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McAfee Anti-Spyware

by omerta2177 Dec 10, 2005 12:20AM PST

I just bought a new laptop not too long ago and it came with a trial subscription to McAfee. The trial is about to run out and they offered me a 1 yr deal of 29 dollars to renew it. Is it worth it or should I let it run out and go after Adaware SE, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster, or whatever else you might reccommend on here. Your guidance is appreciated.

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If it were me Omerta, I would

by roddy32 Dec 10, 2005 12:41AM PST

just stay with the free ones that you already have but that is just my own personal opinion.

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IMHO

by nino88 Dec 10, 2005 12:51AM PST

The combination of the free ones are good enough. I use Mccafee in one of my notebook backed up with the free ones and another notebook with Norton backed up with those free programs. I also use 2 other notebooks just with free antispyare programs and none of them have problems. So next time, I won't continue subscribing anymore.

I use exactly the combination you mentioned + Microsoft antispyware beta + Spywareguard + ccleaner.

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