Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread Jeff Wright
I just got comcast internet snail plan (768up) which is ok for me having had dialup (56k but really around 23-28k at best) for years...comcast offers MacAfee suite which installs easily ...but the cost in speed and footprint on the resources is very high which makes my pIV2-1gb-winXPhomeSP3

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread db
I second both of those concepts ... db Jeff Wright wrote: I just got comcast internet snail plan (768up) which is ok for me having had dialup (56k but really around 23-28k at best) for years...comcast offers MacAfee suite which installs easily ...but the cost in speed and footprint on the

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread RLeeSimon
Isn't AVG the one in the news that locked up lotsa peoples boxes recently with an online upgrade that they had2 do sommersaults to fix?? http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml? articleID=212001916 I have been using Avast and am quite happy so far...

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread db
No need to change then. All security software has its broken upgrades ... pros delay upgrades so as to avoid this inherent bleeding edge... db RLeeSimon wrote: Isn't AVG the one in the news that locked up lotsa peoples boxes recently with an online upgrade that they had2 do sommersaults to

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread RLeeSimon
Actually, it is broken inasmuch as I can't get it to scan an individual file or folder using the windows explorer shell command but I am waiting for a reply from their excellent tech support vie email. -Original Message- From: Jeff Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Actually, it is broken inasmuch as I can't get it to scan an individual file or folder using the windows explorer shell command but I am waiting for a reply from their excellent tech support vie email. Gmail is getting particularly frustrating as it will sometimes send replies to the actual

[CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-17 Thread RLeeSimon
I just got comcast internet snail plan (768up) which is ok for me having had dialup (56k but really around 23-28k at best) for years...comcast offers MacAfee suite which installs easily ...but the cost in speed and footprint on the resources is very high which makes my pIV2-1gb-winXPhomeSP3

Re: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee

2008-11-17 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
Probably. - Original Message - From: RLeeSimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: [CGUYS] yes or no to mcafee I just got comcast internet snail plan (768up) which is ok for me having had dialup (56k but really