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Killing Spam Killer
New copmputer McAfree preinstalled - tried the Spam Killer. Don't want it.
Told McAfree to turn it off McAfree says it's disabled Outlook : toolbar customise - Spam Killer Button Remove Great no spam button close the dialogue and it just comes back!! It just will not go away. -- Jim Bunton |
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Killing Spam Killer
Talk to McAfee.
-- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, Jim Bunton asked: | New copmputer McAfree preinstalled - tried the Spam Killer. Don't | want it. | | Told McAfree to turn it off McAfree says it's disabled | | Outlook : toolbar customise - Spam Killer Button Remove Great | no spam button close the dialogue and it just comes back!! | | It just will not go away. |
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"Jim Bunton" wrote in message
.uk... New copmputer McAfree preinstalled - tried the Spam Killer. Don't want it. Told McAfree to turn it off McAfree says it's disabled Outlook : toolbar customise - Spam Killer Button Remove Great no spam button close the dialogue and it just comes back!! It just will not go away. To McAfee (there's no "r" in there), "turn off" is not the same as "disable". To most users, disable means that a function or feature is completely out of the way. McAfee merely lets you turn off a feature, not disable it. If you "turn off" e-mail scanning in their VirusScan, that does NOT unload their proxy but merely tells their proxy not to interrogate or act upon the traffic that passes through it. If their emproxy becomes unresponsive, turning it off won't fix anything with their proxy. It's still there intercepting the traffic and still being just as unresponsive. So why not UNINSTALL the spam component? If it is not listed as a separate product in Add/Remove Programs, maybe you have to click Change for the product "suite" that is listed and then deselect their anti-spam component so it gets uninstalled (so it really is disabled). Since the pre-installed version is probably a time-limited trial version, perhaps you should start investigating what products you will be replacing it with when it does expire. |
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Killing Spam Killer
Thanks for your detailed response to my posting
After abortive attempts to remove MacAfee - and having come accross similar tales of woe from other peoples similar experiences, the simple answer for Dell users who still have a support contract is to contact them and ask them to log on remotely and use the script they have to remove MacAfee! Jim Bunton "Vanguard" wrote in message ... "Jim Bunton" wrote in message .uk... New copmputer McAfree preinstalled - tried the Spam Killer. Don't want it. Told McAfree to turn it off McAfree says it's disabled Outlook : toolbar customise - Spam Killer Button Remove Great no spam button close the dialogue and it just comes back!! It just will not go away. To McAfee (there's no "r" in there), "turn off" is not the same as "disable". To most users, disable means that a function or feature is completely out of the way. McAfee merely lets you turn off a feature, not disable it. If you "turn off" e-mail scanning in their VirusScan, that does NOT unload their proxy but merely tells their proxy not to interrogate or act upon the traffic that passes through it. If their emproxy becomes unresponsive, turning it off won't fix anything with their proxy. It's still there intercepting the traffic and still being just as unresponsive. So why not UNINSTALL the spam component? If it is not listed as a separate product in Add/Remove Programs, maybe you have to click Change for the product "suite" that is listed and then deselect their anti-spam component so it gets uninstalled (so it really is disabled). Since the pre-installed version is probably a time-limited trial version, perhaps you should start investigating what products you will be replacing it with when it does expire. |
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"Jim Bunton" wrote in message
.uk... Thanks for your detailed response to my posting After abortive attempts to remove MacAfee - and having come accross similar tales of woe from other peoples similar experiences, the simple answer for Dell users who still have a support contract is to contact them and ask them to log on remotely and use the script they have to remove MacAfee! Many programs do not perform a clean uninstall. I'm used to hunting around the file system and in the registry to do cleanup. As I recall, their uninstall even left an entry in the HKCU Run key which is pretty stupid since obviously the executable would no longer be available. I still feel their VirusScan component is a good product plus it is rated for high coverage. Their firewall is simplistic (I forget where they got it from). The rest of it, especially the Privacy Service, is bloatware. Most users think they need it because they've been frightened by the author's hype that they need it. Both McAfee and Symantec have proven repeatedly that bloatware products do NOT engender the best of breed for every contained component. You get one or two good performers and the rest is crap or unneeded. |
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