Free McAfee VirusScan 6.0 from Amazon (free shipping too)

[mhoeffner]

Given the dramatic rise in pain that Windows viruses have caused lately, this is a great deal for Windows users without antivirus software. This version releases tomorrow (09/20/01), is free after a mail-in rebate, and there's even free shipping. It's available at:

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[mhoeffner]

It also won't hurt to use code JUNSUMMERTHY when checking out for $5 off in case McAfee decides to not take the discount into account when issuing the rebate. =)

Here's a link to the rebate printout.

[rothbear]

Please be careful with McAfee. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (not a comment on the product, strictly my own experience).............I spent 1-1/2 years troubleshooting a lockup problem on my computer. Basically I had it from day one. I also had major modem problems, but that was fixed. But absolutely nothing could fix this problem. It even got to the place where it was locking up my digital camera software continuously. Got so bad (7-8 times a day) and I was so angry with the computer company (Micron) that we had finally made arrangements to send it in for testing. They kept claiming my problems were software related, but it was happening on ALL the software. They kept finding registry problems. I happened to mention to a friend about my problems and he suggested that I remove McAfee and see what happens as he had heard about lockups with them. Guess what.......I have been lockup free for almost 2 weeks!! Seems that sometimes it can cause a problem with how it attaches itself to the registry.

I called them to cancel my membership in the Clinic since I had just paid in June and had absolutely no problems with them doing so. Must commend their customer service.

AGAIN.........Just a FYI on what happened with me and doesn't mean that you will have problems. I'm sure it works great on the majority of computers or they couldn't sell it. But if you do develops lockup problems, don't spend eternity troubleshooting your computer like I did.