Mar 28 2008
What Have They Done To McAfee?
After upgrading to the latest McAfee (I did not have a choice really) I am pretty suprised, and annoyed at the result. I’ve been using Mcafee for years, and despite many adverse reviews on the programme concerning mostly slowing down of your computer, I’ve always found it overall the best value internet security programme.
The real asset has been it’s non intrusive firewall, offering customisable firewall options, with no fuss, no unwanted prompts, and easily accessed logs. In the latest McAfee though, the option of having a separate firewall programme on it’s own is disabled. NO access to logs. Also, there is an irritating auto scan which starts every Friday, prolonging my start up by about five minutes at least, with no apparent means of canceling this schedule. What an absolute pain in the rear end 
So next year I will rethink my security options. If anyone would like to relate their experiences of internet security programmes, please let me know.
Tags: Internet Security, McAfee, Firewall
Hi Mark nice blog man. I had McAfee for awhile and was also disappointed with the latest version. I now have Kaspersky and am thrilled with it. My computer has had no problems since I added it.
Thanks Tim, I will definitely check out Kapersky.
Thanks for stopping by
True again…..where Vista is concerned, I did not upgrade to McAfee (I have used it for years on XP), instead went straight for Kaspersky as Kaspersky runs smoother and also uses less resources. The Mcafee program overall I find has become less user friendly in recent versions (2007 & 2008). In Top Ten Reviews only Bit Defender achieved a higher rating than Kasperskys, Mcafee came in a dismal 7th.