Macafee Anti Virus Question

[roadman]

Our daughter from college told us today that her free 18 month(runs out in August) Macafee Anti Virus keeps on turning off when she boots up her laptop and knocks her off the internet.

She said it keeps turning off every 15 minutes to a half hour.

It's a bit difficult to describe, since, she is more than an hour from home.

I'll be seeing her this weekend.

I was going to switch her over to Avast at some point.

Any suggestions, thoughts?

Thank you.

[DickDalewood]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

I would recommend, well, anything over Norton or Macafee. Kaspersky is great, as are a few others out there.

[Altimus]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

How does she know it McAfee that's booting her from the Internet?

Either way I'd uninstall it and go with Avast.

There's also a command line you can use to reset it. Google: mwg-wizard --full-reset

[Control-X]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

Try Panda for Netbooks.

[Sandman42]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

I would just uninstall it and put Security Essentials or Avast on it. Unless you're getting the Enterprise/Business version of MacAfee, its generally awful to use.

[roadman]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

Thanks everyone!!!

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

Taking from the PC thread

Use this

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html

this

http://download.cnet.com/CCleaner/3000-18512_4-10315544.html

and this

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html

Avast is virus protection. CCleaner will clear out your temporary files and other trash left behind. Malwarebytes cleans out spyware and other stuff like that. Avast is always running. The other I run whenever I think about it.

Chances are her laptop if full of all kinds of crap.

[Segagendude]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

I have free McAffee through Cox Cable and never had this issue....hmmm...

[roadman]

Re: Macafee Anti Virus Question

Talked to my brother in law last night, he said it sounds like a root kit virus.

[slickdtc]

Avast is awesome. Combined with SMART browsing. Don't click on dumb or shady stuff.

Have Vipre now, as my mother-in-law paid for a subscription. Seems to be doing well too.