App Review McAfee: how bad is the worst antivirus?

[piquiteco]

When I exit K, it is non-existent; only occupying storage space.

Ok, I understand. Beforehand, you need to uncheck the box so that it doesn't load at startup. Then click on exit in the system tray. K has that advantage. So you installed AVG and it didn't recognize K as being installed? Because McAfee didn't say a word before or after installation, when it should have asked to uninstall K, and even K took a while to identify incompatible software, but then it notified me that I should remove McAfee WebAdvisor, which is a curious name for an extension from McAfee

The only conflict I had when installed free k antiransomware tool beside Avast free, inspite of being promoted as safe to use beside any other AV.

I understand that when you have K installed, you don't need Anti-Ransomware because it uses KSN to check the reputation of the file before it is executed. In this case, if the file is listed in KSN as safe, it will be allowed to run on your machine. If it is malicious, it will be blocked, as in the case of ransomware, to prevent your files from being encrypted.

 

[piquiteco]

Almost a couple of decades ago, installed B beside Norton on my Celeron PC, and it was such a pain

Well, the B that you installed alongside Norton wasn't going to work anyway, as the two are literally incompatible. Perhaps if it had been another antivirus program, it might have worked alongside Norton.

 

[Parkinsond]

Well, the B that you installed alongside Norton wasn't going to work anyway, as the two are literally incompatible. Perhaps if it had been another antivirus program, it might have worked alongside Norton.

The "old" Norton was already heavy; they were working together, but PC was the one who stopped working
This solution was for the nasty era of relying on pendrives for transferring work stuff; currently we exchange files using Whatsapp; pendrive is a history.

 

[Trident]

The "old" Norton was already heavy; they were working together, but PC was the one who stopped working
This solution was for the nasty era of relying on pendrives for transferring work stuff; currently we exchange files using Whatsapp; pendrive is a history.

I don’t agree. The old Norton was a dream. It was snappy, the UI was a testament and a reference. It did the job. Alerts and everything was nice and compact. Anyway, no point drooling over the past. Norton is gone.

 

[Sorrento]

Almost a couple of decades ago, installed B beside Norton on my Celeron PC, and it was such a pain

Norton many years (25 maybe less) ago totally lost their way totally with updates to the updater that was broken beyond repair & it became such a mess I vowed never to use it again, then a few years ago they redeemed themselves & it was decent, now I fear they lost any allegiance from me again?

One or two have mentioned Mcafee having prompts to upgrade after its been on a while, has anyone had this & is it very intrusive?? As for me so far its OK ??

 

[Trident]

Norton many years (25+) ago totally lost their way totally with updates to the updater that was broken beyond repair & it became such a mess I vowed never to use it again, then a few years ago they redeemed themselves & it was decent, now I fear they lost any allegiance from me again?

One or two have mentioned Mcafee having prompts to upgrade after its been on a while, has anyone had this & is it very intrusive?? As for me so far its OK ??

The prompt is for Trend Micro. Trend Micro is the one asking for a restart to install update. The updates are usually every 2-3 months.

 

[Jonny Quest]

.... Anyway, no point drooling over the past. Norton is gone.

LOL And if that's the case, I'm still smitten by Bitdefender v10, but it's gone as well

 

[Sorrento]

I have two main hobbies faffing with PC's & the ever ending quest for the sound I'm looking for in hi-fi, both are a bit of a pain but as I think I have some buried masochistic tendences I still carry on instead of taking up golf or fishing.

 

[Parkinsond]

I don’t agree. The old Norton was a dream. It was snappy, the UI was a testament and a reference. It did the job. Alerts and everything was nice and compact. Anyway, no point drooling over the past. Norton is gone.

Old AVs including Norton and K were heavy compared to the available PC specs; currently they are more optimized, keeping in consideration the added modules compared to the more bareboned structure of the old versions.

 

[Parkinsond]

Norton many years (25 maybe less) ago totally lost their way totally with updates to the updater that was broken beyond repair & it became such a mess I vowed never to use it again, then a few years ago they redeemed themselves & it was decent, now I fear they lost any allegiance from me again

The most precise description of Norton timeline.

 

[Parkinsond]

LOL And if that's the case, I'm still smitten by Bitdefender v10, but it's gone as well

Used B when its logo was this stripped red ball.

 

[Sorrento]

When I abandoned Norton I discovered the original F-Prot for Windows (Icelandic as I remember) which I used some time, the interface was simple & a delight to use, in the end it got swallowed up by another company & was gone in its original form, then I used Nod 32 around the same time, sorry off topic

 

[piquiteco]

while that of B is a full backup.

You got it wrong again. What are B's backup plans? B is a complete backup and a differential.

 

[piquiteco]

When I abandoned Norton I discovered the original F-Prot for Windows (Icelandic as I remember) which I used some time, the interface was simple & a delight to use,

I remember using F-Prot too, you're also one of the old-timers at @Sorrento. Exactly, it disappeared from the map, but I don't remember how effective it was at the time. If I go through my stuff, I might still have it on CD.

 

[Parkinsond]

You got it wrong again. What are B's backup plans? B is a complete backup and a differential.

B has a sacred mission of detroying my SSD

 

[Parkinsond]

I remember using F-Prot too, you're also one of the old-timers at @Sorrento. Exactly, it disappeared from the map, but I don't remember how effective it was at the time. If I go through my stuff, I might still have it on CD.

The first time to know its name.
My timeline of used AVs was Norton, K (for a short time), Avast, Symantec AV (not SEP, was not created yet), B, SEP, Avira, TM, AVG, MB (as a second scanner).

 

[Sorrento]

Frisk Software F-Prot (Wik)

I will now be punished by a mod for going off topic (minimum) being Keel-Hauled again, it was not nice last time.

 

[Trident]

Norman was ready to cater to all security needs.

 

[Sorrento]

I could never deal with having an umbrella in my taskbar as Avira did?

 

[Jonny Quest]

I could never deal with having an umbrella in my taskbar as Avira did?

I believe at one time the Premium version also used the BD scanning engine and was pretty good in that regard. I think I used it for about a year or two.