I am putting my two cents in on this one. NIS is by far the best security suite I have ever come across. I have tried McAfee and Kaspersky but they just do not measure up. Kaspersky misidentified multiple legit Windows components as malware and McAfee has actually protected malware from being removed from an infected system. And don't mean McAfee quaratined it either. I have had far too many clients that have used McAfee get a malware infection and McAfee either did nothing about it or made matters worse (i.e., corrupting files). So I highly recomend NIS to my clients. And whatever you do; don't ask me about Defender Pro.
I've been keeping track of this thread for a while now and I'm a bit surprised.
First of all I would have been surprised if someone would have said Mcafee on this forum considering this is a Symantec forum most of you guys are Symantec customers or just fans.
Secondly there are cases where McAfee would indeed run better than Symantec. Not every machine is the same. I'm one of the lucky guys who have been able to do some good testing on several machines and Mcafee just won't run on some of them.
I really like the way NIS is configurable while McAfee has less of that. Others just like McAfee to been just plain and simple.
It is all just a matter of taste and not a matter of A is better than B!
Usually when a security program does come preinstalled when you buy a new computer, even if the cost is free to you, the cost of the program and the installation of the program is still figured in other parts of the pricing of the computer. Sometimes also, OEM's are not fully funcional. I remember the days when you bought a new computer, let's say from Dell, you had a choice of buying several programs from them and they would install those products for you. But that was all an extra cost.
The thing u are saying is called Bundling up in pricing strategy.
As we can c symantec has not bundled up till now with dell laptops, because macaffee is giving them a fair deal.
My suggestion to symantec is try to get in that chain coz it will hugely boost their revenues coz after 1 yr subscription due to good symantec's service they will continue their subscription.
Now on to the part where people say Mc afee is good :
1. Mcafee is so slow, its one of the slowest.
2. It has one of th lowest security u can get, even panda gives beter security. (My exp of 1 yr with mcafee u can't rely on it.)
3. It also prompts to block mcafee.exe (the soft which can't recognize itself and even prompt user to allow it u can think now.)
4. None of my friend use mcafee in my hostel of 250 people due to all above 4 reasons.
I will recommend u a better security suite (not only symantec but few others provide gr8 security unlike Mcafee so switch to them immediately)
Usually when a security program does come preinstalled when you buy a new computer, even if the cost is free to you, the cost of the program and the installation of the program is still figured in other parts of the pricing of the computer. Sometimes also, OEM's are not fully funcional. I remember the days when you bought a new computer, let's say from Dell, you had a choice of buying several programs from them and they would install those products for you. But that was all an extra cost.
Now the only security software Dell(R) is offering is McAfee! No Norton, no Kapersky, nothing else!
As mentioned before, you can uninstall McAfee and install NIS 2010 if you have your heart set on the Dell computer :-) Just make sure that you have a licence remaining for NIS, and if you are replacing an old machine with NIS on it with a new machine on which you want to install NIS, then make sure to uninstall NIS from the old machine beforehand.
Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 11-02-2009 06:45 PM
As mentioned before, you can uninstall McAfee and install NIS 2010 if you have your heart set on the Dell computer :-) Just make sure that you have a licence remaining for NIS, and if you are replacing an old machine with NIS on it with a new machine on which you want to install NIS, then make sure to uninstall NIS from the old machine beforehand.
Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 11-02-2009 06:45 PM
Thanks for the advice. But I've bought a one user three subscription from Amazon.co.uk for about £34.
Yaso_Kuuhl wrote: Okay, so you have purchased a fresh 3-licence copy of NIS 2010?
Yes I bought a new version because my NIS2006 licence is expiring.
Then it should be no problem to remove McAfee and install NIS 2010 if you want to purchase the Dell machine. If you want to do this, then we can give you instructions.
Yaso_Kuuhl wrote: Okay, so you have purchased a fresh 3-licence copy of NIS 2010?
Yes I bought a new version because my NIS2006 licence is expiring.
Then it should be no problem to remove McAfee and install NIS 2010 if you want to purchase the Dell machine. If you want to do this, then we can give you instructions.
What instructions? Is there any "special" uninstallation method?
Removing McAfee & installing Norton Internet Security 2010 Preparatory steps: keep NIS 2010 installation CD and NIS 2010 product key (indicated on the CD sleeve) ready.
Removing McAfee: -First, download McAfee removal tool to get rid of remaining McAfee entries in the registry after going through the first steps via control panel. Go to the following link to download the appropriate removal tool for your McAfee product and read the tool instructions: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507 -Do not run the tool as yet! Just save it to the desktop.
-Disconnect from the internet. Do not go on the internet now. Close any open windows and programs. Disable any other security software you may have (e.g. Windows Defender. Note: it is strongly recommended not to run two real-time security programs together on one machine)
-Go to start - control panel – programs and features – deinstall McAfee. Reboot (should happen automatically). After reboot, go to programs and features again and see if any McAfee components are still listed. If there are, deinstall them and reboot computer.
-Run the McAfee removal tool by right-clicking on the icon and choosing “run as administrator”. (in Vista). -Reboot (this should happen automatically; if this is not the case, reboot manually).
Installing Norton Internet Security 2010: -Close any open windows and programs. -Insert your NIS 2010 CD; let NIS 2010 install. When it asks you for your product key or wants to connect to the web, plug the internet cable back in and type in your product key (if necessary). -When the installation is complete, launch Norton Internet Security 2010 and manually run LiveUpdate to ensure that the latest program patches are downloaded. When the updates have been installed, reboot your computer.