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JRS123
JRS123
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March 12, 2023
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McAfee not as Safe as lead to believe!

  • March 12, 2023
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McAfee is Flawed and Hacked Software! Please Remove it from ALL of your Adobe Install packages! Use Norton Instead! Norton is NOT HACKED!

I get many emails or my various email addresses about McAfee subscriptions.  If McAfee cannot shut these down within they're installed software on user's systems and on the internet, how is they're software deemed reliable?

Adobe, Stop Pushing McAfee onto users that use your Product!  I Use Norton-Symantec and have been since McAfee was even created.  Yeah, Norton Products had a lag for a few years beween 2002 and about 2007, but thankfully they evolved for the better.  There's still a few issues I would like thm to deal with in comparision to their Utilities-16 Performance (I feel did a better job) than their latest Premium Version.  But their Antivirus and Montoing Out-Perfoms Any Others to be Found!

 

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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March 12, 2023

Yesterday I received no less than 5 phishing emails from bots pretending to be something they weren't.  That's the sorry state of email these days. It's corrupt. DO NOT BELIEVE everything you see in your inbox.  

 

I use paid McAfee AV and Firewall without any problems. No emails, no interference with other processes.  However, I had nothing BUT problems with Norton.  I'll never use Norton again.  Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2023

I get just as many fake Norton emails as fake McAfee emails.

The best firewall is the one located between the ears.

I always read before I click.

    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 12, 2023

    Your rant is a bit flawed.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Henrik Heigl
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    Henrik HeiglCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 12, 2023

    Hi,

     

    I think you mean an optional offer to install a McAfee application when you install the free Adobe Reader, but it's disabled by default, and should not happen unless you actively clicked a check-box. Maybe you did so in the past and it remembered your decision and therefore installed it again when you updated? I tested it and you can not by default get any Optional Software. Hope that helps.

    regards,Henrik
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