McAfee

[Guest]

From reading some of the post here, I gather that McAfee Security either
isn't compatiable with Vista Home or with Windows Mail - is that correct?
Gee, when I bought my Dell, it came with a free trial of McAfee and because
McAfee seemed to work okay, I bought a 2 year subscription and never had
problems until about a month ago. Ever since then I've had intermittent
trouble receiving and sending email, saving documents, and sometimes even
printing. Sometimes - but not always - I get a 0x8007000E message on Windows
Mail. What do you all recommend? Should I just eat the 100 bucks and delete
McAfee Security altogether? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

From reading some of the post here, I gather that McAfee Security either
isn't compatiable with Vista Home or with Windows Mail - is that correct?
Gee, when I bought my Dell, it came with a free trial of McAfee and because
McAfee seemed to work okay, I bought a 2 year subscription and never had
problems until about a month ago. Ever since then I've had intermittent
trouble receiving and sending email, saving documents, and sometimes even
printing. Sometimes - but not always - I get a 0x8007000E message on Windows
Mail. What do you all recommend? Should I just eat the 100 bucks and delete
McAfee Security altogether? Thanks.

I use McAfee with Vista ultra and have none of those problems.

I suggest finding out the real problem (which might be Vista itself) and
fixing it if possible.

Have you tried a different Mail Client? You don't have to use Windows Mail
you know?

You might want to ditch Vista and keep McAfee ;-)

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

My friend runs McAfee AV 7.2 90 day trial on Windows Vista Home Basic and
she has been able to update without any problems. Maybe you need to
reinstall it or repair the utility. Pertaining to Windows Mail, it should
operate just fine either way, I would recommend contacting Dell about the
issue since its OEM software and you should be able to get support for it.
If you decide to stop using it, there are a number choices out there you can
choose when it comes to AVs for Vista:

Computer Associates eTrust

http://www.my-etrust.com/Microsoft/vista/default.aspx

NOD32 from ESET for Windows Vista x86 and x64
Licensed users of NOD32 may download their software. If you have not
purchased NOD32 you may purchase it, download a free 30-day trial, or
contact an ESET representative for assistance. A valid username and password
is required in order to download the software.

Windows Vista 32 & 64 Bit -
http://www.eset.com/download/balance.php?dir=/download/win/v2st/ndntenst.exe

Windows Vista 32 & 64 Bit (LAN Update Server) -
http://www.eset.com/download/balance.php?dir=/download/win/v2ad/ndntenad.exe

AVAST! 4.7.892 Home Edition for Vista x86 and x64

avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed
exclusively for home users and non-commercial use. Both of these conditions
should be met! Our company offers the Home Edition free of charge, since, in
our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient
prevention; however, many users are not able to or do not want to pay for
antivirus software. This page will show you the most important features of
this program.

Registration required

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

AVG for Windows Vista

http://www3.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.5 works on x86 versions of Windows Vista
ONLY, the next version Windows Live OneCare 2.0 (currently in BETA as of
this writing) will support Windows Vista x64.

http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=b2456790-90e6-4d28-9219-5d7207d94d45

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise-8.5i

http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise...ervers_desktops/virusscan_enterprise_80i.html

 

[Bill Leary]

From reading some of the post here, I gather that McAfee Security either
isn't compatiable with Vista Home or with Windows Mail - is that correct?

Vista Home specifically?

I've been using it (the version offered for free by my cable company) on
Vista Ultimate for eight or nine months now. The only problem I've
encountered (so far, anyway) is that when it catches and kills an email, I
can't delete that messages remains from my inbox unless I mark it "read"
first.

Gee, when I bought my Dell, it came with a free trial of McAfee and
because
McAfee seemed to work okay, I bought a 2 year subscription and never had
problems until about a month ago. Ever since then I've had intermittent
trouble receiving and sending email, saving documents, and sometimes even
printing. Sometimes - but not always - I get a 0x8007000E message on
Windows
Mail. What do you all recommend? Should I just eat the 100 bucks and
delete
McAfee Security altogether? Thanks.

Why do you figure it's McAfee?

But anyway, if you're not going to use that, I've been putting Avast on some
machines (Vista or otherwise) with good results.

- Bill

 

[Guest]

I don't know if this is related to your problem, but about two weeks ago
McAfee sent out an update that blocked or messed up a number of email
programs including Windows Mail. McAfee has a patch fix for this at the
following link:

http://community.mcafee.com/showpost.php?p=492449&postcount=54

If this doesn't help, try the McAfee Forums.

 

[Kayman]

From reading some of the post here, I gather that McAfee Security either
isn't compatiable with Vista Home or with Windows Mail - is that correct?
Gee, when I bought my Dell, it came with a free trial of McAfee and because
McAfee seemed to work okay, I bought a 2 year subscription and never had
problems until about a month ago. Ever since then I've had intermittent
trouble receiving and sending email, saving documents, and sometimes even
printing. Sometimes - but not always - I get a 0x8007000E message on Windows
Mail. What do you all recommend? Should I just eat the 100 bucks and delete
McAfee Security altogether? Thanks.

First of all, the creators of 3rd party software *must* ensure that it is
working smoothly with the OS, and *not* the other way around!

A number of experts agree that the retail AV version of McAfee, Norton and
Trend Micro has become cumbersome and bloated for the average user.

For the average homeuser, there are better, more efficient applications
freely availabe.

Removal tools for recent Mcafee products
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=71943

Try to get a refund

Some alternatives:
Real-time AV applications (choose one (1) only).
Disable the e-mail scanning function during installation (Custom
Installation on some AV apps.) as it provides no additional protection. In
fact, most of experts (incl. Norton) believe that scanning incoming and
outgoing mail causes e-mail file corruption.

Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic - Free
http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/

ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free
http://www.eset.com/
Have you seen these "extra settings for NOD32"?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=37509

On-demand AV application (add it to your arsenal and use it as a "second
opinion" av scanner).
BitDefender10 Free Edition
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html

A-S applications (grab'em all).

The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and
oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that
cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple
products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what
another may miss.

SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

Ad-Aware - Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Spybot Search & Destroy - Free
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Windows Defender - Free (build-in in Vista)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Interesting reading:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html
"...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects
changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about
the actual threat."

Some more useful applications:
Spyware Blaster - Free
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Rootkit Revealer - Free
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.mspx

Crap Cleaner - Free
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities
uncheck "Windows Defender"

CW Shredder - Free
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Popup-Ad-Spyware-Blockers/CWShredder.shtml

Also note:
You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx

Jesper's Blog
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/default.aspx
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."

Vista Firewall Control
http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/

Good luck

 

[Guest]

Hey, thanks. When I contacted a McAfee technician, he told me it was
Microsoft's problem and offered no help whatsoever. So I've decided to eat
the 100 bucks and uninstall McAfee and try Avast.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE]

Hey, thanks. When I contacted a McAfee technician, he told me it was
Microsoft's problem and offered no help whatsoever. So I've decided to
eat
the 100 bucks and uninstall McAfee and try Avast.

Good for you!