McAfee free to AT&T Yahoo users Page 2

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gdm Premium,MVM join:2001-06-15 Mchenry, IL clubs: ·AT&T U-Verse ·AT&T CallVantage ·Comcast Digital Vo.. ·Comcast 1 edit	reply to Frohike Re: McAfee free to AT&T Yahoo users No worries. I am installing now on Vista32. I can try and run the install on Vista64 when I get home tonight and post back. Lev this is the window I get once I got to run the download app to install.
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Joe12345678 join:2003-07-22 Des Plaines, IL	reply to StillLearn They should of gone back to CA. The free avast! is better then the Mcafee and Norton bloat fest.
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NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA ·Pacific Bell - SBC	reply to StillLearn Sorry. McAfee couldn't get me to install their crapware if they offered to pay me $49.99 per computer I installed it on. I got bit once: Never again. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
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Frohike Premium join:2000-07-23 Waxahachie, TX	reply to StillLearn FYI - 4 Licenses are offered if your brand new to installing our AV software - otherwise McAfee is honoring Norton's offer for current users of 7 Licenses.
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trparky Bite My Shiny Metal Ass Premium,MVM join:2000-05-24 Cleveland, OH clubs: 1 edit	reply to StillLearn Wouldn't touch McCrappy even if you paid me! I have Norton Internet Security 2009 and it's one of the lightest-on-resources security suites out there! -- Tom
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gdm Premium,MVM join:2001-06-15 Mchenry, IL clubs: ·AT&T U-Verse ·AT&T CallVantage ·Comcast Digital Vo.. ·Comcast	reply to StillLearn I went to go and test the installer under Vista 64 and it appears that it will work. It gathered info and asked me if I want default or customize. I then cancelled the install. I don't have any AV on that 64bit partition since it's used for 3d rendering.
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Frohike Premium join:2000-07-23 Waxahachie, TX	reply to StillLearn Thanks for the info.
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ffink20001 join:2002-12-18 Norwich, CT	finally On my 64 bit laptop I wont have to use a pirated kasperski anymore and change the keys every 5 days.. Now I can get what should have been provded before... Thanks you sbc
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lev Napoleon is always right Premium,Ex-mod 2002-08 join:2001-05-30 Chicago, IL clubs:	I'm not going to say thank you. I'm saying too little, too late, and given the constant switches of software, from CA to Symantec to McAfee, too inconsistent.
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jordanair join:2000-08-15 Wylie, TX	You know you do have the option to buy your own or use a free one
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nwrickert sand groper Premium,MVM join:2004-09-04 Geneva, IL ·AT&T U-Verse ·AT&T Midwest	reply to lev I'm not going to say thank you. I'm saying too little, too late, and given the constant switches of software, from CA to Symantec to McAfee, too inconsistent. Yes, that's what bothers me. -- AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.3
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lev Napoleon is always right Premium,Ex-mod 2002-08 join:2001-05-30 Chicago, IL clubs: ·AT&T Midwest	reply to jordanair said by jordanair : You know you do have the option to buy your own or use a free one You don't want to take that position with me. Any ISP worth spit bundles anti-virus/firewall, and has for years. AT&T switching from CA to Norton was understandable so they could get firewall capabilities. Made sense to me, although they could have made a deal with Computer Associates for the entire EZ suite. The switch to a non-64 bit compatible Norton product was just another example of decision makers at AT&T being out of touch. Again, instead of licensing additional software from the company they already used, AT&T changed vendors... again. I've had no problems with Computer Associates products. I've had some problems with Symantec. I've had some unresolvable problems with McAfee. One that comes to mind is not being able to even manually remove the AOL version of McAfee to be able to install the Comcast version of McAfee.
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ArgMeMatey join:2001-08-09 Milwaukee, WI ·AT&T Midwest	reply to StillLearn When running the installer in XP I am now getting the message "Internet Connect Unavailable. We can't download your McAfee software because we're having trouble accessing the internet. Please make sure that your computer is connected to the internet, and try again." My choices are "Close" and "Retry". No problem getting to Google, DSLreports, mcafee.com using a browser. I installed this on 3 PCs using the office account and one other PC here on my home account Monday night. Now, it doesn't even seem to be trying. Tried rebooting, re-downloading the installer 2x. I did have to manually remove Symantec using msconfig, regedit etc. but that went fine and the installer continued automatically when it saw that was taken care of. Anyone else had this issue? -- USNG: 16TDN2870 Find your Lat-Long: Geocoder
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Frohike Premium join:2000-07-23 Waxahachie, TX	reply to StillLearn Would have to call us so we can get McAfee on the line with you to fix whatever the issue is.
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NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA ·Pacific Bell - SBC	reply to lev said by lev : Any ISP worth spit bundles anti-virus/firewall, and has for years. However, the majority of ISPs have picked vendors whose products aren't worth spit. CA was OK, but McAfee and Norton are junk. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
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jordanair join:2000-08-15 Wylie, TX	reply to lev Well I'll take what ever position I want.. the key is free.. company can switch all it wants to as far a 64 bit during the time Norton came out the only versions that had 64 bit was some of the free versions like Avast and I belive AVG... and also most folks didn not even have Vista in the 64 bit version only the small group like us.. AT&T, nor Comcast does not write software programs such as anti virus packages... and as far as switching vendors you might want to ask some of the Tier2 folk that are on this site for the reason of the switch.. I for one think it was the suppot from yahoo and norton that casue the switch.. I also think that ATT wants to have a Vendor that if the problem is in the software that they will take the call and not an ATT tech I know when I worked there we had to escalate it to Yahoo wheo then would escalte to Norton.. too many steps uninstalling other software well that is another story I don't think they will ever work for all pc configurations.. some folks have multiple trial and active versions on thier computers..... i have not bought a retail package for some time now but I don't belive the retai version provide an uninstall package for other vendors , I think they will alert you that you need to uninstall them before installing thier software though ... as far as which package is the best everyone has his or her opinion but the ISP can only pick one that it provides.. all I'm sayiong is it's FREE period don't work for you get your own... like most of us have.. I am happy with AVAST and have been for the last 3 or 4 years...
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StillLearn Premium join:2002-03-21 Streamwood, IL ·AT&T Midwest	reply to lev said by lev : Any ISP worth spit bundles anti-virus/firewall, and has for years. I am surprised at that statement. It seems more appropriate for usenet and user web pages to me. In the Security forum, there seem to be a lot of impassioned preferences expressed, rather than more concrete comparisons.
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nwrickert sand groper Premium,MVM join:2004-09-04 Geneva, IL ·AT&T U-Verse ·AT&T Midwest	In the Security forum, there seem to be a lot of impassioned preferences expressed, rather than more concrete comparisons. I have been using McAfee AV (the enterprise version). It works well, but is badly bloated. I was using it from my employer. My inclination is to not install the AT&T/Yahoo version, but instead look for something less bloated. But that's not what lev was talking about. Any ISP has an interest in keeping virus, trojans, etc., out of their network. And providing a security package for their customers is a way of at least keeping the problem down to manageable levels. Frequent changes to security software vendor are a problem, because then your users stop getting AV definition updates unless they take positive action to remove the old and install the new software. -- AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.3
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StillLearn Premium join:2002-03-21 Streamwood, IL ·AT&T Midwest	said by nwrickert : Any ISP has an interest in keeping virus, trojans, etc., out of their network. And providing a security package for their customers is a way of at least keeping the problem down to manageable levels. Frequent changes to security software vendor are a problem, because then your users stop getting AV definition updates unless they take positive action to remove the old and install the new software. What I would like to see out of the ISP is to detect worm activities, and wall off the subscriber to a limited number of sites (maybe outgoing ports 80 and 443) until the worm was excised or at least have the owner acknowledge the warning). Maybe if I got infected I would feel differently, but I think I would like that treatment. Tell me I am infected, and protect others as best you can in the process. I am shocked (but sceptical) when I see people quote figures on the percent of infection rates. That is probably significantly more expensive for an ISP than providing access to virus checker, but it would not be so reliant on the customer's compliance or effectiveness. I understand the downside of suggesting that people learn a new interface every couple of years. That isn't nice.
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nwrickert sand groper Premium,MVM join:2004-09-04 Geneva, IL ·AT&T U-Verse ·AT&T Midwest	What I would like to see out of the ISP is to detect worm activities, and wall off the subscriber to a limited number of sites (maybe outgoing ports 80 and 443) until the worm was excised or at least have the owner acknowledge the warning). I would like to see that, too. However, people who are "walled off" become very angry. You would need really good customer service reps to deal with them. -- AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.3
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