Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;
I've never had many real accessibility issues with mcafee but the product is a piece of flotsam. A lot of corporations use it for some reason; it's actually much pricier than most other AV packages and yet it doesn't work all that well. I got a trojan on my work computer and it detected the dropper as it was doing its nefarious work and yet wasn't able to stop it from throwing its payload on the machine, and then detected said payload every bootup and claimed to remove it when it wasn't actually doing a thing. People claim it gives false positives all the time. They've always seemed to have a bad reputation among the anti-virus experts going back to the 90s. I'd stay away. I'm currently using avira and it's quite nice, although I can't read the notifications, which is an annoyance that may yet encourage me to try something else. Quoting David Goldfield : Dan, Can you comment on how accessible the current version of Avast is with screen readers? How easy is it to go into the various preferences? I used to use Avast 4 and I heard that the earlier versions of 5 were not accessible. I did not wish to wait until the company added accessibility into their products and so I uninstalled it and, for a while, switched to AVG. Shortly after this Avast claimed to have accessibility into the current versions but I've never had a chance to really see what was added or changed. I would love a detailed analysis of what's been done as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Avast regarding screen reader accessibility if you have the time and energy to offer comments. David -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dan Mccurley Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:21 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over; What I have to say here is not an advertisement in any way for anything; it is my experience with Mcafee. Three days ago I uninstalled Mcafee and installed avast. Ever sense then, my machine has ran much faster, problem free, and has been a pleasure to use. I should have done this years ago; I can't speak for anyone but me but it has made a huge difference. Dan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ---=== NOTICE ===--- Note: Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver this message or any part of its contents, or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this message. As our agency cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this message or attachments, we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic message are not given or endorsed by Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative independent of this message. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;
I had the same problem years ago. I now use Microsoft's MSE and it works fantastic! Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf Of Dan Mccurley Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:21 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over; What I have to say here is not an advertisement in any way for anything; it is my experience with Mcafee. Three days ago I uninstalled Mcafee and installed avast. Ever sense then, my machine has ran much faster, problem free, and has been a pleasure to use. I should have done this years ago; I can't speak for anyone but me but it has made a huge difference. Dan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;
Dan, Can you comment on how accessible the current version of Avast is with screen readers? How easy is it to go into the various preferences? I used to use Avast 4 and I heard that the earlier versions of 5 were not accessible. I did not wish to wait until the company added accessibility into their products and so I uninstalled it and, for a while, switched to AVG. Shortly after this Avast claimed to have accessibility into the current versions but I've never had a chance to really see what was added or changed. I would love a detailed analysis of what's been done as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Avast regarding screen reader accessibility if you have the time and energy to offer comments. David -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dan Mccurley Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:21 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over; What I have to say here is not an advertisement in any way for anything; it is my experience with Mcafee. Three days ago I uninstalled Mcafee and installed avast. Ever sense then, my machine has ran much faster, problem free, and has been a pleasure to use. I should have done this years ago; I can't speak for anyone but me but it has made a huge difference. Dan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ---=== NOTICE ===--- Note: Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver this message or any part of its contents, or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this message. As our agency cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this message or attachments, we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic message are not given or endorsed by Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative independent of this message. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;
What I have to say here is not an advertisement in any way for anything; it is my experience with Mcafee. Three days ago I uninstalled Mcafee and installed avast. Ever sense then, my machine has ran much faster, problem free, and has been a pleasure to use. I should have done this years ago; I can't speak for anyone but me but it has made a huge difference. Dan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
