McAfee / Intel Security
So in a hunt for another light AV, after seeing that McAfee AV has become light as it sits right next to ESET's low performance impact in the latest AV-Comparatives test results, I decided to give it a go. The license for the AV only was more expensive than the Internet Security Suite but I don't like these suites, just need an AV, so I bought it for $59 USD [ouch!]
When I first installed it, my Logitech G900 Wireless Gaming mouse started stuttering like no tomorrow, the UI was laggy, I wasn't having a good first impression.....
Then I reboot after the installation, ran a full system scan which was very fast considering I have around 5TB of data......
- 0 False positives of viruses detected
- 3 PUPs detected, but the good thing is, you can see what they are and hit allow all, very easy to whitelist them that way
- After the reboot, no more mouse stuttering and the UI isn't laggy anymore.
I bought a single license but was surprised to know that I can install it on all my PCs/Macs/phones and tablets......... anyone knows what's the limit? like how many PCs that I own can I install it on?
It's surprising how McAfee was known to be the heaviest AV / IS on the planet, and what they've become now.......
Also, I only bought the AntiVirus Plus, but I see it has a firewall built in, I don't know if that's just showing me the windows Firewall or its own Firewall, kinda weird for an AV only to have a Firewall
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Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative
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I never use any paid Antivirus except Microsoft Windows Defender, just avoid sketchy sites reported as risky by Google Chrome, pronsites, torrent sites and downloading cracked programs.
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Please update day to day experience in 3-4 weeks. I really want to find new AV. Currently I have bitdefender but it's becoming too bloated. I just need simple and effective AV without forcing me to install crapware (or in app advertising)
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Uninstalled it and got a refund although it is light as heck to be honestbigspin likes this. -
McAfee AV plus indeed include firewall and allow unlimited no of installs. I'm going to do a test run. I have old i5 which I exclusively use for trial software. I'll update my experience in 1 month. Because I need to find good AV before April...Planning clean install all my computers when M$ release their next major win 10 update in April.
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@downloads
After testing this for a few days, it has beat NOD32 in terms of performance, as in, it is lighter.
Once you install it the system becomes laggy and the mouse stutters, just reboot then run a full system scan and all is snappy again
Also there is an option in the settings to choose to scan files striking a balance between performance and security, or thorough (more performance impact), or light ( very low performance impact). I chose the light
Also, during installation, I chose custom and unchecked the McAfee Site Advisor, I don't need no site advisor daddy, just a fast local file scanning AV
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Initial system scan is very fast:
Also, when it detects False Positives (in my case, it caught only 3), it doesn't auto delete / auto quarantine them by default so that's nice touch, you can then whitelist all the detections in one shot very easily -
@Phoenix Thanks for the tip. I will gladly test it.
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Yeah it took one reboot followed by a full system scan followed by another reboot, and now the system is as light as if there was no AV installedVasudev likes this. -
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NOD32 / ESS probably use more RAM, but they need that to cache stuff I guess, it's still light as well at the end of the day -
@Phoenix None taken, but I need an AV with low RAM footprint due to limited amount of RAM on my convertible laptop and that is the end of that story.
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Please make sure when uninstalling an AV, to use its respective uninstaller to get rid of all the files/registry remnants:
McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool v9.0.3024.0Vasudev likes this. -
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@Papusan @donaldduck2004 @Donald@HIDevolution @Mr. Fox
Wow, look at how many processes the so called lightweight McCrappy Cloud AV is using....
then look at how many processes ESET need to make your taptop invisible to any virus....
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Any worse than Symantec?Or is this the new performance hit king?
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McAfee / Intel Security Discussion
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Feb 13, 2017.