App Review McAfee: how bad is the worst antivirus?

[TuxTalk]

To ask what?

Privacy concerns ;-)

And i love the GDATA logo

 

[Trident]

Privacy concerns ;-)

Privacy concerns have been raised for all of them and for any internet-connected software.
There is no evidence that any of them, other than Avast has ever compromised privacy.

Trend Micro is the only one apart from Avast to be involved in a privacy scandal over questionable mobile apps.

Ask ChatGPT and it will tell you.

You have no problem trusting Trend, but you have negativity towards McAfee which was never involved in a scandal.

It doesn’t really look objective, does it?

 

[Jonny Quest]

But I just don’t understand the big deal with this data. As already mentioned not once or twice, every breach monitoring service (whether it will be through Experian, Equifax), whether it will be through your AV provider (Bitdefender, Webroot, Avast, Norton, Avira, F-Secure) all offer breach monitoring. All of them will collect the same information.

It’s not like they come and grab it out of your machine, you gotta give it yourself. So if you want the service, give it. If not, don’t give it.

I really don’t understand all the beating around the bush…

Exactly, that's why I'm not to worried about it in general, and joked about F-Secure. My bigger issue would be with the likes of Facebook.

 

[n8chavez]

Privacy concerns have been raised for all of them and for any internet-connected software.
There is no evidence that any of them, other than Avast has ever compromised privacy.

Trend Micro is the only one apart from Avast to be involved in a privacy scandal over questionable mobile apps.

Ask ChatGPT and it will tell you.

You have no problem trusting Trend, but you have negativity towards McAfee which was never involved in a scandal.

It doesn’t really look objective, does it?

Really? No scandals at all? So we're ignoring John Mcafee, the founder and creator?

 

[Trident]

Really? No scandals at all? So we're ignoring John Mcafee, the founder and creator?

He left the company very early, his drugs and kids are not related to the software in any way

He had many businesses throughout his lifetime, many of them illegal.

By the same logic what should we say about Windows from Bill Gates? Cuz his life isn’t really by the books, if you know what I mean

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

Speaking of trends, I installed Trend Micro Antivirus+ on two computers today as a test. On both computers, PayGuard's automatic opening at my bank and PayPal didn't work. I explicitly registered the sites for PayGuard and also specified them as trusted sites. Still, there was no automatic response from PayGuard. To be more precise, with PayPal, it worked on one computer and then stopped working again. I don't trust programs like that. So I uninstalled it again, or rather, restored a clean image.

 

[n8chavez]

But, the software is not called Gates. Questionable decisions in life means questionable decision in everything. That alone leads me to not trust it, not that I trust anything with a large marketing department.

 

[Trident]

But, the software is not called Gates. Questionable decisions in life means questionable decision in everything. That alone leads me to not trust it, not that I trust anything with a large marketing department.

They all have large marketing departments, investing merely 4-5% in R&D and over 25% of the annual revenue in marketing.

So Norton is named after Peter Norton. What should we do now?
Kaspersky is named over an ex KGB mathematician. What’s the problem?

 

[n8chavez]

They all have large marketing departments, investing merely 4-5% in R&D and over 25% of the annual revenue in marketing.

So Norton is named after Peter Norton. What should we do now?

Don't use it. That goes for any anti-malware you can find boxed in retail. What part is hard to understand?

 

[Trident]

Don't use it. That goes for any anti-malware you can find boxed in retail. What part is hard to understand?

And why should I not use it? I wanna use it…?

 

[stonjean633]

They all have large marketing departments, investing merely 4-5% in R&D and over 25% of the annual revenue in marketing.

So Norton is named after Peter Norton. What should we do now?
Kaspersky is named over an ex KGB mathematician. What’s the problem?

This made me laugh..Peter Nort....

 

[n8chavez]

And why should I not use it? I wanna use it…?

There are better out there. ESET's nod32, for example, puts greater emphasis on their product than on marketing. I prefer that.

 

[Sorrento]

Oh dear things are going downhill -

 

[TuxTalk]

Thats why i stopped answering, i dont want this very nice topic polluted.

 

[Sorrento]

I did stop using Khan software when I found out about the history of the founder...

 

[Trident]

There are better out there. ESET's nod32, for example, puts greater emphasis on their product than on marketing. I prefer that.

Eset is a private company, its not a corporation. You have absolutely no information how much Eset spends on marketing, unless you are the CFO of Eset.

As to the marketing spendings, every business spends on marketing, Eset is no different. Eset spends on ads on the London underground, TV, radio, digital marketing and all sorts of marketing necessary, to keep their business running.
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[Trident]

Thats why i stopped answering, i dont want this very nice topic polluted.

It was nice with my tests and it is already polluted. With fanboyism.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Thats why i stopped answering, i dont want this very nice topic polluted.

Yep, I'm tapping out of it, too. I'll use the word derailed (in which I had my part in that), rather than polluted Cheers

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

There are better out there. ESET's nod32, for example, puts greater emphasis on their product than on marketing. I prefer that.

ESET doesn't really advertise NOD32. They hide it as best they can on their website.

 

[Trident]

Anyway, I’m done with this discussion and just like it happened with Check Point, with any other discussions related to McAfee or tests.

You guys know it all and don’t need my knowledge so enjoy.