Jim Seavey wrote:

> I just did an update to my McAfee Firewall/Virus Scan On-line and was
> prompted to down load a NEW down load manager which then went on to
> install new versions of the software. Well, it attempted to. I let it
> do the firewall but told it no when it told me that it would not
> work with Ad-Aware software and would delete them in order to install
> Virus Scan.

Hey, that's quite good. Ad-Aware is a provably piece of crap. Just read
the reverse engineering analysis at rootkit.com.

> It removed the existing version of Virus Scan and now all I have is
> the Firewall software and Security Center.

Oh well, basically nothing at all.

> So, what to do?

Well, what's your problem?

> I am very upset at the way they have done this and now am looking for
> alternatives to McAfee. Too bad really because I had been relatively
> happy with the most recent versions of their software. I cannot say
> that now.

OK, what properties are important for you with that software?

[ ] Doesn't work.
[ ] Fucks up the system.
[ ] Shows funny messages.