McAfee security programs may expose data

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Matacumbie, Aug 1, 2006.

  1. Matacumbie

    Matacumbie Rocky Top

    Matacumbie, Aug 1, 2006
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Glad I dont use McAfee now :)


    Still think they all leave thenselfs open due to cluttering the security all with a myriad of bundled apps.. which will leave gaping holes in the programming.. something to be said about KISS ;)
     
    DavidGP, Aug 1, 2006
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  3. Matacumbie

    Matacumbie Rocky Top

    Exactly. They try to get too fancy. :)

    Steve
     
    Matacumbie, Aug 1, 2006
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Oh yes!



    [kinda off this topic, but teniously linked to holes in software]
    but brings me onto another area thats cropping up in news sites, that you maybe interested in Steve http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows...rticleID/92942/windowspaulthurrott_92942.html

    MS fixed a kernel issues to add security in the new OS releases, then the massive 3rd party business that has built up around MS failings in security.. grip and moan when those areas are locked down... dammed if they do and dammed if they dont senario! BUT Avast, have certainly mastered this and have a fully working product at present on Vista.. sadly the others seem not to want to put a little effort into adjusting their code.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 1, 2006
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  5. Matacumbie

    Matacumbie Rocky Top

    I haven't seen that..........or heard about it. ;) Thank's

    Steve
     
    Matacumbie, Aug 1, 2006
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  6. COMPUABLE

    COMPUABLE First Sergeant

    I've never used McCrappyee products. This isn’t just Bloatware; McAfee's more like Black-Hole-Ware. ;)

    In March of 2006 a faulty "antivirus update" from McAfee Inc. mistakenly identified hundreds of programs as a Windows virus and resulted in some companies accidentally deleting significant amounts of data from affected computers.

    Back in 2002 the State of New York filed suit against "Network Associates" over McAfee's outrageous EULA terms forbidding users and journalists to speak ill of the company's security and anti-virus product.

    On a somewhat related note: My boss is totally hooked on DELL computers; which almost always come with some combination of McAfee products pre-installed. McAfee is second only to any Norton product with regards to intrusiveness, annoyance level as well as difficulty level during the inevitable un-installation process.

    The first thing I do whenever a new Dell comes into the shop; is to uninstall McAfee and all of the other crap that comes with DELL machines (by default) using the "Dell Decrapifer" tool. I don’t even want their free trial; in fact I wouldn’t even use McAfee products if they were all offered as freeware. Life is just too short for all of the nonsense and hassle that their products come with.

    Good Luck
     
    COMPUABLE, Aug 1, 2006
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  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Mcafee Enterprise AV is very good but it doesnt suffer from the add-on apps that retail products now gain. It was the AV I used before I installed Avast this year, mainly because it was free from work, until my paid for subscription ran out ( left that job ), never was infected by malware with it... which give me a tough descision in moving to Avast, even tho I had read may good reports.. I have to say I not looked back since.

    These reports just tend to show that its not only MS that have issues with holes and exploits, the suposed specialist security apps suffer the same, all software will at some point have a hole that someone will exploit, the main thing comes down to what a user is happy with and for one I find the free AVs far superiour to the paid retail apps on cost vs effectivness, yes Nod32 is very good.. but I have still not had a virus/trojan/spyware since being on the net and thats a fairly long time in using Mcafee and Avast.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 1, 2006
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  8. matt.chugg

    matt.chugg MajorGeek

    Slightly off topic but I had a similair experience. Norton AV is a horrible program but for a long time I used Symatec AV buisness edition and it was great, never had a problem whatsoever but when I stopped working for the company I had to find a free alternative so I went with avast too. As with Halo I've never looked back, although on my Laptop I use AVG for no other reason than a change and so I Could compare them
     
    matt.chugg, Aug 1, 2006
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  9. ItsWendy

    ItsWendy MajorGeek

    So how does Grisoft's AVG stack up in this? Their business model seems to resemble what McAfee looked like in the early days.
     
    ItsWendy, Aug 1, 2006
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