Serious Discussion Quick Play with McAfee

[Miraculix]

McAfee has been pestering me with requests to buy more programs for so long that I've switched back to Emsisoft Business. Enough is enough!

 

[jtshadow92]

McAfee has been pestering me with requests to buy more programs for so long that I've switched back to Emsisoft Business. Enough is enough!

That's strange, i barely get any notifications to buy any additional products from McAfee.

 

[Nightwalker]

McAfee has been pestering me with requests to buy more programs for so long that I've switched back to Emsisoft Business. Enough is enough!

The PC Optimizer right? I got that popup sometimes and it is really annoying.

 

[Miraculix]

Yes, the optimizer. But it also reported other alleged "errors" in my system that absolutely had to be fixed by new programs. Sometimes the messages came within seconds of each other. It was worse than a bazaar in Istanbul.

 

[Sorrento]

If I had popup like that I also would move on pronto also, but I don't have any in months which is very strange indeed.

 

[Sunqfu]

If I had popup like that I also would move on pronto also, but I don't have any in months which is very strange indeed.

Yes, I'm not receiving any notifications either. I think they're running regional ads.

 

[Sorrento]

I have never yet clicked the protection score diswot button as I feel that may evoke McAfee thinking i need their input on that, I wonder if that changes anything??

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I have never yet clicked the protection score diswot button as I feel that may evoke McAfee thinking i need their input on that, I wonder if that changes anything??

You will get a low score if you you're not using the other features such as identity protection, the password manager etc

 

[Sorrento]

@Divine_Barakah Which is exactly why I have never used that 'feature' & wont, I'm not interested in add-ons which is why I have the most basic McAfee (& a single user deliberately) also with most AV solutions, I can sort out other things myself, but maybe?? that's why I don't get pestered? just a theory

 

[Divine_Barakah]

@Divine_Barakah Which is exactly why I have never used that 'feature' & wont, I'm not interested in add-ons which is why I have the most basic McAfee (& a single user deliberately) also with most AV solutions, I can sort out other things myself, but maybe?? that's why I don't get pestered? just a theory

Same here. It's bloatware and necessary for me. The same with Norton, Avast and AVG extra features and system optimizer.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Same here. It's bloatware and necessary for me. The same with Norton, Avast and AVG extra features and system optimizer.

And no matter what people may think of F-Secure, is why I still like it, bloat free, especially I.S.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

And no matter what people may think of F-Secure, is why I still like it, bloat free, especially I.S.

And so is Emsisoft and to a great extent Trend Micro.

 

[TuxTalk]

And no matter what people may think of F-Secure, is why I still like it, bloat free, especially I.S.

Same like Eset for me, not hassle no upselling, just perfect.

 

[Jonny Quest]

And so is Emsisoft and to a great extent Trend Micro.

Same like Eset for me, not hassle no upselling, just perfect.

Which is true, there are other bloatware free, non upselling alternatives out there

 

[jtshadow92]

I bought my license on G2A. I'm wondering if the reason why I dont receive notifications is due to my license being based in Brazil haha

 

[Jonny Quest]

I bought my license on G2A. I'm wondering if the reason why I dont receive notifications is due to my license being based in Brazil haha

Which could bring up a good point as far as on my end. In my case, I bough my license through Best Buy USA at a very low price, and not from the McAfee website. So I'm not sure if that affects my only getting 2 right corner pop ups when I first installed McAfee recently...so far?

When I had contacted McAfee support about ID Monitoring to show as ON in the UI, she mentioned that I hadn't registered an online account with them, and if she wanted me to set it up for me, I declined as didn't want to have to work with them directly in the future regarding sales tactics (renewal/auto renewal, promotions etc), and maybe even getting notifications, pop ups from them if I did?

 

[Minimalist]

I bought my license on G2A. I'm wondering if the reason why I dont receive notifications is due to my license being based in Brazil haha

I also bought my license there and my is from affiliate in India. 7,5 € for three years license was just too good deal to pass.
I got notification three times so far in few months of using it, so it's not that bad for me. One of those was related to tracker remover so I disabled auto removal.

 

[piquiteco]

I have been using McAfee for quite some time, and only once did a pop-up appear asking me to change my search engine to Yahoo, which was in October. I saved the screenshot to share with you. I had forgotten about it, but now I remembered and found the screenshot I took that day. I simply unchecked the box, clicked "done," and that was it. No other pop-ups have appeared since then. That was the only pop-up that McAfee has displayed in over three months of use.

Spoiler: McAfee change my search engine to Yahoo!

 

[Nightwalker]

I’m a bit jealous of you guys. Just yesterday I received a popup saying I only had 29% of my RAM free — obviously trying to sell that PC Optimizer junk.

I also occasionally get popups asking me to run a scan after restarting the machine.

For what it’s worth, my license was purchased from a major computer hardware retailer here in Brazil (Kabum!).

Overall, I like the product quite a bit, but I really dislike how aggressively McAfee tries to keep reminding me that it exists.

 

[Jonny Quest]

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