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Wakey_lass

Wakey_lass Posts: 1 Newbie

15 January 2010 at 8:21PM in Techie Stuff

As a HSBC customer I was delighted to read that I could get free antivirus software from McAfee but I have had nothing but trouble with it. My computer actually told me it had 2 viruses that needed cleaning, Explorer kept crashing and after a month it told me I wasn't fully protected to be on the internet unless I paid £30 to upgrade. I have since gone back to old faithfull Norton which luckilly still let me just upgrade. I don't know if I did it wrong but it was certainly a headache for me.

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busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite

15 January 2010 at 9:59PM

Yet another reason not to bank with HSBC :shocked:

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MsRed1 Posts: 324 Forumite

15 January 2010 at 10:10PM

The first thing I did after I bought my Netbook was to uninstall the free McAfee anti-virus. Now happy with the ESET NOD32 security suite.

I went away and now I'm back.:j:j
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busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite

15 January 2010 at 10:16PM

Now happy with the ESET NOD32 security suite.

This I have used on several domain networks and it is certainly a reputable anti -virus/-malmare solution.

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Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite

16 January 2010 at 12:08AM

Microsoft Security Essentials, - free, works fine, good on resources, you don't need to pay anyone anything.

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Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite

16 January 2010 at 3:33AM

busenbust wrote: »

Yet another reason not to bank with HSBC :shocked:

Why, there is no obligation to use their Anti Virus, I don't.

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aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite

16 January 2010 at 10:15AM

Use the MCAFEE REMOVAL TOOL (Uninstalling leaves bits behind)
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

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busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite

16 January 2010 at 11:17AM

Inactive wrote: »

Why, there is no obligation to use their Anti Virus, I don't.

:huh: ...............

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