I heard some bad things about McAfee, and i just want to ask is it even worth having?
I just want to have an antivirus software on my PC and phone for safety.
+additional questions:
-Why is McAfee hated like that by some?
-How good does it scan?
No it’s terrible. Will fill your laptop with bloatwesr and decrease the speed dramatically. Plus there are far better vpns out there with better security and for much cheaper too.
Windows Defender that comes with Microsoft Windows is more than enough. McAffee and Norton are the same as paying for a virus to be on your computer.
Why are these so bad to consider them viruses?
Those too but honestly their security and privacy (the main reasons people would buy a vpn I assume) are very poor compared to other vpns. So yeah id stay far away from it
Loads of bloat ware and tracking cookies. If you try to just uninstall it, it hides on your system and you usually have to use control panel to completely remove. All that stuff adds clutter and slows your computer down. Not to mention, it doesn’t do anything better than Windows Defender does for free.
Have you used it before?
Used what? NORTON or McAfee?