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(More customer reviews)Pro: Buy this only if you need all 3 programs and do not already have any of them.
Those being:
1. anti-virus
2. firewall
3. anti spyware
CONS: several (read on)
My antispyware from mcafee expired sept 2006.
I contacted mcafee and found out that you cannot buy it separately anymore.
You have to buy a stupid "suite" of mcafee softwares in order to get the
antispyware program.
So I bought this particular mcafee "suite" .
[Remember now, I bought this ONLY for the antispyware program.
(maybe down the road, I'll use the mcafee firewall. But at present
my ZA6 is still good for 6 months).
Just the Antispyware program].
What mcafee did NOT tell me is that this "Suite" will want to install
what it thinks I should install, not what I tell it I want/need installed.Surprise #1 !
The antispyware does not have it's own install program.
(probably tied in as part of the anti-virus)
Surprise #2 !
Tried to install as a CUSTOM install and once it sees that
zone alarm 6(my firewall) is loaded, it gives me the option to "Skip" this item, leaving the current installed program in place.
I did so and then it tells me:
a. it cannot load the virusscan due to the zone alarm being found????
[What kind of "CUSTOMIZED install" is this?
CUSTOMIZED means that the installer dictates what gets installed.
Not according to this software pkg].
b. What does the a competitor's firewall have to do with mcafee's virusscanner not installing ??
They are 2 different function programs.
What kind junk is this????
c. Who cares whether ZA6 firewall is found? It should NOT prevent the viruscan and anti-spyware from loading/installing.
Surprise #3
Looks like mcafee won and I lost.
I want the stinking ANTISPYWARE and only the antispyware.
They don't want to give it to me as a single program.
Good thing the box says they have a 30 day moneyback guarantee.
REMEMBER :
If you need all 3 programs because you got a new pc, or your old subscription for a whole "suite" of programs has expired,
This package MIGHT work for you.
If you are looking for ONLY the anti-spyware application;
FORGET IT!
Consider the Mcafee Antispyware application part of
"SUITE installation only" package.
It doesn't install by itself as a standalone program anymore.
Go get webroot's spysweeper or sunbelt's counterspy.
Both/either are good
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UPDATE 10-06-2006
I installed this onto a 2nd pc, since it is not worth my efforts and postage costs to return it to mcafee for a refund.
As a suite that exists by itself, without any other conflicting applications, it does a decent job.
I was testing it a bit more and it does give a nice display of my home network - router, modem, other pc's, and such. Active or disconnected network links on the home network,IP addresses and network names, ect.
For this 2nd pc that I installed it on, when it failed to install onto my primary pc, it works fine.
In that respect, I would give it 4 stars.-----------------------------------
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