if portions of mcafee run out can i use another antivir. along with mcafee?
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No you cannot use two antivirus or firewall program at the same time. They will conflict and even damage your OS. If Norton has expired you need to renew your subscription or remove it from your computer all together. If it is not up to date it in not effective at any rate. There are several very go freeware antivirus programs. I recommend AVG. I have been using it for over 3 year and along with good computer practices I have not had a virus.\nThe link below has several well proven AV programs.
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yeah, ur safe for now...if u want to be more safe..just scan again...see if McAfee find anything!!
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Your information should be pretty safe just stay away from peer to peer download sites like limewire and kazaa.  These sites allow outside pc's just about the same access to your computer as your present setup.  also consider downloading the following programs (FREE). Ad AwareSE (Spyware Cleaner), Spy Bot (Spyware Cleaner), Avast (Virus Software), and Zone Alert (Firewall).  I know you already have Mcafee but the more the better.
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norton and mcaffee are both useless in my opinion. my system is pretty good but those programs use way too much memory. i've had less problems with a virus than with those stupid anti virus crap. i now use a free virus scanner ( http://www.grisoft.com ) which doesn't slow down, is easy to use and does the job better than mcaffee.
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I also use McAfee, Also we use ClamWin Antiviris. \nAnd you don't have to buy them from a computer store just go to their website and download them you can trust them not to put anything bad on your computer! \nEveryone I know has them!\nAfter I downloaded lots of stuff from myspace I had the same problems and then after a little while maby a few days our computer crashed and we had to reboot our computer so we lost all of our things. \n Since we put those two programs on our computer we haven't had a problem and I can still download music without getting any virus's!
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Uninstall Mcafee and download AVG its free , Works a lot better
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I prefer McAfee.  There's little real difference between the virus signatures that they work on -- but I've had performance problems when I've had Norton at work.  I've used McAfee for 10 years and never had a problem or a virus hit me hard.
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yes, i've had that same problem earlier this year with my dell xps. Put the McAfee disc in your cd rom and uninstall it that way then when you reboot, just reinstall it. Reregister it under a different email address.\n\nI'd consider another antivirus.I had a bad run with that software.
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i have mcafee and it works good....
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Your are correct to remove exsisting antivirus before installing a new one. Also only one antivirus should be installed on an operationg system at a time.\n\nYou will most likely have one of 3 antivirus. Norton, PC-Cillin, or MacAfee. The newer versions require a removal program available at the products website. I believe however these programs can be un-installed from the Add/Remove Program in the Control Panel.\n\nThe antivirus you have choosen to install, eTrust EZ Antivirus, form CA is a good program. They are a well respected member of the Security Community. With the programs you need to protect your computer these days I would not recommend it unless you computer is a P-III and has min. of 256mb of RAM. In conjunction to the antivirus there are several other antispyware programs that should be up and running.\n\nI would like you to consider freeware alternative to CA product. They demand less resources and are as I noted free.\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic3616.html\n\n\nGood luck.
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A hardware firewall (your NAT router) and a software firewall is fine. In fact it is a prefered configuration. In the case that any malware gets on your machine the software firewall will alert you if the malware program is trying to "phone home".\n\n Two software firewalls is a no-no, however.\n\nWindows firewall is useless in this case as it only monitors inbound packets. McAfee is a two way firewall monitoring both incoming and outgoing traffic.\n\nLeave Windows firewall off and leave your McAfee PF and your router's firewall both on.
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Security center requires that you first uninstall all mcafee products before you can uninstall the bloated and buggy security center. I would not reinstall the program at all. Even the free programs like avg, avast, and bitdefender are better than McAfee.
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In addition to Hybrid's answer:\n\nDepending on the severity/quantity of viruses, you may want to look into:\n\n1) If you have an anti-virus program, run a full scan on your system. Look for McAffee or Norton antivirus tools in "programs" for starters.\n\n2) If you have no antivirus program installed, try AVG free addition. It is easy to install and you'll receive regular updates to counter new virus attacks. You can also use tools to run full scans on your system. You can download it at: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl...\n\nOr, try the following link:\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/...\n\n3) If a PC is plagued with viruses, your best bet is to clean the system BEFORE it boots. This can be done by using some free tools available. Check out:\n\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/intro/...\n\nYou use PE Builder to make a bootable CDROM that loads a windows-like interface in memory. Because none of your hard drive files are locked they can be cleaned of any viruses. BartPE provides free McAffee plugins that you can run to accomplish this. WARNING: you have to fairly computer savy to work with BartPE. You may want to recruit a friend to help. It's more work, but I've found this to be the most effective way to clean your system.\n\nHTH,\nD
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I agree with toomany zoos, you dont need Macafee. If you look up their support network, they will be able to instruct you on how to reinstall it, it you find that you cant reinstall it without paying again then I would not worry as there are much better antivirus programs out there. check out this site, it is unbiased and can give you some idea of some good antivirus programs available\n  http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-vs-paid-av-part2.htm
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NEITHER!\nBoth are heavy on system resources! I updated my old version of Mcafee and it basicly killed my old pc. I have also had pc's running Norton and it is a joke at the least. The Antivirus that I recommend is avast: http://www.avast.com/\nand for my firewall Zone Alarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp;jsessionid=EEFop6Iat2evcK6fzwBB0muuLAVZn8xWHp02xIV2dNJgfhIdNpYk!195249684!-1062696903!7551!7552!NONE?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=dbtopnav_zaav\n\nBoth are very easy to use and have worked wonderfully! The best part is that they both have free versions that are not just trials! Another great thing is that they are both updated very often unlike some other software. I have Avast Pro and the free version of Zone Alarm and haven't had any problems with spyware, spam, or viruses. They put programs that you pay for to shame!
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i would get ridd of the big fix, had nothing but trouble with it, get mcafee up todate and you'll be good to go
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YES!, if not... do it yerself, u should have antivir installed on your computer, i dont mind ppl without antivirus and firewall.