McAfee security

Having recently upgraded to Broadband option 2, I decided to take advantage of the free download of the McAfee software.It seemed to be impressive enough,but sadly after 6 days useage,a Trojan found it`s way on to my PC.What the trojan did was to shut down Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox after about ten minutes.I was able to log back on again almost right away,but no good if you were in the middle of a download.Nothing else on my PC was affected,even Chrome and Safari browsers.McAfee was unable to remove the virus,so I got it removed myself.I was previously using the free Comodo Anti virus/firewall security.In nearly six years of use,not a single virus of any kind got through.I have taken the McAfee of my sytem and reinstalled Comodo.Anybody else have any probs with McAfee? Kenny

No AV is 100% effective against all attacks all the time, and I'm not aware of any reports that McAfee is notably worse than others in this respect. You can find recommendations for and against most AVs.
However, there have been many operational complaints about McAfee, as a forum search for NetProtect will reveal. Many advise to steer clear as there are plenty of equally effective free programs available. More here: BT Forum AV Advice.
PS. Did you run the McAfee removal tool? It has been moved to http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS101331.
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2/ Does adobe look at the web forums, other than it's own, prior to bundling software with their products to see what reactions people have towards the bundled software?
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New computer, installed Firefox, went to get Flash Player for Firefox.
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Huh? What? McAfee Security Scan Plus????
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I am an IT guy. I dont get viruses. I dont fall for scams. I dont get phished. I dont click "yes" on anything that pops up on my screen. I fix all my family and freinds computers. I build my own computers, I havent bought a premade pc from a company in over 15 years. I am a Linux system admin.
When I install software, like Flash player, I read everything that pops up on my screen, except for the full EULA.
I cant wait till HTML5 becomes standard. Then the world can rid itself of this resource hog and now apprently also a virus.
Adobe Flash did not notify me McAfee Security Scan Plus was being installed untill after it was installed.

I'm another IT guy, and I did NOT get the normal Flash install screen with the McAfee junk checkbox. I've learned long ago to watch for it, especially with Adobe products.
I run a utility on my system that watches the Startup paths in the operating system, and notifies me when something wants to install itself to start automatically. That gives me option to say "no," and keep my system running fast a smooth. Well, Adobe has even worked its way around that kind of protection. Their products now scan for available updates in the background when they are running, then use the system's Shut Down process to put their updater in the "RunOnce" key of the Registry! Then when you reboot, even though you KNOW you didn't authorize any Adobe product to auto-start, up comes their updater. But I digress....
This time I was browsing with Firefox, and a Flash page said my player was out of date. Click the link to update it. The download started immediately, with no option to opt out of anything.
Surprise! McAfee Security Scan Plus pops up so it can do its fake scan and try to get me to buy something. McAfee used to be the flagship anti-virus out there. It was fast, unobtrusive, and just did the job. But McAfee lost sight of it's original purpose, and now, in their attempts to become a one-package security solution, McAfee has become a bloated, sluggish system hog like Norton. And like Adobe. They all deserve to just die.
McAfee has resorted to Adware to make sales, and uses scare tactics to get you to buy. They have obviously partnered with Adobe with a deal to make money for both of them. (Norton, also, has now resorted to scareware sales tactics, BTW.) Why are they doing this? Because Microsoft came out with Security Essentials, which is free. And it provides better protection with far less system load because it integrates with the operating system.
I dropped Adobe Acrobat a long time ago. If there were a good alternative Flash player, I would dump Adobe player in a second. In half a second. This kind of bloatware sales partnership garbage is unacceptable. There are other multimedia formats out there. Maybe the world will wake up one day and stop using Flash altogether.
Oh! And their forum software sucks, too. My screen name isn't supposed to be "BubbaJoeBlow." It's supposed to be "D'Hag," which was registered with my account. But the forum wouldn't let me use it. Great job, Adobe!
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Removing McaFee Security scan plus

You snuck in McAfee security scan plus in with flash player update. How do I get rid of it, it doe not want to uninstall! I wanted the flash player update because I got tired of being hassled about it, I did not want this other JUNK! Keep your products separate from others.

Visually:
Start>Control Panel
Programs and Features>Uninstall a Program
Uninstall McAfe Security Scan from the list and Close the Control Panel.
Registry Editor (Press the Windows key + R and type "regedit" then click OK)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software
Delete the McAfee folder by right clicking and choosing delete
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
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THAT will completely remove McAfee Security Scan from your system. You should reboot after ANY registry changes.

[locked] I HATE your McAfee Security Scan Plus INSTALL!!!

WTF is wrong with you people?????
NOBODY WANTS THAT SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON THEIR COMPUTER!!!
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PAIN-IN-THE AZZ TO TAKE OFF!!!
YEAH, THERE IS A CHECKBOX, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE TRYING TO JUST INSTALL THE FLASH PLAYER!
AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, THE FLASH PLAYER 10.1 DIDN'T EVEN INSTALL PROPERLY!!!!
Message was edited by Jochem van Dieten to remove profanity

This is insane - why would I want McAfee Security Scan Plus when I was updating Flash? All I was doing was trying to open the browser to do a quick task, but Frirefox wanted updating and in the process it says I need an urgent update to the Flash player... so now I've been interrupted twice, I want to just get this out of the way and get on with what I was doing.
In answer to some of the other people criticisingthis guy for not payinig attention, why should we have to pay attention to something like this? I am an interface designer and I can tell you this is BAD design. You don't provide people with an opt-out for something they have not chosen during a routine event. You then get a) people overlooking this because we tend to rush through in everyday tasks like this, b) not lookinig for it becuase this isn't usually there, c) notexpecting "little traps" because this is supposedly a large "trustworthy" company.
This is a trust issue - as a device to knock large chunks of value off your brand it's pretty successful. The director in charge of the Adobe brand should go and kick whatever f**kwit thought this was a good idea, becuase they've probably just knocked a few hundred thousand $ off the balance sheet.
And as to the personal responsibility - well yes I agree we need to get back to taking personal responsibility for things... but equally, companies have responsibility for designing things not trip people up (do you think Boeing should not worry about the pilot interface because heshould just pay more attention?). And there is a big difference between a design mistake and a "reputable" company deliberately providing a required opt-out for unrequested extras, for thier own commercial gain.
By the way I am right now looking at a huge bill to buy CS5 which I have to have to do my job... 'dI rather that when I pay a lot for the product it covers the cost of the required security updates, instead of me having to look out for tricks they pull when Installing security updates.
Basically this kinid of thing doesn't improve our lives.

McAfee Security Scan Plus and Flash Player installer

Hi.
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Bundling other software in the installer is a sign of a DYING company. Now I have to do more work and uninstall this stuff. Yeah, you got me. "Angry" is not strong enough. -Foffu.

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You should only have one antivirus programme on your computer. You will need to decide which to have and uninstall the others. I, along with others on this forum would suggest that you uninstall all of them and install somthing else such as Microsoft Security or AVG Free or Avast free. McAfee and BTNet protect hog resources and are known to cause some problems such as you are having. If you do decide to uninstall them follow this guide.
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13523/~/i-don't-want-bt-netprotect-plus-anymore.-how-...
Make sure you follow it including the McAffe removal tool part.
The Rapport software is I presume supplied by your bank. I don't know if this uses al lot of resources or could cause a conflict. You could leave it on meantime.

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