Is McAfee A Good AntiVirus (laptop, desktop, install, software)

[Xx_sports_xX]

I recently ordered a laptop. It comes with McAfee for life in a separate box. It is a Dell. Is the McAfee any good, or should I buy another?

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by Xx_sports_xX

Is the McAfee any good

Short answer, no.

Long answer, no.

[Pruzhany]

No.

[Severs]

McCrappy is one of (if not the) worst antivirus programs I have ever had the misfortune to use.

[Magnum Mike]

McAfee is very inefficient and tends to use more system resources than other anti-virus software, so I tend to agree with the other posters here and I would recommend staying away from McAfee.

Like most computer manufacturers nowadays, you probably have a trial version of McAfee that lasts for only 30 or 60 days, then you'll to purchase it. I would uninstall it, if the factory warranty doesn't mention anything specific about the brand of the AV software that was included with the computer, I would uninstall it and replace it with Norton's Internet Security. They've improved their AV products over the last couple of years. I had Kaspersky on one of my desktop computers 3 or 4 years ago and I wasn't very impressed with it, so I would also stay away from Kaspersky.

[LarsMac]

McAfee has sucked for the last decade, I think.

I have found that Microsoft free Security Essentials is adequate for most situations, unless you like to browse a lot of dangerous sites.

for paid AV, I think Bit Defender is the best.

Webroot is a close second

[texdav]

I have no idea since I have not personally used it in decades. Why not try it since its free and draw your own conclusion. I used Norton for months when I got new computer this summer and it was fine . If I had listen to internet i'd never have tried it again since the older versions. I had a subscription to another already; removed and changed when time was near up.

[NJBest]

It's good for protection, but is fairly poor in performance.

[BarqCider]

i personally prefer using avast or microsoft security essentials, which are free(avast has pay versions too) than mcafee

[LarsMac]

I went for a search of ratings for anti virus software, both free and paid, and could find nowhere that McAfee even made the top ten list in the last couple of years.