Comments on: McAfee repackages security products

New "Total Protection" products for businesses aim to simplify purchase, installation, management and running of security software.

[Jim Hubbard]

After deleting user's applications....what else could they do?

After McAfee deleted user apps like Flash Player, Excel and hundreds of others due to a glitch in thier antivirus product, they have essentially trashed thier own name.

This is the real reason for the rename...to try and hide from the fiasco that trashed the McAfee name in the first place.

"McAfee, of Santa Clara, Calif., released the erroneous .DAT file 4715 with definitions for a wide range of new malware threats. When the update was installed, it quarantined or deleted hundreds of innocuous?and important?applications, including Microsoft Excel, Adobe Systems' Macromedia Flash Player and Adobe Update Manager, and Google's Google Toolbar installer." (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1938898,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594)

Whatever they name it.....it's still the company that deleted your desktop applications and caused untold hours of OS repair to fix thier screw-up.

Not mine

McAfee didn't delete ANY of my software or data files.

But then - I CONTROL MY COMPUTER, not the other way round.

Just another occassion where all I did was to correctly configure my software . Same goes for security - I can run Winblows & IE securely, if my hardware/software is configured correctly.

I retain control.

[becareful]

Tried Them With Great Anguish

Had McAfee and paid premium dollars for corporate account. When had problem they would not return my e-mails, phone calls from support. Even Sales Dept. would not return my calls.
Went to GREAT and Cheaper support from TrendMicro.
McAfee did send me a high price bill for renewal when the license term expired. Was happy to throw it in the round file.

[becareful]

Great Advertising ONLY

Had problems with McAfee causing network system crashes. Tech support or Sales would not return e-mails or phone calls for a corporate licensed customer.
Went to TrendMicro with lower price and much better support.
Did get a renewal bill from McAfee. Needless to say where I filed it.