If I get free anti-virus software on my laptop, should I uninstall my McAfee Free Trial software?

6 Comments

1. Crstta says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   If you won’t use McAfee after the trial then yeah uninstall it, it’d just be taking up space.

   I would say getting AVG Free, you have an optional upgrade choice but I haven’t and it works fine for me.
   http://free.avg.com/

   Spybot Search and Destroy is free, it’s a great program as well.
   http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

   Last I would say AdAware, just like AVG it has an optional upgrade choice, but it works fine without the upgrade.
   http://www.lavasoft.com/
2. Samuel Adams says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Yes, you should uninstall McAfee. Running more than one anti-virus programs can cause serious system conflicts and leave your system LESS protected. Not to mention it will cause serious system performance issues.

   The best free anti-virus available is Avira or Avast! The best free anti-spyware you can get is Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware. Good luck mate!
3. Charley says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   nah leave it there so you can waste hard drive space
4. mstoebner says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   You definitely have to remove it before installing another antivirus program.

   I use Avira and SuperAntiSpyware and haven’t had any infections.

   Both are highly rated and both are free.
5. D D says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Uninstall it, otherwise your system will most likely start crashing when you install a new anti-virus. The best free anti-virus is AVG Free, installed with ThreatFire. Free anti-spyware would probably be either Ad-Aware Free or SuperAntiSpyware. MalwareBytes is another free anti-malware.
6. Michael says:

   August 9, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Hi

   You definitely need to remove McAfee first or it can cause some tricky problems.

   http://www.freebugfix.com has a few good free antivirus programs in it’s list. I use AVG and it works very well.