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eerr

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Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« on: March 14, 2010, 01:23:22 pm »
For awhile, Comcast distributed Macafee free to all its customers.

My mom dowloaded and installed macafee on this computer and everything was fine for awhile.


But now, apparently, I have untill May 12 to install Norton.

Is Norton still the bloated piece of sh*t I remember?
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2010, 02:07:06 pm »
Yes. Get AVG Free Edition.
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2010, 04:16:31 pm »
Quote from: eerr on March 14, 2010, 01:23:22 pm
But now, apparently, I have untill May 12 to install Norton.

Why is this?
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2010, 04:34:45 pm »
I thought Avast was even better anyway?  I got a free version through the Kim Kommando site.
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2010, 11:27:20 pm »
Quote from: JoshuaFH on March 14, 2010, 04:16:31 pm
Quote from: eerr on March 14, 2010, 01:23:22 pm
But now, apparently, I have untill May 12 to install Norton.

Why is this?

I assume he means that he has to install it by that deadline in order to get it free. At least, I hope that's what he means. :o
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2010, 03:30:24 pm »
Quote from: Vucar Fikodastesh on March 14, 2010, 11:27:20 pm
Quote from: JoshuaFH on March 14, 2010, 04:16:31 pm
Quote from: eerr on March 14, 2010, 01:23:22 pm
But now, apparently, I have untill May 12 to install Norton.

Why is this?

I assume he means that he has to install it by that deadline in order to get it free. At least, I hope that's what he means. :o
to get it free
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2010, 03:34:23 pm »
 Unless the software completely turned around in the past year you should avoid that crap. I cannot think of any redeeming feature of that software and many features that are major problems. One of such features is the fact that it never goes away. The uninstaller is a piece of crap that keeps large chunks of the software on your computer in a usable state, if the uninstaller even decides to work.
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 03:26:36 am »
I say go for it if the Norton's is more than just an anti-virus and has the firewall bundled into it.

Norton's has got a lot better over the past few years, it's more light weight than before. Also if you do decide to uninstall it then use the Norton removal tool from the website rather than add/remove programs. It will actually remove all traces of it.
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Re: Comcast, free Macafee no longer. Norton instead.
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 04:26:37 am »
I use Microsoft Security Essentials, having moved from a combo of Spybot and AVG. Have to say, I'm extremely impressed. Scan times are down from 3+ hours to 20 minutes and it picks up things both of them missed.

And it's free.
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