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Well... I skip McAffee entirely happy (even if they are "free" from Comcast). McAffee is in the same league as Norton - Sucks. VIPRE is the best Anti-virus/Anti-spyware solution I have found.

More proof that a 'major' vendor can't be trusted to be a good steward of $$$.
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Reliable Security Source  JT82 | 03/31/09
Reliable Security Source  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Oh snap  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
I have done better than that.  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Waiting here...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
or...  wormtowndj | 03/31/09
Wormful Windows ...  Amelioration | 03/31/09
So would you agree  notsofast | 03/31/09
just downloaded the "latest" Stinger & it's old!  ITSecurityGuy | 04/01/09
pulsating platypus here... (nt)  pgit | 04/01/09
Or maybe Titilated Trouser Trout...? n/t  Wolfie2K3 | 04/02/09
Yeah - I tried Ubuntu...  TheWerewolf | 03/31/09
You can't get work done on Ubuntu?  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Or you could use boiling water, which is free...  DevJonny | 03/31/09
What was it exactly that you found was missing in Ubuntu?  InAction Man | 03/31/09
Lotsa half-baked software  Tony R. | 04/01/09
What a good little surfer!  marks055@... | 03/31/09
Photoshop? Is that the only arrow in your quiver?  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Good developers, you say?  jl2009 | 04/02/09
Take away Photoshop and what do they have?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/09
Talking to yourself?  InAction Man | 03/31/09
LOL  chas_2 | 04/01/09
Oh snap  AzuMao | 04/01/09
Oh, you mean the affected users  ITSecurityGuy | 04/01/09
Huh?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/01/09
Not only that but...  Wolfie2K3 | 04/02/09
Re: Huh?  AzuMao | 04/04/09
Oh Please  yumadome@... | 04/01/09
RE: Oh Please  computer_freak_8 | 04/01/09
Worth adding ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
The patch will prevent infection via autoplay.  ye | 03/31/09
Autoplay affects  LiquidLearner | 03/31/09
And of course...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
Antivirus won't block something it doesn't know about  georgeou | 04/03/09
My assumption was Vista which would limit...  ye | 03/31/09
So that's why autoplayis not working on my machine!  Lerianis | 03/31/09
Microsoft Autoplay Repair Wizard  zmud | 03/31/09
Microsoft Autoplay Repair Wizard Repair Wizard.  Amelioration | 03/31/09
You just described the windoze ecosystem and their way of doing things.  InAction Man | 03/31/09
RE: McAfee fails the Conficker test  rpearson62@... | 03/31/09
Nope, not fixed  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
So noted...  rpearson62@... | 03/31/09
McAfee fails period  jacarter3 | 03/31/09
The more things change...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
The more things change...  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Uh, no  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/31/09
No I'm not afraid.  Amelioration | 03/31/09
Unless you use Netgear cards...  Sleeper Service | 03/31/09
My ethernet cards always worked, my wireless cards work  Amelioration | 03/31/09
IBM Rational Development Environment is...  DevJonny | 03/31/09
You must be living in an alternate reality  InAction Man | 03/31/09
Weird..  AzuMao | 04/01/09
I'm speaking from personal experience...  Sleeper Service | 04/02/09
I'm also speaking from personal experience...  AzuMao | 04/04/09
Whoopty doo  notsofast | 03/31/09
Black and white?  AzuMao | 04/01/09
linux  mizsaggy | 04/01/09
Sure Ubuntu must have some vulnerabilities just don't compare it with M$  InAction Man | 03/31/09
As, indeed, is the user volume.  Sleeper Service | 04/02/09
So.. Linux users are typically this illogical?  TheWerewolf | 03/31/09
"if you don't care about the end customer you don't survive"  Amelioration | 03/31/09
You say "Windows clearly isn't for everyone"??? Heresy.  InAction Man | 03/31/09
McAfee always fails... Period.  gamefreak9310 | 03/31/09
So, you based your decision on ONE virus!  ITSecurityGuy | 04/01/09
RE: McAfee Fails Period  denverjomo@... | 04/01/09
Can we just get rid of Symantec and McAfee?  TheWerewolf | 03/31/09
People say NAV is much better now.  LeoD | 03/31/09
I stopped using NAV and went to SEP.  NoThomas | 03/31/09
Yeah what he said  gcerny12 | 03/31/09
Surprisingly  LiquidLearner | 03/31/09
Another failure: The exe is not signed!  LeoD | 03/31/09
...plus they link to a PDF to provide a simple list.  LeoD | 03/31/09
Break out the latest beta compile of Nmap!  no_zd_user_name | 03/31/09
10 seconds of research  Joe_Raby | 03/31/09
"too stupid"...  mmagliaro | 03/31/09
Oh the windoze ecosystem. Isn't it fantastic?  InAction Man | 03/31/09
And how is this different than any other OS?  ye | 03/31/09
202 patches. How many of those were security patches?  InAction Man | 03/31/09
Here you go:  ye | 03/31/09
Very good, but how many of those were security patches?  InAction Man | 03/31/09
I gave you the means to answer your question.  ye | 03/31/09
How many?  InAction Man | 04/01/09
Argue with ye or with a traffic light, same result.  InAction Man | 04/01/09
@InAction Man: Again: I have provided you with all you need...  ye | 04/01/09
The crucial difference  AzuMao | 04/01/09
What a bogus claim!  ITSecurityGuy | 04/01/09
Nope  AzuMao | 04/04/09
Another wives tale.  ye | 04/01/09
More like deductive reasoning.  AzuMao | 04/04/09
Those who choose to turn it off  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/05/09
And if millions of people are turning it off..  AzuMao | 04/07/09
So on your trips to Mexico  LiquidLearner | 03/31/09
"It's not stupidity or negligence."  Sleeper Service | 04/02/09
A "tiny fraction", Ed???  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/02/09
Yup, a tiny fraction  rtk | 04/02/09
What are you talking about  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/09
I could ask the same question.  rtk | 04/03/09
It was Ed who said a "tiny fraction" with certanity, not me  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/09
Correct, but then you claimed a majority.  rtk | 04/03/09
Absolutely  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/05/09
Ironically  rtk | 04/06/09
Hey I can't help it...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/06/09
Maybe there are.  AzuMao | 04/04/09
I'll do this slowly so you can understand  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/04/09
RE: McAfee fails the Conficker test  gcerny12 | 03/31/09
Mcfee is the 2nd worst A/V we carry....  devlin_X | 03/31/09
McAfee reached its acme on DOS  Tony R. | 04/01/09
RE: McAfee fails the Conficker test  ing.chatboy@... | 03/31/09
hey Ed the link works ...... but mcafee still sucks  goldenpirate@... | 03/31/09
What if ......  goldenpirate@... | 03/31/09
Windows Fails the conflicker test.  Alan Smithie | 04/01/09
Alan fails the spelling test.  Sleeper Service | 04/02/09
And you pass the Muppet Test  Alan Smithie | 04/03/09
RE: McAfee fails the Conficker test  mwherman@... | 04/01/09
The screenshot text looks to be from a template from hostgator  shaddup | 04/01/09
Lorem ipsum is common "greek" text  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/01/09
No, it isn't  cgiannac | 04/01/09
Picky, picky...  chas_2 | 04/01/09
Yes it is  Owen3.141 | 04/01/09
Well put, Ed!  chas_2 | 04/01/09
LOL  chas_2 | 04/01/09
Don't forget Avast!  chas_2 | 04/01/09
4 yrs, Avast hasn't let me down. My favorite Norton replacement.  invmgr@... | 04/01/09
I will 2nd that thought  Chris Z | 04/01/09
Avast 4.8 caused problems; 4.7 is OK  bobpeg | 04/01/09
I think they've fixed that issue now...  Sleeper Service | 04/02/09
RE: McAfee fails the Conficker test  weborglodge | 04/01/09
When will companies get it...  ITSecurityGuy | 04/01/09
I wish this was the only thing McAfee failed  YSB49 | 04/01/09

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