Re: looking for free vista virus scanner because mcafee failed to work
Ayatollah Yootweiss Al-Reddi
n...@mail.com says...
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed vista, and much to my surprise "mcafee virusscan 2007
> plus" doesn't work with vista !?! I get a warning from windows, and
> from what i've read it is not a good idea to ignore it and install
> anyhow. I mean it's the 2007 edition for f*cks sake. Did the guys at
> mcafee somehow miss the whole vista thing, or is MS trying to block
> second party virus products.
>
> Anyway does anybody know if there is a way to get mcafee to function
> (with some tweaking, a new patch or something like that). And if that
> is not possible, can anybody recommend a decent free virusscanner that
> works with vista.
>
> Thanks for any help with this.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Eric
>
> BTW: Is it me, or is Vista just WinXP + a shiny new look. I mean i
No, it's quite a bit more, which is why your McAfee doesn't
work with it. If you check the box I don't think you'll find
Vista listed in the OSs supported.
If you had the Enterprise version 8.5 of McAfee, that'd work.
> really couldn't find any new & improved features. They pretty much
> canceled all cool things that should be in there (new fs, .net only
> api, new shell, secure computing, etc, etc ) during the development
> stage, and ended up with transparent windows as a main feature.
>
> And the saddest part of it all: the fact that most people are actually
> very happy with these new transparent windows, and have no need for
> actual improvements :-/
>
>
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Mich...
"Eric" <n...@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I just installed vista, and much to my surprise "mcafee virusscan 2007
> plus" doesn't work with vista !?! I get a warning from windows, and
> from what i've read it is not a good idea to ignore it and install
> anyhow. I mean it's the 2007 edition for f*cks sake. Did the guys at
> mcafee somehow miss the whole vista thing, or is MS trying to block
> second party virus products.
>
> Anyway does anybody know if there is a way to get mcafee to function
> (with some tweaking, a new patch or something like that). And if that
> is not possible, can anybody recommend a decent free virusscanner that
> works with vista.
>
> Thanks for any help with this.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Eric
>
> BTW: Is it me, or is Vista just WinXP + a shiny new look. I mean i
> canceled all cool things that should be in there (new fs, .net only
> api, new shell, secure computing, etc, etc ) during the development
> stage, and ended up with transparent windows as a main feature.
>
> And the saddest part of it all: the fact that most people are actually
> very happy with these new transparent windows, and have no need for
> actual improvements :-/
>
I personally think Vista is not worth the upgrade yet
I was using AVG free with Vista for a while, then it stopped working
properly
(won't startup with Windows), but you can start AVG after every boot
manually, and it runs OK for me.
Mich...
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed vista, and much to my surprise
Surprise? You were surprised?
> "mcafee virusscan 2007 plus" doesn't work with vista !?!
Back in the day, I purchased a copy of the McAfee Office program for
around $80US and used it with my Windows NT 3.51 installation. A month
or so later, I upgraded to Windows NT 4.0. I attempted to reinstall
McAfee Office, and got a *McAfee* dialog warning me "Whoa! You are
using NT 4.0! Stop right now." And it did.
So I contacted McAfee for an upgrade ... maybe even a $20 fee would be
alright? Nope. "Sorry, sir. You much purchase another $80 package."
Bye-bye, McAfee.
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
Giuseppe
I previously had an issue with Mcfee on Vista versions OS, is because it
s***t this antivirus messes up you Registry but you can always fix it it
has a simply solution and it will run just fine on Vista but I would
need to know if an erro pops up when you star the machine.
If you like to perform a free online scan with a gud antivirus I would
suggest with TRENDMICRO they are very good
If you wish to purchased a new ANtivirus I would suggest AVG Internet
SEcurity latest version is very stable with Vista Version
--
Giuseppe
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Circa 2007
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| Circa 2007
| Another techarena.in victim posts an important message.
They are truly PITA !
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VanguardLH
> I previously had an issue with Mcfee on Vista versions OS, ...
Oh, you thought anyone was still monitoring that /*34-MONTH OLD*/ thread?
Next time check the datestamps!
http://forums.techarena.in
A leech site pretending to have forums by running a webnews-for-dummies
interface that submits improperly formatted posts through a gateway to
Usenet (aka newsgroups).
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Hey BTS, you're up!
Who, me? <lol>
> Circa 2007
>
> Another techarena.in victim posts an important message.
..two-and-a-half *years* late to reply.
> "Giuseppe" <Giusepp...@DoNotSpam.com>
needs a good spell and grammar checker, too.
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Giuseppe, you are posting in an unsavory Usenet-scraping web forum, to
the alt.comp.virus newsgroup. Google for "Usenet" and learn the real
way.
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-bts
-Four wheels carries the body; two wheels moves the soul
FromTheRafters
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> From: "FromTheRafters" <err...@nomail.afraid.org>
>
> | Hey BTS, you're up!
>
> | Circa 2007
>
> | Another techarena.in victim posts an important message.
>
> They are truly PITA !
...are you kidding? They're the lifeblood of usenet ...at least,
according to some. :oD