Anyone have any information on McCafee Anti Virus and Security Internet protection ?
Concerned that this might be a Scam.
Concerned that this might be a Scam.
Mc Cafee Anti Virus
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bigwheelzip
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It's a scam if it's spelled that way.
This is the proper name:
McAfee
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Sistema1927
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I get the scam/spam emails telling me that my subscription has expired. These lousy sons of guns attach calendar notifications to them, so I have had to turn that feature off in Outlook.
At the bottom of this very page:
Jon651
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For the average home user who runs up-to-date versions of either Windows or Apple, third-party anti-virus software packages are not necessary. I don't know much about Apple's MacOS, but Windows 10 and 11 use Windows Defender that combines the firewall, anti-virus, safe surfing and a slew of other security features all in one. It runs fairly quietly in the background and is not a resource hog. McAffy and others of its ilk can be very resource intensive and slow down typical home-level PCs. If you are still running with only 4GB of RAM and a spinning hard disc drive (instead of a Solid State Drive) the degree to which your PC will be slowed down by their software can become maddening. Plus the costs can be outrageous.
I can't recommend them. Stick with the built-in software unless you are knowingly and deliberately doing ultra-risky things online that specifically requires a third-party security suite.
I can't recommend them. Stick with the built-in software unless you are knowingly and deliberately doing ultra-risky things online that specifically requires a third-party security suite.
DWalt
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There are several effective and free security software sources for Windows. Avast is considered the best, and I use it. But the built-in Windows Defender is really all that is needed. Long ago I had a bad experience with McAfee, never will I use it again.
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Just mentioning his name on social media will unleash a tsunami of conspiracy theories from every conceivable angle.
I went down that rabbit hole several times last summer and I doubt I'll go down it again.
THE PILGRIM
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I'm not a fan of McAfee because the one time I had (on a work issued lap top) it was such a resource hog that it made the computer unusable at times.
Anything that Norton absorbs generally becomes a resource hog.
I recommend Malwarebytes, paid version. It works very well.
Anything that Norton absorbs generally becomes a resource hog.
I recommend Malwarebytes, paid version. It works very well.
OLDSTER
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Just this morning I noticed a $101 charge to my CC for McAfee "auto renewal". Completely unauthorized. Immediately contacted my CC company fraud department. Charge will be deleted. I'm having them send me a new card; which isn't a bad practice anyway to occasionally get a new card.
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I use McAfee on my computer and if you ever signed up with them they plug you into an auto renew program. Then send you a reminder a few months in advance so you don't think about it any longer.
If you never signed up with them then the auto renew would be very odd.
It's a very common phishing scheme to send an email claiming that an automatic renewal has processed and if you don't want it click on the link. Then you are prompted to enter your CC information to "cancel" the order. What it does is the exact opposite. Actually what it does is scam you out of the money.
This is one reason why I never read email in HTML initially. If it looks like something I need to read I'll change my "View as" setting to HTML from plain text.
An advantage of plain text is that it allows you to see the real email address of the sender. If it's not from the name of the company, then it's a scam.
I don't know what happened with the OP, but it's a good idea to call your CC company and ask for a new card if anything looks fishy.
This is one reason why I never read email in HTML initially. If it looks like something I need to read I'll change my "View as" setting to HTML from plain text.
An advantage of plain text is that it allows you to see the real email address of the sender. If it's not from the name of the company, then it's a scam.
I don't know what happened with the OP, but it's a good idea to call your CC company and ask for a new card if anything looks fishy.
ameridaddy
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I've been getting bombed for the past year with dozens of McAfee security notices every day; e.g.,
URGENT: Your McAfee Subscription Expired... Your device has been infected with (23) Viruses
and most go automatically to the spam folder. Here lately, four to six per day make it into my inbox, and I can't block them, because each and every one of them comes from a different email addy.
They are ALL spam or scams. Don't ever click on anything in the email.
URGENT: Your McAfee Subscription Expired... Your device has been infected with (23) Viruses
and most go automatically to the spam folder. Here lately, four to six per day make it into my inbox, and I can't block them, because each and every one of them comes from a different email addy.
They are ALL spam or scams. Don't ever click on anything in the email.
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I contacted my CC company and had a notice applied to both my cards .
This Scam was going to take $370.00 for a "Three Year Renewal"
In the recent past I lost $400.00 on a "Scam" on this Forum for a Ruger Stainless Security Six Revolver with a 2 2/4" barrel. Reported this Scam to my local Sheriffs Office, State LEO, FBI, and U.S. Postal Inspectors. Each Agency did a Information Report ONLY! Negative investagation. None of these Agencies do more than a report to be filed away. These hundreds of Scammer violate the Law freely without reprecussions.
This Scam was going to take $370.00 for a "Three Year Renewal"
In the recent past I lost $400.00 on a "Scam" on this Forum for a Ruger Stainless Security Six Revolver with a 2 2/4" barrel. Reported this Scam to my local Sheriffs Office, State LEO, FBI, and U.S. Postal Inspectors. Each Agency did a Information Report ONLY! Negative investagation. None of these Agencies do more than a report to be filed away. These hundreds of Scammer violate the Law freely without reprecussions.
Same here. Once upon a time, I may have had McAfee as my anti-virus protection, I don't remember.
But they go into the spam folder, and then they go bye bye.
HOUSTON RICK
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Even proper McAfee when it is properly running sends so many messages and blocks that it might as well be a virus itself.
I'm really sorry to hear that jimmyj. I lost $225 here on a set of grips that arrived defective. I returned them and did not receive a refund. Chalked it up to experience. Prefer to deal only with forum members I'm familiar with now.
