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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
So far, so good...., 31 Jan 2005
This review is from: McAfee Internet Security 2005 (CD-ROM)
I don't understand the review which claimed it doesn't work with XP SP2. That is exactly what I've got and I havent found any problems with it.The security control panel interface is a good, central, easy to use peice of software. On my PC I havent noticed any real slowdown since installing, but... time will tell. The spam killing facilities are comprehensive, if a little over-zelous on their default settings. Within days I was loosing legitimate incoming emails which it thought were spam. But luckily these settings are easily fixed: It's just a shame the default config is too harsh. One major niggle about this package: It has something called "privacy service" (something to do with shredding internet history files?) which requires you to "Sign In" EVERY time you start your PC and EVERY time you access the internet. This becomes VERY annoying soon after installing. Imagine: You have to type a password everytime you access the web or start up your PC! Argh! And this "privacy service" cannot be disabled unless it's already running! You cannot prevent it from starting! This alone is was almost enough to make me regret my decision to use McAffee... until I realised you can solve the problem by setting the Administrator to be "Startup User". Again, the default settings are too harsh. Also it seems difficult to simply "switch off" the individual components (anti virus, spam killer etc) so they don't start up when you boot up the pc. Although you can stop them after they've started. Buy the product, but be aware that default security settings will likely prove annoying and will need changing as soon as you've installed.
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