McAfee Internet Security 2005 7.0 [VirusScan, Firewall, Spamkiller, Privacy, Parental Controls] review:1 stars (Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad software) - I have had nothing but problems ever since I installed the Security Suite. I'm not so much upset about spending the money rather ALL the TIME I've put in trying to resolve these errors. I'm a computer programmer, and although I don't deal that much with hardware, I would like to think I can take care of my own computer.

Currently, McAfee won't start, hence, I can't check for updates or run a scan on my computer. I also can't uninstall McAfee because, ahem... it won't start. mghtml.exe has generated errors is the message I keep getting.

I decided to try to go online for support. The funny thing is that Internet Explorer is also giving me a problem (if it's a virus, I would like to scan for it and remove it, you know?). IE crashed about 200 times before I switched back to Netscape 6.2. I went to the online help for McAfee, hoping to chat with someone, however after I chose my country of origin, it went right back to the screen where I should select my country of origin again. The site is not compatible with Netscape, but that's the only thing I can run!

So I tried to call McAfee for help. The 800 number that I found (it was pretty difficult to find that even) was $3.00 per minute. There is NO WAY that I was going to spend even more money on this terrible, horrible piece of software. I found another phone number on the privacy agreement and called that. The number was for their corporate offices and the only option I had was to enter an employee's extension. I randomly picked a number and left a detailed message with my problem and asked for help. I never heard anything back.

I am completely fed up with this product. My computer is several years old and although it probably has a few more years in it (if I would break down and reinstall everything - system restore isn't an option on Windows 2000), I don't have the energy to fight anymore. I am always downloading updates (well I was when I could - when it goes to check for updates, it opens IE and remember, that doesn't work) and I run a weekly scan. Aside from all the recent problems, I don't believe it's ever done a good job to begin with. Several months back I started getting an error with the blue screen of death saying "beginning dump of physical memory." I don't know for sure, but if that was caused by a virus on my machine, why didn't McAfee catch it in the first place? It's always running on my machine.

We've switched to an iMac. It should be here tonight. I'm going to erase everything off this computer and donate it to someone else who can start again from scratch WITHOUT using McAfee hopefully.5 stars (Windows XP SP2 Problem Solved) - I build a lot of computers. I used to install Norton AntiVirus 2003 on all of them. On a recent build, Norton Internet Security 2005 came on the motherboard disk so I thought I'd give it a try. First I tried loading it before other programs and it thru the annoying repair-not-supported error making you uninstall then reinstall it. So, I uninstalled it and waited until the rest of the software was installed. When I tried again, it brought the computer to it's knees! When I tried to uninstall it, it just locked up forcing me to rebuild everything from scratch loosing 2 days of work!!! Enter McAfee... The install ran perfect, the updates ran perfect, and the software performs perfect. I can't comment on the spam program because I uninstalled it since my server already catches 99% of all spam. Until Norton learns to play nice with Windows XP SP2, I'd strongly recommend that you use McAfee!!! Oh and one other thing, any security program will use resources. If your computer slows down that much, you need a new computer! The computer I installed it on boots in 20 seconds! Also, some knowledge as to security programs in general is requred regardless of what you install. Thinking you can install a security program and not take the time to set it up is pure foolishness. Please don't blame McAfee!1 stars (DON'T EVEN WASTE YOUR MONEY) - I bought the McAfee Internet Security Suite last year and i would NEVER use McAfee ever again. I am absolutely disgusted with their poor customer service. I had problems with my software working on a different computer -it wouldn't install. Anyway, i called them and spoke to a mcafee agent who was unable to help. I also tried the Mcafee chat on their website to see whether they could help me -no luck. So i emailed them SEVERAL TIMES and they still did not help me. This software is now useless to me and i haven't even been able to use it on my computer. Their customer service was very poor. Instead of offering me an exchange they expected me to contact the technical dept. that charges $2.95 (i think)/minute as it was over 30 days that i purchased it. I cannot believe how mcafee has treated me on this matter. Lets just say they won't be getting another cent from me
McAfee Internet Security 2005 7.0 [VirusScan, Firewall, Spamkiller, Privacy, Parental Controls] Features:
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McAfee Internet Security 2005 7.0 [VirusScan- Firewall- Spamkiller- Privacy- Parental Controls] is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  65.00USD.