McAfee

Forum discussion tagged with McAfee.
  1. T

    Solved! Data theft protection

    I am not sure if this is the best place for this question so my apologies. I am trying to understand risks and options of data theft from my employees. I want to know whether I'm exposed to data theft. Here is what I have as security currently to protect data 1) VPN tunnel, but it can b...
  2. A

    Solved! Why does mcafee 2017 did not have real time settings to configure? how to enable it

    Why does mcafee 2017 did not have real time settings to configure? how to enable it There is no real time setting i can found..
  3. D

    Plz recommend a anti-virus for me.

    I use Mcafee on my old pc before. Now after some research seems Macfee isn't perfect. Please recommend a paid anti-virus for me. Thanks.
  4. E

    Solved! Should I ditch McAfee and use Windows Defender instead?

    Hey, I have had my PC for a while and it came with McAfee antivirus. Should I just ditch it and use Windows Defender instead? I have Malwarebytes too. (Great software, unlike McAfee) Thanks for any advice!
  5. R

    McAfee uninstall -> Windows Firewall won't turn on -> Network Reset -> VSS component error

    Hello all, I have encountered an issue on my girlfriend's Windows 10 home laptop (Sony VAIO ca. 2015, i5 8GB ram). It was slow so we decided to uninstall her McAfee antivirus. She is a paid subscriber so we figured we could simply reinstall later if she wanted to. I looked through the installed...
  6. A

    I got installed 1 yr. of Mcafee Total Protection, but only have the trial?

    Someone had remotly installed MTP and I now see that under the Account tab, it says 29 days until expiration. Why is this?
  7. D

    McAfee Real Protect & Stinger

    I downloaded a virus scanner called Stinger.exe. It also came with RealProtect.exe. Neither of these files can be located in control panel uninstall. This is supposed to be a McAfee file. I don't trust this entire program. I can see the file path for RealProtect from program files to the...
  8. N

    Android Wifi and Mcafee

    Recently got a problem with my wifi being blocked by mcafee cuz of a possible "attack", something with SSLSplit. Now i deactivated my Wi-fi security, which seems it solved the problem. But the problem is that till now the wifi security was on and it didn't blocked my wifi, until yesterday, so i...
  9. G

    not sure what programmes to get rid of

    Hopefully the right place. I have a HP Notebook, installed McAfee after I got it. I'm not sure if it comes preinstalled but I have HP Assistant in the right corner with a blue question mark and two exclamation marks. It's telling me to install HP Orbit and a bunch of other things, but when I...
  10. B

    Looking for Parental Monitoring Software

    Hello All, We have an exchange student who will be joining us in a few weeks. He is 16 and he will be with us for the school year. My wife and I do not have any kids so the whole kid experience is new to us. Wish us luck. I want to purchase Parental Monitoring Software as we are responsible...
  11. everway9

    McAfee repeatedly detects VDS.EXE in temp folder.

    Hi everyone. :) I've come here to post this before posting on the McAfee forum because, well.... it's just a better forum, period! A day ago McAfee live safe started detecting and quarantining VDS.EXE in the local\temp folder. It detects it repeatedly all day in about 1 hour intervals. I...
  12. A

    No Audio after Mcafee was uninstalled.

    I uninstalled Mcafee and selected remove all files. Then I restarted my computer and the sound was gone. Restarted it again and the sound appears but has a red x on it. I right click on it and it says no audio devices are installed. It was working perfectly fine before I uninstalled Mcafee. When...
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    Mcafee and Returning Laptop

    I got Mcafee and they helped me set it up in the store.They made a mistake and put the wrong email for the account and it is not possible to log in to the account on Mcafee website. I got a refund and I'm wondering that if I just uninstall Mcafee and not deactivate it will it uninstall properly...
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    Amount of people using a subscription of Mcafee

    I recently got 3 1 year Mcafee subscriptions and it says it allows up to 5 devices. If I used it on one device should I be able to use it on other 5 devices if I remove it from this device or does this device take one of the spots?
  15. K

    MalwareBytes removes SavingsCool from computer, but it keeps coming back

    Hi guys, so this has been bothering me for a week now and I decided I would try to go here. This product called SavingsCool downloaded itself onto my computer and since I had Mcafee it didn't stop the download because mcafee sucks. I got MalwareBytes after hearing good things about it and at...
  16. J

    Solved! new hp laptop very slow

    I have a new hp notebook 15-ay011nr, and it's very slow. It has McAfee antivirus pre-installed, I've heard it might be useful to remove it?
  17. A

    Expired But Running?

    If my McAfee Antivirus is expired, why do McAfee processes still run in Task Manager. Are they still being used? Are they taking up performance? I have to know. Thank you in advance anyone. :D
  18. F

    McAfee vs Avast

    New Internet service is offering McAfee service, my Avast subscription is up should I go with McAfee or renew Avast?
  19. CanIbehelped

    McAfee Antivirus question

    I used McAfee Antivirus to scan which "did not detect any viruses, spyware, or other threats". [Title changed to reflect the actual question being asked - - Moderator]
  20. PC-4LIFE

    Anti-Virus's disabled windows 10

    I got a windows message saying firewall is turned off, but I payed no attention to it as I could access the McAfee App and that said real time scanning was active and I ran virus scans. It seemed to be enabled just fine. In security and maintenance it said both windows firewall and McAfee...