burtman Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I started a new job 'bout 6 months ago, and immediately I noticed the McAfee 'V' shield in the toolbar - eech! But anyway, corporate policy and all that .. who was I to argue as a new employee. I put up with it for a while, but after numerous virus hits (through a so-called corporate firewall !??!?) - msiupdate32.exe to name but one ! I had enough of a f***in' virus that can shut down my (so-called) anti-virus software and infect me (and my colleagues through my network shares), I installed Avira AntiVir (my trusted & highly recomended AV software [since dumping another bloater - Norton]) - I'm now probably facing getting fired for installing external software - but yea, i've got my counter-suit ready But I could not work with the crap that it was letting through - although on the plus side McAdidly-dee did tell me about certain viruses soon ('bout 1hr) after anything else spotted them (and only if I managed to get it restarted - version 8.5 does not seem to allow manual restart) That said I think I may have salvaged my job after another 5+ machines died & I had saved mine using a combination of Avira / HijackThis / safe-mode ! Think it is the first time I may ever got a freeware tool mentioned in a board-meeting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I started a new job 'bout 6 months ago, and immediately I noticed the McAfee 'V' shield in the toolbar - eech! But anyway, corporate policy and all that .. who was I to argue as a new employee.[cut] But I could not work with the crap that it was letting through - although on the plus side McAdidly-dee did tell me about certain viruses soon ('bout 1hr) after anything else spotted them (and only if I managed to get it restarted - version 8.5 does not seem to allow manual restart) That said I think I may have salvaged my job after another 5+ machines died & I had saved mine using a combination of Avira / HijackThis / safe-mode ! Think it is the first time I may ever got a freeware tool mentioned in a board-meeting ! Nice one though the company will be seriously annoied that they have paid expensive subscriptions to Mcafee and could have done it cheeply (Avir/AVG/Nod32) and a few freeware tools Mcafee Works if it was Mario fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 3, 2007 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2007 AntiVir's free version however isn't licensed for business usage, it's for personal usage only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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