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1. k8UndeadFox
   Member

   FREE - 1 Year Subscription To McAfee Anti-Virus Plus

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   K8

   Posted 10 months ago #

2. scubaguy
   Member

   FREE - 1 Year Subscription To McAfee Anti-Virus Plus

   k8UndeadFox

   How is this free when it asks for your credit card #?

   Posted 10 months ago #

3. RunesageMagik
   Member

   Scubadude

   I think K8's rumor might have originated here. This link gives the impression it's limited to the UK. FWIW, I didn't like McAfee all that much. -
   http://www.natwest.com/microsites/personal/latest_deals/index.asp?referrer=online

   Posted 10 months ago #

4. Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Unfortunately I can't use McAffee as it wont install due to a conflict with my present antivirus programs. I think it's the F-Secure one i use, which i have a subscription to for as long as my wife continues to lecture at the college she works for. They give all their staff a licence for F-Secure as well as other software such as windows and office. (not 2007 yet though) I would use as many AntiV softwares as I could as I'm sure they all have their own peculiarities. If it's free for a year, then I say "get it" unless you have the same problem as I have. The only MacAfee stuff I use is Site Advisor (freeware) at the moment, which does help to stop me going to some sites especially if there are green tagged sites available for the same stuff I'm looking for. 'Better Safe than Sorry', though sometimes 'nNothing ventured Nothing gained', lol.

   Thank's so much for posting details though. I'll email the link to some of my friends as they may be interested. :)

   WR

   Posted 10 months ago # | Login to Send PM

5. k8UndeadFox
   Member

   Well all I can say is that I didn't get asked for my credit card number and registered free without any problems so NO this is not a rumour. Anyway, maybe it is only for the UK only, but I'm sure I'm not the only person from the UK that frequents this forum, and for all those that are p***** off about that - well all I can say is tuff. :P I found a similar problem when trying to get a registration number for the free O&O products but as soon as I entered a bogus US address (from Fake Name Generator) they sent me the registration numbers immediately. So If they don't do it by detecting your ip address try http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/gen-male-en-uk.php using your correct email address of course.

   K8

   Posted 10 months ago #

6. scubaguy
   Member

   On McAfee I agree, tried it ounce and crashed my system.

   Posted 10 months ago #

7. BuBBy
   Administrator

   Purely my opinion. McAfee or Nortons for free? It is a nice gesture - but they aren't all that great, and a clean uninstall is easier said than done.

   http://www.av-comparatives.org

   IMO - best free AntiVirus = Avast Home Free
   best paid AntiVirus = ESET NOD32
   Comparisons

   For the people trusting their computers to AVG, take another look at your options. You can do a lot better (for free)

   Posted 10 months ago # | Login to Send PM

8. xboxgamer
   Member

   Hey I'm in the us, and I got it to work fine... This is great nice find.

   once you log in/create and account on uk.mcaffe.com go here.

   http://uk.mcafee.com/root/landingpages/afflandpage.asp?affid=540&lpname=vsf

   Posted 10 months ago #

9. Archangel
   Member

   xboxgamer I use to use McAffee and stopped months ago. It uses too much system resources. I'm using Avast Home (Free) with Comodo (Free) as the firewall and Threatfire (Free). I believe you will find them pretty good and won't use as much of your PC's resources. But since you've got McAffee installed (don't know what you were using before) give it a whirl and see if your pleased.

   Posted 10 months ago #

10. xboxgamer
    Member

    I was just using reg windows firewall and adaware. I'm going to give this a try.

    Posted 10 months ago #

11. Lee
    Administrator

    If you use AOL now CPW I am sure they give you this for nothing in the form of a suite with a firewall.

    I used McAfee once when I purchased the windows 95 disk as it was on the disk even my retail disk.

    I didn't like it, prefer my current firewall, though k8UndeadFox
    thanks for adding a freebie to the forum.

    Posted 10 months ago # | Login to Send PM

12. LeKanaw
    Member

    Don't know if this is off topic, just wanted to add that I was using LinkScanner and McAfee Site Adviser. But as per MisterB. advice on a post last week, I switched to WOT.
    I like the idea it's people powered and I find their Forums quite nice too.
    www.mywot.com

    Now I (still) use LinkScanner(which BTW was sold ~2 weeks ago to AVG) and WOT.
    Let's hope LinkScanner doesn't "disappear" or becomes badware/cripleware or something similar...
    Peace, M.

    Posted 10 months ago #

13. RunesageMagik
    Member

    LeKanaw, do you happen to know if WOT just scans for malware or if it acts as a cybernanny censor? I'd hate to be blocked from those russian mail order bride sites on these cold snowy nights. Man cannot live by mangoes alone. :*D

    Posted 10 months ago #

14. xboxgamer
    Member

    your right it sucks.

    Posted 10 months ago #

15. Archangel
    Member

    Better be safe then sorry RM so order you one and let us know how she works out!

    Posted 10 months ago #

16. Esa
    Member

    RunesageMagi, you asked about WOT. WOT, Web of Trust, gets it information from two sources: from the user community (members can easily give site ratings) and hundreds of trusted sources such as phishing site listings, spam black lists etc. All this is processed by the system that calculates a reputation for each site twice every hour.

    WOT has four reputation components: overall trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety (adult content). You can easily customize your protection level in the settings. We don't want be your nanny, so you can easily tell the system to ignore child safety, and you won't miss any russian mail order bride sites. Take a closer look at www.mywot.com - WOT has information for almost 17 Million sites.

    Posted 10 months ago #

17. RunesageMagik
    Member

    Thanks for the clarification, Esa. Sounds like a fine adjunct to basic computer security to protect newbies, casual surfers and anyone who doesn't use throwaway email addresses. It's not safe to roam the Net without a trusty sword these days. For the record, not even on the coldest nights would I trust a russian mafia's mail order bride site or the yakuza's cherry blossoms. This is what happens when the world's oldest profession unionizes. Support Right to Work legislation!

    Posted 10 months ago #

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