   | Senior Member with 298 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Experience: Beginner | | Should I get rid of Mcafee? Please don't move this to the other security thread!!!! This is just a question!
currently, I have Mcafee Security Suite, Malewarebyte's Antimalware, and Superantispyware. Personally, I think Superantispyware is awesome because I did a noncomplete 6 min short/quick scan and it picked up tons of corrupted files whereas Malrewarebytes didn't. I got Mcafee for free because I'm a Yahoo internet customer so it might be the better version. But back to the question: since I have those other two programs, should I remove McAfee? It seems to be just annoying with so many updates and processes running at once. I don't think I've ever ran a full scan with it. |  | Distinguished Member with 4,893 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Birmingham, England | | I don't have any direct experience of the programs you mention but McAfee antivirus gets reasonable ratings at AV Comparatives; http://www.av-comparatives.org/ and I'm not certain that the other programs you mention are actually full blown AV programs.
Of course it's possible that the version offerred by your ISP is not a 'full' version, but I don't know how you would go about finding out about that. As for 'too many updates', my AV, NOD 32, can update as much as five times a day, if not more, but it is so unobtrusive I only know because I get a small popup advising me that the update has happened.
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Originally Posted by wicked.ludicrous  Please don't move this to the other security thread!!!! This is just a question!
currently, I have Mcafee Security Suite, Malewarebyte's Antimalware, and Superantispyware. Personally, I think Superantispyware is awesome because I did a noncomplete 6 min short/quick scan and it picked up tons of corrupted files whereas Malrewarebytes didn't. I got Mcafee for free because I'm a Yahoo internet customer so it might be the better version. But back to the question: since I have those other two programs, should I remove McAfee? It seems to be just annoying with so many updates and processes running at once. I don't think I've ever ran a full scan with it. | No. The other two programs, Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware are Anti-Spyware/Malware programs, not a Anti-virus program. Mcafee Security Suite has a Anti-virus program that monitor activity on your machine for viruses.... I think this is your question.
You should run a full virus scan with Mcafee. Edit I see Cookiegal is helping you in the "Malware Removal & HijackThis Logs" Do NOT run any Scans until you are done there...  Your are in very good hands!
Last edited by Kenny94 : 07-Mar-2009 09:35 PM.
| | | Distinguished Member with 2,134 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter | | Quote: |
I got Mcafee for free because I'm a Yahoo internet customer
| I never heard this....  |  | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it | | If your well-known Security Suite is current and working, why change? | | | Senior Member with 298 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Experience: Beginner | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny94 I never heard this.... | Yeah, people who who Yahoo DSL get Mcafee security suite. I think Comcast users can also get the same thing.
As for keeping Mcafee, I forgot it was an anti-virus program rather than anti-malware/spyware. |  | Distinguished Member with 3,606 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Experience: Advanced in Networking | | Yeah, I have Comcast with McAfee. |  | Distinguished Member with 4,606 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Experience: Getting it | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny94 I never heard this.... | Me either.
Sounds strange since yahoo uses Norton to scan downloads. | | | Senior Member with 298 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Experience: Beginner | | Does anyone know if I can scan a specific folder using McAfee? The only choices are the drives and other big/general areas (Desktop, My Docs) | | | Distinguished Member with 2,134 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter |
11-Mar-2009, 10:09 AM
#10 | Quote:
Originally Posted by wicked.ludicrous Does anyone know if I can scan a specific folder using McAfee? The only choices are the drives and other big/general areas (Desktop, My Docs) | Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookiegal I guess we're done here since you decided to seek assistance elsewhere by starting a new thread. | http://forums.techguy.org/malware-re...-remove-3.html | | | Senior Member with 298 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Experience: Beginner |
11-Mar-2009, 11:10 AM
#11 | Yeah i know but I pmed her and said this thread wasn't meant to replace the other one. so don't worry folks | | | Distinguished Member with 2,134 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter |
11-Mar-2009, 12:42 PM
#12 | Hi wicked.ludicrous
Your are being help by a expert in malware. Wait for instructions there, before
you run any virus/malware scans. Because it makes it harder for the helper when scans are done without them knowing....
When your computer is clean, come back here and we'll help you with these questions. By the way, this is a very good question with Mcafee. Now that I have Mcafee, I'll see if this can be done. to scan one specific folder. | | | Distinguished Member with 3,606 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Near Washington, D.C. Experience: Advanced in Networking |
15-Mar-2009, 08:10 PM
#13 | I'm adding, I've noticed that starting in the last few months, McAfee has blocked out various images online, including a few user's avatar/profile pictures here at TSG! |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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