Normally costs $40 US! Use the coupon and get it for free~!
McAfee VirusScan Plus includes:
Receive a free 1 year subscription on by using the promotional code VSPPROMOCF. The promotional code can only be used when downloading the product.
thanks!
And thanks everyone for your plus vote :)
This is a great offer, but please be aware the Mcaffee suite BOGS DOWN YOUR PC like no tomorrow, so unless you have plenty of grunt I would suggest going for something more lightweight (and free for home use) like AVG.
thank you!!
just what we needed
Whats wrong with AVG free edition?
WARNING
This bloaty program refuses to install if you have adware and spybot installed. There is absolutely no chance that I'm uninstalling either of these two programs when there are many other virus scanners around AND they do not demand that you remove the competition in order to install.
Thanks so much! I nearly paid for this 2 wks ago, when my trial expired on my travellin' mini notebook. Great freebie & appreciate your post, angentsmithy.
I wouldn't recommend McAfee especially for notebooks or computers with limited amounts of CPU/RAM. Try something like Nod32 or if you want free, AVG is still good.
good find, good offer… although kinda slows down your computer a lot. Prefer using AVG free edition (:
Might use it if you can turn off the spyware and firewall and just use the virus scanner.
I stopped when it asked me to remove Spyboy S&D.
Great program and good to see it works well now with vista x64, had no issues with installing or running it even with the above mentioned spybot search & destroy & adware installed & running.
great find…
Quoted From WIKIPEDIA….
There are some limitations with AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 compared to the commercial versions of AVG products. These limitations include:
hehe, I wouldn't put my money on wikipedia. Virus Bulletin is very reputable in this space.
Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/vista_sp1_av_tests/
"McAfee VirusScan, Trend Micro Internet Security and Sophos Anti-Virus overlooked threats known to be in circulation. Other vendors whose products failed to make the grade included Alwil, BitDefender, Norman, PC Tools, and VirusBuster."
"Products from Symantec, Microsoft (which has problems in the past in previous VB100 tests), AVG, and Kaspersky Lab all passed."
Why use a product that will definitely slow down everything but proven not good enough? even if it is free. I'd opt for AVG and it's always free for home use.
Strange, but good to see MS there. Symantec NAV 2009 is supposedly very good too, some comments I read from someone who works in the malware industry seemed to suggest no AV software is really that great at preventing 0-day attacks but 'believe it or not' Symantec AV 2009 came very close. It's a shame it's so persistent with pop-ups and nag-screens otherwise I'd probably buy it (OEM is about $30 for 3 PCs). I'll stick to the NOD32 v4 Beta for now.
http://us.mcafee.com/root/landingpages/affLandPage.asp?affid…
Check out the disclaimer on the above page, which says:
This offer is intended for the exclusive use of persons who received notification from their CheckFree, their financial institution, or another organization that provides them with online bill payment capabilities. If you received this code from CheckFree by telephone or from your financial institution or biller, please proceed. Otherwise, you may be knowingly or unwittingly committing a fraud and may be subject to follow-up action.
I posted this code in another forum, and I got an email from "CheckFree Corporate Communications" which also said:
People who download this software with this code but do not meet the criteria of the specified user group could be subsequently charged full retail price and/or investigated for fraud.
The giveaway was to make up for CheckFree being hacked and malware being installed onto their customer's computers:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11169
But by using a promo code, as opposed to some other form of private giveaway, they've made another mistake it seems and if their disclaimer and their email is true, aims to punish others for their mistake.
Oh dear…I've already applied the code :(
what?
Sorry about that guys. I heard about this bargain off a US forum and was unaware that the coupon was given out for that particular reason.
YOU should be alright. Because they didnt get your credit card details, so how are they going to charge you for it?
I wonder how this works from a legal stand point. Because if you applied the code like I did, from the page i link to in this bargain post, then you never see the terms and conditions for the code. So we honestly didnt know that the coupon was not allowed under certain circumstances.
Worst case they probably ask you to uninstall it some day… Seems lots of sites are posting this bargain now around the world (some even linking to my ozbargain post!).. So yeah, i wouldnt worry too much?
They are just empty threats and more a warning for you to reconsider before using the code. They will probably wear the losses, whatever few dollars it would have actually made them. In a way if you're happy with the software, you might renew it, sales they wouldn't have possibly gotten before. Sort of like any publicity is good publicity..
That said, if you are worried or don't feel comfortable using the software, try the many others available for free.
Great find!! not bad for a backup when my kaspersky finish.