McAfee

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the McAfee warning boxes on my computer,when it either uploads updates or is telling me that a program wants internet access,I try and click on the highlited box which is the one I want ALLOW ALWAYS,then ALLOW ONCE or BLOCK. It doesn't do anything and it permanently stays open on the screen,to get it to go aaway I have to restart my computer all the time and even them the program wanting internet access comes back it is annoying to say the least as it is not a small box. Your help would be most appreciative.
Thanks
Stephen

Guyincognito76 wrote:
Apparently, last year PC users spent 50 hours on average troubleshooting their computers, whilst Mac users spent just 5 hours.
I have used a Vaio laptop for several hours a day, mostly on the internet, for 2 years and have spent nil hours on what I would regard as PC troubleshooting (except, funnily enough, about ½hr ditching McAfee in favour of MSE).
Another pious @rse!
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No matter how many times you ask... I DON'T WANT McAFEE!

You know why I signed up to this forum?
Specifically to tell you to stop auto-checking the McAfee box for me when updating Flash. Thanks for wasting my time.
With the frequency at which Flash Player is updated, this annoying McAfee option is single-handedly starting to make me hate Adobe. Even with your shiny new template that presents it as an "Optional" install. What would make me even more upset is if one time I forgot to uncheck the box, which thankfully hasn't happened yet.
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Use the FULL offline installers with nothing bundled.
Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)
Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)
They're more stable than the "downloader/installer" anyway.
Bookmark those. They don't change even when the version is updated.

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Do I sound frusturated - I AM But I appreciate your trying to help.

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Insomnia struck, so here goes.
@AQ
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@DS
I also liked Site Adviser but it was never happy with Chrome, my default, so I opted for WOT. They do work differently; who knows which is better?
I use IE occasionally due to Chrome not going too well with a particular website. I did have Site Adviser with it, but it went with the rest of McAfee when I installed MSE, and I replaced it with WOT just for consistency. I'd be surprised if there was a problem running SA with MSE. Google didn't bring up much; no suggestion of incompatibility but some consensus that MSE was OK on its own and SA is cr@p! So yer pays yer money and takes yer choice I guess.
MSE is very slim but does offer a bunch of options.
@All
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