McAfee LiveSafe

snaver

Can anyone help me please? I need to renew my McAfee LiveSafe subscription. They have offered me a deal of £89 for 2 years, instead of 1 year, but I wondered if there are any better deals out there? There seem to be a lot of really cheap prices on Amazon and Ebay, but I don't know if these are real products or just a scam. Any advice greatly appreciated.

GunJack

snaver wrote: »

I need to renew my McAfee LiveSafe subscription.

No, you really don't.... free av from bitdefender, avira would be better..and free

giraffe69

Anti virus Windows Defender £0
Add Malwarebytes free version £0
What else is needed? Don't waste your £89.

snaver

Thanks so much for your responses, GunJack & Giraffe. Are the free services really that good, or even better than LiveSafe? If I remember, I got LiveSafe as it was compatible with my Carbonite cloud backup, which Norton and the like really weren't. Would this still be the case?

forgotmyname

Crossing your fingers is better than McAfee.

Stopped repairing someones computer because they kept reinstalling McAfee and then infected it again.

grumpycrab

If I remember, I got LiveSafe as it was compatible with my Carbonite cloud backup, which Norton and the like really weren't. Would this still be the case?

Standard AV products should be totally independent from Carbonite. I guess there may be issues if you use anti ransomware functions.

greyteam1959

Why people pay for this sort of stuff is beyond me.
Plenty of very good free stuff out there................

Neil49

giraffe69 wrote: »

Anti virus Windows Defender £0
Add Malwarebytes free version £0
What else is needed? Don't waste your £89.

I have read elsewhere that using Defender is only a really effective option if you are using Windows 10. If you are using any Windows version below 10 then the Defender option isn't as good.

I could be wrong on this but it's worth highlighting.

Either way, you do of course need to include Malwarebytes as well.

GunJack

Neil49 wrote: »

I have read elsewhere that using Defender is only a really effective option if you are using Windows 10. If you are using any Windows version below 10 then the Defender option isn't as good.

I could be wrong on this but it's worth highlighting.

Either way, you do of course need to include Malwarebytes as well.

That's because Defender on versions before W10 was a c@rppy anti-spyware only program that was as much use as a chocolate fireguard....

Defender as built-in to W10 is a proper anti-virus prog..it's got better since it was released but still not as effective as bd or avira.

wongataa

GunJack wrote: »

That's because Defender on versions before W10 was a c@rppy anti-spyware only program that was as much use as a chocolate fireguard....

Defender as built-in to W10 is a proper anti-virus prog..it's got better since it was released but still not as effective as bd or avira.

Before Windows 10 the Microsoft AV program was called Microsoft Security Essentials. On Windows 10 the AV element was integrated into Defender.

GunJack

wongataa wrote: »

Before Windows 10 the Microsoft AV program was called Microsoft Security Essentials. On Windows 10 the AV element was integrated into Defender.

Before W10, as stated, Defender was only anti-spyware... the "all-new" W10 Defender is an a-v...are you that young you don't remember it???