Right !! I am an IDIOT !!!! And although I have sorted out three users affected by the Badtrans virus - two by my own idiocy and one by someone elses - and gained 'brownie points' for doing so, I am still wearing sack-cloth and rubbed over with ashes. If there was a brain-reprocessing plant in Edinburgh, then I would still turn myself over ... The BACKGROUND You see I have a McAfee VirusScan, but I had not re-installed it .... BIG MISTAKE !!! My computer is now rather elderly and due for replacement soon. Exactly when this is done will depend on whether I am off for a few trips abroad over the next year. If I am, then I will ...  Read the complete review

The first time that I used McAfee I was not too sure about it as I was used to the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus product. When Dr Solomon,s was taken over I by Network Associates (NAI) we were told by our suppliers that we would have to use McAfee as that is what they would be supplying now. It seems that both Dr Solomon’s and the McAfee team had been using similar techniques to find virus using their different bits of software, so they were quite easy to combine together. Since using McAfee I would say that it so much better than any other product on the market. The features are good, you can check for viruses while your screen saver is on, while your ...  Read the complete review

All anyone really wants is to install some anti-virus software, spend 5-10 minutes setting it up and forget about it. Well, this is the package for you! Installation takes about 15 minutes, depending on the speed of your hard disk, while a full system scan is made before completing installation including the memory resident programs. Once finished, configure the update settings to 'automatically check for new DAT files', the FTP site is added for you and that is about it. There are some important settings in here that you should pay close attention to! Change the scan setting from 'Program files' to 'All Files'. Viruses like ...  Read the complete review

Okay so you have a PC, before you plug the thing into the mains and turn it on you NEED to have virus software installed. Why so adamant? Well these days your viruses affect me and everyone else who use the Net, so many times have my webs servers been scanned by Code Red infected systems and the like. Even if you don't connect to the net, you need virus software if you have any kind of file of any value, or even if you don't want to risk having your computer rendered useless by BIOS flashing viruses (the nastiest beasts in all computerdom). I had 3 viruses on my PC pre net days, so they did exist before the behemoth that is the net was in common use. Since having  Read the complete review

Scared of computer viruses? Been affected by computer viruses before, and now want to take on precautions? If your answer to either or both of those questions was 'yes' then you'll definetly need to invest in anti-virus program. It's definetly a good investment, particularly in this day and age when computer viruses are being rolled out more than hot dinners, and with a large majority of people online, it's more easier to get affected, and anyone can - and it's frightening when you hear some of the scare stories of modern viruses bringing down entire corporations! As far as I'm concerned, there's only two main competitors in the ...  Read the complete review