Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Mon Nov 13 08:03:16 CST 2006
Jon - I need to concur - Registry Mechanic is a good product to have. I set mine to run automatically once per week so it's almost invisible. For AV & Firewall, I've used CA Associates eTrust Suite for about 2 years now, and have had no problems at all. Dan Waters ProMation Systems, Inc. (W) 763-780-2496 (M) 763-639-2960 -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] McAfee VirusScan v11 Uninstall everything. Then buy Registry Mechanic from PC Tools. It is great and well worth the cost. http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/purchase/ Clean out the registry. Reboot. Reinstall your AV stuff. If it still doesn't work, then ... Write nastygrams to get your AV money back. Keep Registry Mechanic. And no, I do not own shares of nor am I affiliated in any way with PC Tools, in fact I had forgotten all about them until I needed a good registry cleaner and rediscovered them. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- Subject: [dba-Tech] McAfee VirusScan v11 Hi all If you use McAfee, and you get a popup asking if you want to upgrade to version 11, for "free", whatever you do, DO NOT say yes. I've had nothing but trouble since I did. It upgrades VirusScan, SpamKiller and Security Centre. Spam Killer is fine, but Security Centre and VirusScan conspire to stop your pc working. I spent a good hours yesterday being unable to download email or use the internet. I suppose in a way that makes it more secure, and less likely to get infected, but if I wanted to stay offline, I'd just unplug the network cable. The problem initially started a couple of weeks ago, when I foolishly said yes to the upgrade. It virtually killed my pc, and I tried to reinstall VirusScan, this made it work a bit, it was almost usable. Then I decided to get rid of it all, uninstalled it, defragged etc, then rebooted. I downloaded the previous version of virus scan (10) but it insists on installing the new version of security centre, which doesn't recognise version 10 of virusscan, and then doesn't allow it to run.So I've got anti virus software that doesn't run. Obviously, that's not ideal, so instead of the upgrade I did last time, yesterday I uninstalled, and reinstalled the NEW version of everything from McAfee.com. Now nothing works. The real pain is that I only renewed my subscriptionin October, so if I go to a different AV company, I've wasted $80. Jon The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. Registered in England and Wales No 4057291