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stan On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:04 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:16 -0500, "Paul Stenquist" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:05 PM, eckinator wrote: >>> >>>> my Toshiba portégé came with mc afee preinstalled so it is a good >>>> thing my ISP offers complimentary mc afee or I'd have to worry about >>>> how to do a /full/ uninstall - thing i hate most about antivirus is >>>> how deeply it lodges itself in my system >>> >>> I didn't uninstall McAfee, but I assume that once the free trial expires, >>> it will lie harmlessly dormant. Am I correct or nieve? >>> Paul >>> >> >> >> >> I think it's more likely to continue working but produce nag screens >> telling you that it's outdated and needs to be updated and that a >> licence extension needs to be purchased. If it was my PC, I'd uninstall. > > When my PC went to digital heaven in December, i wen tot my McAfee > account and turned off the auto renewal, and then decommissioned the > unit. I get about 2-5 emails a week asking why i turned the feature > off, do i want to renew, hey how's it going Brooksie, kind of emails. > > Dave >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> >>>> 2011/2/28 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Paul, >>>>>> My internet service provider was SBC and now AT&T. >>>>>> They provide free McAfee downloading. >>>>>> Check your provider. >>>>>> They don't offer it up easily. >>>>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>>> >>>>> I have comcast. I don't know if they will provide virus protection. In >>>>> any case, I followed Matt's suggestion and downloaded the Microsoft >>>>> software. It was easy. That's a good thing: >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> My wife has a PC, because I didn't want to spend the money to get her a >>>>>>>> Mac:-). Seriously, all she does is e-mail and a bit of web surfing, and >>>>>>>> her Acer laptop works fine. It came with McAfee virus protection, but >>>>>>>> it has expired and they want $40 a year to continue. Sounds like a lot. >>>>>>>> Is there a better option? Something inexpensive that I won't have to >>>>>>>> set up? Something that will install itself if I go to the website and >>>>>>>> click on it? I have no idea how one installs software on a PC, although >>>>>>>> I suspect it's not very hard. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any help on this. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've been using the free version of Avast! for several years and am >>>>>>> perfectly satisfied with it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> B >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
