McAfee from Comcast

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Are any of you familiar with the program that Comcast high speed internet offers their subscribers? It is free Virus Scan, free Personal Firewall Plus, and free Privacy Service.  If so, does anybody in the forum use it? An opinion would be appreciated. My Norton Internet Security is about to expire and it is a pain in the neck. It slows me up when it scans, it gives me errors on shut down and I still can't get the antispam program to work right. That has been going on for a year now, it is something with scripts that I don't understand, but I don't believe the problem is on my computer. Free is better than $60 for software, but not if it is going to cause problems. My son has PC cillin on his new laptop and he says that it gives him a message at least every five minutes about something. I looked at his settings to see what was up, but I couldn't find anything out of order. Also, one thing that I did not find that concerned me was an option to scan files sent by instant messenger. Is that possible in PC cillin? Thanks Linda

Bobmitmen · Answer

I used it for two years, while Comcast was my iSP.  Then they gave up Dallas/Fort Worth to Time Warner...and I lost the free McAfee.  I was very satisfied with it.  Decent suite of programs.  Never had any problems with Virus or the like.  With the McAfee suite...you are going to want a Spyware program.  I can personally attest to Webroot Spysweeper....but I suggest you try the 30 day trial before you purchase.  There are other options for Spyware, but the McAfee suite was actually pretty good.   If you can find a free version of Zone Alarm...give it a go   Bob Message Edited by Bobmitmen on 01-16-200711:40 PM

lindapolovchik · Answer

Thanks, I actually have Webroot Spysweeper now. It finds things and keeps them off the computer that other programs find but just done prevent from coming back. It is due to expire at the end of the month. I guess I will renew that, uninstall the Norton when it expires and download McAfee for a while and see how it works. I also use the free download from Lavasoft called adaware. Linda

Bobmitmen · Answer

Make sure when you uninstall Norton, that you go to their website and download the cleaner tool.  Norton leaves tons of registry entries behind.  After you're done...edit your registry.  Do a search on Norton and delete every time it comes up.  I had to do that...but the time was well worth it.  Then McAfee will run better as well.   Bob

Oditius · Answer

I use McAfee with my comcast connection. I will keep it as long as it's free.

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