Re: Macafee antivirus software

From: Dave Budd (ddotbudd_at_man.ac.uk)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:25:11 -0000

In article <stmdndpbZ-yQyzrcRVn-qQ@adelphia.com>, das216
@NOSPAMMYMAMMYadelphia.net says...
>
> I can tell you my McAfee is messing up my Win98SE. The problem arises
> when McAfee shows up in the systray at the bottom right of the screen.
> I go to start/run/msconfig/startup and remove all things McAfee, then
> reboot. The computer works fine until McAfee show up in the tray again.
> I had NAV before this and it worked fine with Win98SE.
>
> I switched because we got a deal through my employer. McAfee takes a
> long time to check too. Plus I wasn't happy with that plugin we had to
> download to keep getting updates.
>
> My two cents.
>
For W98, you'll be on 4.5.1 - it did suck a bit. The newer versions are
OK, I find.
I wouldn't touch NAV with yours - every semester I have to clean up a
couple of dozen laptops that had properly configured and updated
(apparently) NAV, that still got hit.
I think your best bet is to dump W98 and move to W2000. Or Linux -
there's a new distro out of Africa that's quite nice, called Ubuntu. 

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