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I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
 
dsmith said:
I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
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McAfee was bundled with Vista Home Premium on my new Toshiba laptop I
purchased a few weeks ago.

I've since deleted it and moved on to better things. : )
 
I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
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Avast works just fine here. I'm happy with it. I would have McAfee or
Norton on any of my machines.
 
You should not have to active anti virus programs at the same time.
Uninstall McAfee and reboot before installing any other anti virus.
 
Thank you. Do you know if I should uninstall McAffee before I download Avast?
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1. Removal tools for recent Mcafee products
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=71943

2. 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.)

Disable the e-mail scanning function during installation as it provides no
additional protection. In fact, most of experts believe that scanning
incoming and outgoing mail causes e-mail file corruption.
 
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