Does anyone use McAfee on here?

hdmi · Jun 27, 2023

Devonian said:
Replies lost me at mention of Socialism, Putin and Rocket man, interest waned further with N Korean hackers, NHS and the US elections. Quite what any of these ramblings had to do with Edge or MacAfee defeats me, but will wander on my merry way and find a different forum.

I believe you forgot to also mention the taste of Big Macs.

TraderGary · Jun 27, 2023

Microsoft Windows Security (Defender)

jessewilliams56 · Jun 27, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Hi jessewilliams56, sorry if thought we were criticizing you we are just from our experience just try to tell you McAfee and Norton antivirus software not very kind to your operating system and that you can use Windows Defender but if you want to use third-party antivirus stay with Bitdefender its much better than those two.

You can also use MalwareBytes.

I have a Bitdefender subscription with my NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh System. It is called Armor Security. But NETGEAR has some sort of partnership with Bitdefender, so they just rebrand it. I will go back to using it.

glasskuter · Jun 27, 2023

@jessewilliams56 Let's review the series of events shall we. Your thread title asked a direct question.

jessewilliams56 said:
Does anyone use McAfee on here?

Eleven users answered no, told you what we used instead, and told our reasons for using what we use and our reasons for not choosing the AV YOU choose to use.

jessewilliams56 said:
Edge on my HP Laptop & my mother's HP Desktop has been freezing up a lot here lately

I answered where I would begin to look to resolve it.

You yourself said.

jessewilliams56 said:
I mean… it may be overkill

I agreed with you. It is in fact overkill.

Then you get defensive because eleven experienced users had valid reasons to disagree with YOUR choice and how you're "appalled" at our answers calling us out as rude, unkind, and hateful when not one answer given was rude in any way.
So, Sir, where exactly does the disrespect lie here?

jessewilliams56 · Jun 27, 2023

glasskuter said:
@jessewilliams56 Let's review the series of events shall we. Your thread title asked a direct question.

Eleven users answered no, told you what we used instead, and told our reasons for using what we use and our reasons for not choosing the AV YOU choose to use.

I answered where I would begin to look to resolve it.

You yourself said.

I agreed with you. It is in fact overkill.

Then you get defensive because eleven experienced users had valid reasons to disagree with YOUR choice and how you're "appalled" at our answers calling us out as rude, unkind, and hateful when not one answer given was rude in any way.
So, Sir, where exactly does the disrespect lie here?

The disrespect was where some were talking about things that did not even pertain to what I asked for help with. In other words, that was basically making jokes about my question. Then some even laughed at the remarks of the people who posted responses. The laughing reaction. That is one thing I hate about social media and the web because the laughing reaction is heavily misused. It is most of the time used to make fun of others. We are supposed to be supportive and helpful on this forum. We should not be ugly to others about anything.

WXC · Jun 27, 2023

@jessewilliams56

Jesse,

I can not directly speak one way or the other to McAfee, as I have never used it. But in regard to your Edge issue and computers running slow, that is indicative of perhaps a software conflict, and/or possibly malware.

As a suggestion, you may consider running a comprehensive one time scan with a totally different scanner. There are a few highly reputed ones to be found via a search. The one I would suggest to you, is Malwarebytes.

Malwarebytes

I realize these type of issues can be frustrating. But try to rule out the most obvious. Take your time.

Wishing you the very best. And, hoping you'll reconsider. :wink:

Take care. Good luck.

jvickers · Jun 27, 2023

It seems like you have two different issues: McAfee taking forever to scan and Edge causing issues. It might be best to separate these issues into two separate threads. People might focus on just one issue, which is what it seems like is happening.

Unfortunately, I have no experience with McAfee. I use Norton. So, I don't think I can be of assistance there.

As for the browser issue, have you seen if things freeze using a different browser? I think you should be able to repair or reset the Edge installations. I've not checked on that, though.

You might do what @WXC suggests and use another antivirus program to scan for issues. It might pick up something that McAfee is missing and is causing the issues you're experiencing.

jessewilliams56 · Jun 27, 2023

WXC said:
@jessewilliams56

Jesse,

I can not directly speak one way or the other to McAfee, as I have never used it. But in regard to your Edge issue and computers running slow, that is indicative of perhaps a software conflict, and/or possibly malware.

As a suggestion, you may consider running a comprehensive one time scan with a totally different scanner. There are a few highly reputed ones to be found via a search. The one I would suggest to you, is Malwarebytes.

Malwarebytes

I realize these type of issues can be frustrating. But try to rule out the most obvious. Take your time.

Wishing you the very best. And, hoping you'll reconsider.

Take care. Good luck.

I do use Malwarebytes. I run a scan on them with that once a month.

jeffbeish · Jun 27, 2023

jimbo45, your post is interesting. Will not belabor the points, but McAfee was, maybe still, a really weird character. Way back for one year I used McAfee and was not happy with it, so went back to Norton's. Even with all the clammer about Norton's I stick with it for some strange reason. I usually reangle them into only charging me $50. Anyway, I've experimented with several programs but none work all that good.

TraderGary · Jun 27, 2023

Having used Microsoft OS's over the last 42 years, I'm familiar with most of the major AV's. I've settled on Microsoft's Defender because its consistently ranked at the top or close to the top. I also like Defender because, unlike many of the 3rd party AV's, Microsoft maintains a full-time security department that is on duty 24-7-365. And, of course, the price is right as Defender is included in Windows as part of the operating system.

pparks1 · Jun 27, 2023

jessewilliams56 said:
You know, I came here for help. I did not come here for your hateful opinions. We have our own opinions to what we like. I like McAfee and I am staying with McAfee

I went back and didn't see anything that i would find disrespectful either. I think just in general that products like McAfee and Norton have left a lot to be desired for a lot of people. And in many cases, these apps came with new computers and weren't always so easy to remove. In many respects, the Microsoft built-in solution has proven to be good enough for many to not bother with other options.

jessewilliams56 said:
. Microsoft Defender, I used for about a week, and I never really liked it. Defender has had a lot of backlashes over the years.

Yeah, many moons ago it (Defender) was not very good at detection. These days, basically on Windows 10/11 it's been pretty solid on those fronts. For me, i don't run regular scans with any regularity, i just let it run in the background. So, the interface is a total non-issue for me, but in your case if you proactively run it and look at the interface it might be lacking.

jessewilliams56 said:
There is nothing wrong with McAfee. Stop criticizing me for asking for help. This forum used to be so kind, now, y'all are not kind at all. With this being said, I don't think I will be coming back here and yes, I have been a long-time member of this forum as well as its sister forums. Windows 7 Help Forums, Windows 8 Forums, Windows 10 Forums, and Windows 11 Forum. I am appalled at how you all reacted to this post.

End of the day, it's the internet. People are going to be people. I don't think anybody meant anything offensive towards you. As stated above, many of us had previous bad experiences with these types of programs. Even if their products have improved, many of us haven't gone back and tried them again, nor find much of a reason to do so, therefore our opinions of the programs may not be completely up to date. The same is true for many things people have opinions on. A few bad initial impressions can last a long time.

Fabler2 · Jun 27, 2023

jessewilliams56 said:
I do use Malwarebytes. I run a scan on them with that once a month.

If I remember correctly McAfee has an uninstaller tool. It did ask if you were uninstalling to reinstall to fix issues or words to that effect and also it would save the key. I would still make a note of the key in case. Maybe have a look at that option? They also have a help forum.

McAfee Support Community

Find help or start a new topic about McAfee home products (English & non-English forums).

forums.mcafee.com

trevo · Jun 27, 2023

"Does anyone use McAfee on here?"

This is the OP's question, which provoked a slew of opinions of McAfee and the usual "Defender/Windows Security is good enough" rhetoric.

I can understand him being less than impressed, because nobody provided a solution to his questions.

badrobot · Jun 27, 2023

If you are not doing anything else beyond emails, news, online shopping and social media, Windows Defender will suffice.
Most third party AVs are very intrusive. They make you feel it's working but it is just an annoyance.
Obviously, not everyone here uses a 3rd party AV because they really don't need to.
You should take most people's advise here and not take them against you. You don't need to pay for a service that comes free with the OS.

pparks1 · Jun 27, 2023

trevo said:
"Does anyone use McAfee on here?"

This is the OP's question, which provoked a slew of opinions of McAfee and the usual "Defender/Windows Security is good enough" rhetoric.

I can understand him being less than impressed, because nobody provided a solution to his questions.

On the flip side, everybody who isn't using McAfee (which is just about all of us regulars), could just say nothing and then his post would have made it appear we were ignoring him.

Or we could have just responded with "no", which would have also been ultimately unhelpful.

dencal · Jun 27, 2023

My desktop purchased from DELL came with McAfee preinstalled.
Their Uninstaller software did not remove everything from their installed AV.
Revo does not remove everything either.
So I ask myself why do they leave their footprint on my computer.?????

Finally W11 is far more secure than W10 due to stringent MS computer specification requirements needed.

jeffbeish · Jun 28, 2023

I think my Nortons runs and Defender runs also, but at times there are red checks on Defender Icon I just ignore Maybe they work together. Hum......

jvickers · Jun 28, 2023

jeffbeish said:
I think my Nortons runs and Defender runs also, but at times there are red checks on Defender Icon I just ignore Maybe they work together. Hum......

From what I understand, you should run only one. You might want to disable Defender. I'm sure others will have thoughts on this.

FreeBooter · Jun 28, 2023

jeffbeish said:
I think my Nortons runs and Defender runs also, but at times there are red checks on Defender Icon I just ignore Maybe they work together. Hum......

It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts. If you choose to install more than one antivirus program on your computer, then only one of them should be active in memory at a time.

jeffbeish · Jun 28, 2023

jvickers said:
From what I understand, you should run only one. You might want to disable Defender. I'm sure others will have thoughts on this.

I use to turn Defender off but it seems like MS updates often comes in and changes my settings. So, I just forget about it. I ran a scan in Defender once and it took a very long time to digest the results, so that was set aside. On my older Dell laptop I do turn Defender off because of not the PC runs slower than a snail sometimes. I am sure it is a conflict in the Norton's Defender scheme of things.