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I have McAfee, only heard bad things…

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So like the title states, I have McAfee Antivirus installed on my desktop, and have had it for 3 years. I have had no issues but I hear it is hard to remove. Does it actually get the job done? Is it as shady as everyone says it is?

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https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/ doesn’t make me think it’s bad, so I think it gets the antivirus job done.

Who is “everyone”?
And what bad things did you hear?
And how important is the ease of removing it when it works to your satisfaction?
What alternatives are you thinking about?

• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by kees_b.
• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by kees_b.

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Just generally I’ve heard about shady things about the company on forums or from old IT teachers. Just like how they make it hard to remove. I suppose it isn’t that important to me since it seems to work good and provides an antivirus scan. Alternatively I have been thinking about Malwarebytes.

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