Hi, Earle.
Since you have McAfee for free, I'd stick with it if Qwest isn't offering Qwest
with Windows Live for your area, which provides Windows Live OneCare for free.
-steve
"Earle Horton" <0123456@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Thanks for the tip. After reading a few articles in the "generaldiscussion"
>group I conclude that McAfee isn't so bad, especially since it's "free" and
>it (finally!) seems to have upgraded itself. Upon reflection, it appears
>that McAfee's repeated attempts to "upgrade" itself were actually
>responsible for the large number of "abnormal shutdowns" I have been
>experiencing. The tool to analyze these said to contact McAfee for an
>upgrade to cure the problem, the upgrade attempt caused another abnormal
>shutdown, repeat until well shaken.
>
>McAfee has problems, but is "free" with an MSN subscription, which in turn
>is "free" with my Qwest DSL service.
>
>Saludos,
>
>Earle
>
>"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Earle, please begin a new thread for these questions. Thanks.
>>
>> PS: There are OneCare-specific newsgroups and web-forums where you can
>> seek support and ask questions.
>>
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.generaldiscussion
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antispyware
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antivirus
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.backup
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.firewall
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.install
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.tuneup
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.update
>>
>> Windows Live OneCare Forums
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>>
>> Earle Horton wrote: | Quote: | | | |
>>> In your opinion, is this more stable and less of a performance killer
>>> than
>>> McAfee Security Center provided "free" to MSN subscribers? Since I got
>>> this
>>> new Dell Vista laptop, McAfee "installed updates" every time I booted up,
>>> finally getting it right after maybe twenty tries, was responsible for a
>>> like number of abnormal shutdowns, and appears to have caused maybe five
>>> Blue Screens of Death, which the monitor doesn't apparently support so it
>>> looked like broken video controller hardware. My old W2k desktop, and
>>> even
>>> my Thinkpad with XP, were way, way more stable than this. I am not
>>> impressed, particularly since all the sofware involved in this mayhem was
>>> supplied by Microsoft.
>>>
>>> I'd like to get some virus software that did its job, didn't crash the
>>> computer, didn't strangle performance and didn't bother me with an
>>> endless
>>> string of unintellible popups. Is that OneCare, or something else? So
>>> far
>>> the cure appears to be worse than the disease, like some of the
>>> nineteenth
>>> century remedies you might see in a Medical History Museum.
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Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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