worth its salt is going to restart itself if you simply end process in the task manager..... its intentional...... prevents a virus from simply ending the process....... you can however stop the processes before they start.....

in your services console set all services related to McAfee to MANUAL....... they wont start at startup then........ when youre not playing the game and you want to surf the intardnet then just go back in and start them up

just remember to start them back up before venturing to the intardnet land of baddies

[guncrasher]

u can turn mccaffey off in the security center console. also in the windows control panel security center u can turn anti=virus off and it will stay off.

semp

[guncrasher]

btw i removed mccaffey to install nod32.  I lost all connections to the internet.  I tried to reinstall using my original att cd and it kept telling my that i didnt have a network adaptar, I finnally had to restore windows.  not sure how it happened.  this is what I did

1 d/l nod32
2 removed mccafey and restarted the computer
3 installed nod32
no network connection. 

any ideas from anybody about what couldda happened?  is it possible that mccafey changed the bios to disable connection in my mobo? or is it possible that nod32 did?  or it was one of those things that happens sometimes.

semp

[MrRiplEy[H]]

btw i removed mccaffey to install nod32.  I lost all connections to the internet.  I tried to reinstall using my original att cd and it kept telling my that i didnt have a network adaptar, I finnally had to restore windows.  not sure how it happened.  this is what I did

1 d/l nod32
2 removed mccafey and restarted the computer
3 installed nod32
no network connection. 

any ideas from anybody about what couldda happened?  is it possible that mccafey changed the bios to disable connection in my mobo? or is it possible that nod32 did?  or it was one of those things that happens sometimes.

semp

No, mcafee uninstaller didn't restore your original system state after you removed it and that killed your network connection. It probably installed a network hook to scan incoming traffic and broke your connection in the process of removing it.

[Skuzzy]

Both McAfee and Norton replace key system files when they install, and the un-installer, which ships with the products, does not undo those changes.

I think Norton actually has a secondary removal program at their WEB site which will correctly restore those changes made.

The best thing to do is never install McAfee or Norton.  Your computer will be much happier and you will be less frustrated, in the long run.

[guncrasher]

Any way to get around mccaffey removing network connections while unintalling it? I found around 5000 virus, trojans etc. While checking with iobit that mccaffey didn't even detect.

[Masherbrum]

Any way to get around mccaffey removing network connections while unintalling it? I found around 5000 virus, trojans etc. While checking with iobit that mccaffey didn't even detect.

Check in your Device Manager and make sure your Ethernet (Network Adapter) MB drivers are on there.   If not, use the Drivers disc (if you have one for your MB) and reinstall it.  

McAfee is junk.   I'll always re-up with ESET Smart Security, which includes NOD32.  

[Vulcan]

(even the corporate stuff stinks)...and all it does is take up system resources. If you want a good subscription based anti-virus Avast and Avira are less expensive, have lower system overhead, and actually work...they have free "home user" versions too but unless you're very computer savvy I don't recommend them.

Actually their corporate stuff is really really good. In fact combined with EPO I'd say it's the best out there at the moment. Avast and avira are fairly average (or less than average) performers. For home the best choice is NOD32.

[guncrasher]

beautiful it just got better, lol.  my cd rom (both of them) just died looks like windows dont even know they're installed.  and windows got so corrupted i cant do a system restore restore windows show's up blank.  any ideas on how to fully reinstall windows or how to fix cd?  i manage to restore connection to the internet but currently have no anti-virus and only the windows firewall is working ( i hope).

here's dxdiag  its long but i didnt know how much to include.

thanks semp

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Time of this report: 8/27/2009, 22:16:07
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[cattb]

5000 trojans, now everything is corrupt, why bother fixing. Reformat start over and do yourself a favor and get a mirror imaging software like acronis or ghost, there are some free one's out there but I don't know the names.
You will need a extra hard drive for your backups also, whether it be internal or external.
 The next time you have a malfuntion or drive go bad, you can reinstall a mirror image and be up and running again in no time.
 You hopefully can go into bios and set your pc to boot from drive, insert your windows disk , restart and see if it will start to install
this is what I would try first
cattb/Tim O