McAfee Total Protection 2010 Beta

[vijayind]

McAfee has started the beta for 2010 range now.
More info and signup at :
http://beta.mcafee.com/

[eBBox]

Looking forward to see what has changed. I like their AV but I disslike all the firewall, cleaner stuff that is integrated to the AV part. I just want a clean av, and for that I have trust in McAfee.

[dell boy]

aww i lost all trust a while before, wouldnt touch their beta.

[smage]

I hope that they will improve thier proactive protection.

[Fly]

Out of curiousity, I checked the website.

I couldn't find any information about changes.
Does anyone know ?

I have no intention to become a beta-tester.

[Legendkiller]

-{ Quote: "Out of curiousity, I checked the website.

I couldn't find any information about changes.
Does anyone know ?

I have no intention to become a beta-tester." }-
you don't need any invitations...........goto their beta website and setup a beta-account......and then choose the sign-up option.............

[quanzi_1507]

-{ Quote: "you don't need any invitations" }-
LOL he said intention not invitation :D

[dell boy]

L:argh:

[databb]

Quite good actually. The installation went well and smooth. It takes around 30 Megs of RAM... Well done McAfee! I like the cleaned and streamlined GUI too...

http://freepicninja.com/view.php?picture=00025476

[firzen771]

the GUI looks nice, ill give it that much...

[Legendkiller]

-{ Quote: "LOL he said intention not invitation :D" }-
ya i mis-read it...........

[eBBox]

-{ Quote: "the GUI looks nice, ill give it that much..." }-

I like the tray icon too ;D

[trjam]

working good here

[virtumonde]

Can anyone with Process Explorer post a screenshoot with Working Set & Private Bytes of Mcafee Processes?

[trjam]

-{ Quote: "Can anyone with Process Explorer post a screenshoot with Working Set & Private Bytes of Mcafee Processes?" }-
I am not at home now, but if no one does today, I will for you.

I will say this, it isnt the old McAfee anymore. The GUI is very well laid out and you dont have to dig through 40 layers to find what you want. Speed? As fast as the rest that are quick. Very nice GUI.

My only complaint is that it doesnt allow you to not install certain modules. Parental control is deactivated on installation. Neta license good through rest of year.

[Malcontent]

Does anyone know if McAfee 2010 has the "Artemis Technology"?

Thanks.

[kinwolf]

-{ Quote: "Does anyone know if McAfee 2010 has the "Artemis Technology"?

Thanks." }-

Yes it is. Artemis is built in the engine and DAT files, so even if you have 2009, or try 2010, it's the engine and DAT version that counts.

[mvdu]

-{ Quote: "Yes it is. Artemis is built in the engine and DAT files, so even if you have 2009, or try 2010, it's the engine and DAT version that counts." }-

Good to hear. McAfee is like a completely different AV with Artemis.

[trjam]

this reminds me of when Norton went from 2008 to 2009. There is about as much marked improvement of this version of McAfee over last years.

[Malcontent]

-{ Quote: "this reminds me of when Norton went from 2008 to 2009. There is about as much marked improvement of this version of McAfee over last years." }-
Has there been significant improvement in detection?

Thanks.

[trjam]

-{ Quote: "Has there been significant improvement in detection?

Thanks." }-

err, yeah. here (http://virusinfo.info/index.php?page=testseng)

[Malcontent]

-{ Quote: "err, yeah. here (http://virusinfo.info/index.php?page=testseng)" }-
Well, after a decade poor performance I stopped keeping tabs on it. So sue me for not being more informed about it.

[trjam]

-{ Quote: "Well, after a decade poor performance I stopped keeping tabs on it. So sue me for not being more informed about it." }-
cant fault you there.;)

[noblelord]

I have been put off of the so called big players (McAfee, Symantec etc) for some years as I thought their performance was over-rated. I tried McAfee in 2004 and found it to be next to useless and slowed the system to a crawl. However after testing their 2009 beta and now the 2010 beta, I have changed my mind somewhat. Artemis improves detection rates dramatically, and living with the ocassional false positive isn't a hardship!

[Fly]

-{ Quote: "I am not at home now, but if no one does today, I will for you.

I will say this, it isnt the old McAfee anymore. The GUI is very well laid out and you dont have to dig through 40 layers to find what you want. Speed? As fast as the rest that are quick. Very nice GUI.

My only complaint is that it doesnt allow you to not install certain modules. Parental control is deactivated on installation. Neta license good through rest of year." }-

Does that mean you can't uninstall the SiteAdvisor ? I stopped using it when it started collecting way too much data, and there were other issues as well.

What about the SystemGuards ? They were some kind of HIPS, at one point McAfee decided to disable most of them by default.

[trjam]

-{ Quote: "Does that mean you can't uninstall the SiteAdvisor ? I stopped using it when it started collecting way too much data, and there were other issues as well.

What about the SystemGuards ? They were some kind of HIPS, at one point McAfee decided to disable most of them by default." }-
I didnt get a chance to play to much this morning with it. I will later. I know or think you can manually turn off some features. I totally agree about SiteAdvisor because it use to bring me to a crawl. But this morning it was on and my browsing was not slowed in the least bit. Actually it was to even tell McAfee was even installed. I will look later today.

[Netherlands]

Did anyone uninstall the beta. Was it uninstalled the right way? I can remember that it was a pain in the ass a couple of years back.

[trjam]

for me it was always the install. I actually had to reimage a computer do to a install. Have not uninstalled it, yet, but if like the install it looks like a piece of cake. Again, you cant compare this version to any of the older ones. It is like night and day. Which is about time.:dry:

[Netherlands]

-{ Quote: "for me it was always the install. I actually had to reimage a computer do to a install. Have not uninstalled it, yet, but if like the install it looks like a piece of cake. Again, you cant compare this version to any of the older ones. It is like night and day. Which is about time.:dry:" }-

Does it have new technology/features?

[Graystoke]

I can't get the darn thing to install. >:( Every time I try, I get the same error message.

"Download cannot continue because either there's a problem with your internet connection, or McAfee's download server is unavailable."


I've been trying since last night.

[trjam]

well, came home, internet connection dead. Hmmm. The nice thing is that the beta and site advisor uninstalled lickity split. Now to find another damn avatar. Havent been to Moscow in awhile, brrrrr.

Graystoke, that is a common issue in their beta forums from what I saw and will not see, ever again.8)

[trjam]

Kasperskys new beta .691 has some serious bugs, beware. I was shocked it was even brought out. It asked me 4 times in 20 minutes of self shutdown to send the info. I really dont know what their issues are.

[Graystoke]

-{ Quote: "Kasperskys new beta .691 has some serious bugs, beware. I was shocked it was even brought out. It asked me 4 times in 20 minutes of self shutdown to send the info. I really dont know what their issues are." }-


I like your avitar trjam. :) That little eye is back on my machine again. :D

EDIT............Ooops. Avitar changed already. Should have known. :D

[Fly]

-{ Quote: "I can't get the darn thing to install. >:( Every time I try, I get the same error message.

"Download cannot continue because either there's a problem with your internet connection, or McAfee's download server is unavailable."


I've been trying since last night." }-

McAfee is infamous for its server issues, or at least it should be ! It's really a serious pain that I have not seen with any other AV.

Someone should educate the public.

[zerotox]

Hello guys!

I also have lots of pain installing McAfee. This is what works for me - go to Internet options in Internet Explorer, find advanced options and set them to default, set to default security options as well (I'm at work using Linux here so i can't point the exact steps to go there). After that everything should be OK. It's preferable to start the instalation process right from the browser instead of downloading the Download manager McAfee exe to you hard drive.

I hope it will work for you as well! Everything is because McAfee instalation and user interface depends on Internet explorer.

[kinwolf]

-{ Quote: "My only complaint is that it doesnt allow you to not install certain modules. " }-

In the beta FAQ it is stated that custom installation/unsinstallation will be available at a further time.

[Sjoeii]

Is McAfee really getting that good?
~ VirusTotal link removed as per Policy (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=180057) ~

[trjam]

McAfee has made some big gains. I soured on the first stage of the beta for Total Protection killing my internet connection. I have no questions about what I orginally stated by saying this version will be like night an day compared to previous ones. And will stay registered with them so I can try a later version of the beta.

They had no choice but to reinvent it. They were basically killing themselves on the consumers and enterprise side. They are doing what they need to in order to remerge as a contender, so yes, their detection is that good in my viewpoint. But they still have some work, alot of work ahead. The hardest part will be like Norton and over coming peoples perception of the product. If you look at their US site, their prices are really, really good. I would not hesitate to buy a license not for what I get now, but for what is coming.

[1timeuserrr]

I've been using McAfee for almost 2 years now with very good results. Artemis is a great feature but somehow it seems it doesn't work as it should:

If I download a suspicious/infected file from Internet and manual scan it, McAfee tells me it is clean. BUT after uploading to VirusTotal, McAfee+Artemis catches it and reports it as infected.

BTW, today I purchased a 1 year license to A Squared AntiMalware and it catched the trojans McAfee couldn't in my PC.

McAfee 2010 has a redesigned interface with some little flaws at the moment (it's in beta stage).