VOTE: McAfee or Norton - Page 3

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

I've had McAfee and Norton and with both ended up with major problems. (McAfee was awful) I've had Kaspersky for almost 2 years now. So far, so good.

Pqfan · ‎03-09-2010

Anything is better than McAfee. I have been using Norton for years but it is always interesting to find out what people are doing.

Black Cat Back · ‎03-21-2010

Norton, I use the Internet Security one. I've used it for many years and never have had any issues. I don't find that the Norton I use slows down my PC.

luvmyteddy4 · ‎09-04-2010

I had terrible trouble with Norton a few years ago and was told it was too big for my notebook and was better suited for large companies. I spent 6 hours on the phone with India trying to get it off my system. They wanted to sell me a different one and charge me for taking it off.

Your cable company usually offers a free virus protection service but I have Microsoft which is free also.

nun ya · ‎03-09-2010

McAfee is horrible. It came with my 1st computer, I could never do anything during the updates that took forever.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 1/5/2015 DARING GREATLY said:
Norton, I use the Internet Security one. I've used it for many years and never have had any issues. I don't find that the Norton I use slows down my PC.

Yes, I agree. I have had Norton forever.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marp2 · ‎01-31-2012

On 1/5/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 1/5/2015 Lotus~ said:
I have used Norton for 6 years and (knock on wood) have never had a problem with it.

I'm sorry I ever changed... oh, well, I'm dropping McAfee now

Hi Noel,

If you plan on removing McAfee from your computer do a search on how to completely remove it. McAfee leaves a lot of detritus behind. I've never had any protection problems with it but is sure is resources hog.

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

Definitely look into Webroot. PC Magazine rates it at the top of the list of anti-virus protection along with Bitdefender and Kaspersky.

I had McAfee for years, but never again! Last year I had a problem, and after hours on the phone, they decided to take it off my computer completely and re-install it. Three different reps including a supervisor could not figure out how to put it back! They wanted me to download something that would have cost me about $80.00 so they could put it back! I told them they were nuts, and I was left with no virus protection on my computer at all.

I was close to the end of my subscription, and my son had just gotten a new Toshiba computer that came with Webroot, and he got Geek Squad Protection for him and me. So I called them, and they said absolutely Webroot. They will remove difficult viruses with no extra charges, whereas I had to pay an extra $89.00 once to have McAfee remove a virus, on top of my subscription cost.

I've had Webroot now for about 6 months with no problems whatever.

Part of PC Mag's review:

Two independent testing labs have given Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus (2015) their top ratings, and it earned a perfect score in our hands-on malware blocking test. Add the fact that it's the smallest antivirus around and you've got a definite Editors' Choice.