Allegedly. The rule of law in the Caribbean is sketchy at best, and corruption is rampant. You're more likely to get robbed, framed, or killed by the police than to receive any kind of help or justice.
I haven't really kept up on McAfee news, isn't he wanted for murder somewhere? But I thought the vid was hilarious!
I have to say, the McAfee AV on Windows is pretty much as described. I have to support it for clients, and often, when I get complaints about PC slow down or freezes, one of the first things I do is to disable all the McAfee services.
And for those with computers people can be bothered to write virii for because of the massive market share, I would suggest Microsoft Security Essentials or if you have windows 8, don't bother with AV as it is built in.
I'm a Mac user, and my blood boils when I hear people say this. It's so incredibly smug and lacking in any sense of social sensitivity. I've been on the receiving end.
[At a moderately busy coffee shop]
I sit down with my MacBook to send a few quick emails. A man -- also using a Mac -- sits at the table in front of me, facing away from me. I pull my laptop out and open it up. It recovers from sleep, and I connect to the free WiFi. I've used it many times in the past without issue, but today, I cannot get any web pages to respond.
I say meekly to the man sitting in front of me: "Excuse me, are you able to connect to the WiFi?"
Him: "Yep."
Me: "That's strange, I'm able to connect, but I can't get any web pages to load."
Him: "Get a Mac."
Me: "I've already got one, thanks for nothing."
I understand the imposition I made on him, but hearing "get a Mac" just had me seething. I'd never had an opportunity to say those words to someone else, so I'm not trying to claim any moral high-ground here, but I knew at that moment that I'd never say them should the opportunity arise.
Everything from prayer upwards is better than McAfee except the Norton $#|&'s.
My standard win setup is Security Essentials, UAC up to the max and commodo firewall and Sandboxie for trainers and the like. So far nothing has passed.
Well I do make audits with other tools from time to time booted from another OS. Also blocking flash and having vmware instances for the real dangerous stuff helps.
And anything that is smart enough to subvert that is usually used by NSA and the likes and I doubt I have gotten their attention.
For free soft, I used to install AV, but it had horrible chance of getting messed up by user by installing 30 days trial and blocking me running my small viruses on my own comupter. MSE all the way, no way to accidentally install trial and allows to run everything I want.
Let me rephrase it. It allows me to be in control when I want it. If I choose to run something it THINKS is malicious, it will let me. It is decently hidden menu for a casual user, but easy enough for people who need it. With AVG only way was to allow certain directories and it was buried under menus.
The credits at the end state that most of the actresses were hired through a firm in Portland, so I'd assume he's in Oregon, where summer days aren't 90°F.
If you don't want to have issues with AV, just don't use any and don't click on anything and sit behind a firewalled router.
If you have MFE installed:
1) disable OAS (On Access Scan) if it's slowing you down, re-enable it if your kids/family members that click attachments get on your computer
2) Set full scans only to be done in the middle of the night, or never (manually update), but don't expect the AV to protect you if you forget.
3) Set updates to only run only in the middle of the night or never (manually update), but see above about forgetting.
Now you ask yourself, why in the F would someone's AV (any vendor) crank up in the middle of the day and screw me? If and when new important virus's are found (like Flame), the signature for that virus may be pushed out immediately, triggering a full scan. In the case of Flame the signer(Microsoft) was revoked, triggering a new full scan.
Why is AV so slow? Most AV vendors have a huge signature of virii, and have to search each file for matching patterns (often having to match different sections of the file). Each new virus adds a new pattern, and adds just that little bit more overhead. There are some projects to do a predictive engine, but that requires overhead itself, and ends up really needing a lot more resources (block on every action while your predictive engine determines if the process doing the action is behaving or not, like having a Big Brother hanging out in your OS).
I use both MFE and Windows on different computers, and remember, even if you install another AV, Windows Defender is still partially enabled on Win8+, probably because Windows is taking security more seriously.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 121 ms ] threadI have to say, the McAfee AV on Windows is pretty much as described. I have to support it for clients, and often, when I get complaints about PC slow down or freezes, one of the first things I do is to disable all the McAfee services.
Anyone recommend better competitors to McAfee?
Boom. Problem solved.
[At a moderately busy coffee shop]
I sit down with my MacBook to send a few quick emails. A man -- also using a Mac -- sits at the table in front of me, facing away from me. I pull my laptop out and open it up. It recovers from sleep, and I connect to the free WiFi. I've used it many times in the past without issue, but today, I cannot get any web pages to respond.
I say meekly to the man sitting in front of me: "Excuse me, are you able to connect to the WiFi?"
Him: "Yep."
Me: "That's strange, I'm able to connect, but I can't get any web pages to load."
Him: "Get a Mac."
Me: "I've already got one, thanks for nothing."
I understand the imposition I made on him, but hearing "get a Mac" just had me seething. I'd never had an opportunity to say those words to someone else, so I'm not trying to claim any moral high-ground here, but I knew at that moment that I'd never say them should the opportunity arise.
My standard win setup is Security Essentials, UAC up to the max and commodo firewall and Sandboxie for trainers and the like. So far nothing has passed.
Nothing that you know of anyway.
And anything that is smart enough to subvert that is usually used by NSA and the likes and I doubt I have gotten their attention.
Also not sure what is meant by "for trainers and the like" ?
I imagine murderers are capable of both killing and comedy, though not necessarily at the same time.
[0]As in free milk bottle.
This was certainly effective in getting me to catch up on the story. Good PR move?
Just like how obese is "curvy" or "chubby" over there
[0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee#Legal_problems
[1]http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=8462247 and http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fcc5bdda-3f36-11e2-a095-00144feabd...
McAfee bought Dr. Solomon's AV in 1997.
If you don't want to have issues with AV, just don't use any and don't click on anything and sit behind a firewalled router.
If you have MFE installed: 1) disable OAS (On Access Scan) if it's slowing you down, re-enable it if your kids/family members that click attachments get on your computer 2) Set full scans only to be done in the middle of the night, or never (manually update), but don't expect the AV to protect you if you forget. 3) Set updates to only run only in the middle of the night or never (manually update), but see above about forgetting.
Now you ask yourself, why in the F would someone's AV (any vendor) crank up in the middle of the day and screw me? If and when new important virus's are found (like Flame), the signature for that virus may be pushed out immediately, triggering a full scan. In the case of Flame the signer(Microsoft) was revoked, triggering a new full scan.
Why is AV so slow? Most AV vendors have a huge signature of virii, and have to search each file for matching patterns (often having to match different sections of the file). Each new virus adds a new pattern, and adds just that little bit more overhead. There are some projects to do a predictive engine, but that requires overhead itself, and ends up really needing a lot more resources (block on every action while your predictive engine determines if the process doing the action is behaving or not, like having a Big Brother hanging out in your OS).
I use both MFE and Windows on different computers, and remember, even if you install another AV, Windows Defender is still partially enabled on Win8+, probably because Windows is taking security more seriously.