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Old 23-07-2007, 09:20 PM
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I am setting up a friends new laptop. It comes with a 30 day trial of McAfee. I gather I should get rid of it immediately and install either Avast or AVG?
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I concur. :)

Over priced resource hungry crap.
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Uninstalling right now.
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Old 23-07-2007, 09:25 PM
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It's also rather buggy and not much cop at removing viruses.
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I'm ignoring the 29% renewal offer that's just popped up.Thanks for the advice.
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Post New laptop anti virus
Originally Posted by mcbee View Post
I am setting up a friends new laptop. It comes with a 30 day trial of McAfee. I gather I should get rid of it immediately and install either Avast or AVG?

@mcbee : Well, I wouldn't recommend using a freeware antivirus. Personally, I don't want to use them, because you don't have as much support as a paid antivirus.

I would recommend Panda Internet Security 2007.

And no, I don't have any shares or anything.

I just feel that Panda is a good antivirus and I'm satisfied with it now for years.

In the beginning that I used it, it caused some problems, but now I don't experience any problems with it.
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Old 24-07-2007, 10:37 AM
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@mcbee : Well, I wouldn't recommend using a freeware antivirus. Personally, I don't want to use them, because you don't have as much support as a paid antivirus.

I would recommend Panda Internet Security 2007.

And no, I don't have any shares or anything.

I just feel that Panda is a good antivirus and I'm satisfied with it now for years.

In the beginning that I used it, it caused some problems, but now I don't experience any problems with it.
If you mention Panda once more I'm going to ban you, I'm fed up reading it.

11 Posts and everyone about Panda this Panda that, it's basically spam and I won't stand for it.

Thanks.
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Post New laptop anti virus
Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid View Post
If you mention Panda once more I'm going to ban you, I'm fed up reading it.

11 Posts and everyone about Panda this Panda that, it's basically spam and I won't stand for it.

Thanks.

@Dave Hybrid : Sorry ... I just like Panda's antivirussoftware, that's all.

I'll stop mentioning it then ...
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I ignored the advice anyway and installed Avast.
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