McAfee Total Protection Beta Now Windows 7 Compatible

[Ex_Brit]

Note that this is the beta software and comprises ONLY Anti-virus and firewall protection.

McAfee Total Protection suite is now available supporting Windows 7 Beta version 7000 only. If you would like to test our software using Windows7 please uninstall your current MTP suite prior to upgrading to or installing Windows7 then reinstall our software. The MTP suite for Windows7 includes MSC, VirusScan and Personal Firewall only. In addition Maintain Computer and Manage Network are also disabled for this initial MTP Beta with Windows7 Beta version 7000

With the recent update released Feb. 13, you will notice that Maintain Computer and Manage Network features are missing. We are currently verifiying our products to support Windows 7 Beta, and have released a condensed version of our MTP suite with this initiative. Maintain Computer and Manage Network are currently under such verification and will be enabled once complete. If you wish to test running Windows7 Beta, you will need to uninstall your current McAfee Beta products, install or upgrade to Windows7 (uprgrade from Vista only), and then reinstall our condensed suite of MSC, Virus Scan and Personal Firewall only. Products will be enabled as we continue Windows7 supportability verifications.

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Their forum has some posts about it already. x86 seems to be OK and x64 seems to have one or two issues.

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I had to disable Windows Firewall and uninstall Vista Firewall Control first in order to allow the installer to find an internet connection.

 

[Night Hawk]

That's wonderful except the fact that McAfee is at the bottom of the list for antivirus softwares. I'll be waiting to see what Trend Micro, Grisoft, and other better software companies reveal for 7 as far as retail products. So far the free version of AVG 8.0 has been performing well after the lock up of 7 with the initial scan when first installed.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Which list? I only posted it for information purposes. Despite the fact that I'm a moderator at their forums I was using Avast until just 1 hour ago.
I wasn't trying to advertise it in any way, just stating the facts.

It's a beta product anyway.

First observations - slows IE8 down.

 

[Barman58]

Thanks for the Heads Up Peter,

Good to see the support developing for windows 7 from the well known names in Windows computing

 

[Night Hawk]

The "list" is not set in stone but simply a reflection on the complaints and preferences of various programs by various users. But I have to agree with Barman58 that's things seem to be going well for 7 so far with various companies preparing for 7's eventual release.

Creative already has 7 beta drivers available there as well for their products. While that's in a totally different catagory it's a positive trend for 7 being seen. And that's what the consumer is going to be looking for in order to upgrade at some point.

 

[jfar]

Thank's for that ,and yes,let's hope the rest of the (big boys) follow suit, and dont sit on their laurels, like they did with Vista.

 

[Night Hawk]

Vista drivers came out while the Vista versions of applications for various things didn't. I hear that one often enough with various addon devices like tuner cards.

The real support that also needs improvement is for the 64bit ball park now that this will be the 3rd version of Windows offering 64bit editions. Trying to find 64bit drivers for older hardwares is another wilderness seen there.

 

[vijaykhasa]

is it also 64bit compatible

 

[Ex_Brit]

Night Hawk, you still haven't given a link to this "list". All protection software, no matter whose it is, has complaints levelled against it, so I would be interested to know which list this is because the ones I've seen rate it in the top 5.
By the way, I am not a McAfee employee.

 

[Night Hawk]

That will depend on what list you are looking at for programs as well as who is writing the review. The "list" being referred to however is not a published review but user complaints over the last several years time. Each company will typically see a new better supposedly updated software.

 

[Jaiavarman]

That's wonderful except the fact that McAfee is at the bottom of the list for antivirus softwares. I'll be waiting to see what Trend Micro, Grisoft, and other better software companies reveal for 7 as far as retail products. So far the free version of AVG 8.0 has been performing well after the lock up of 7 with the initial scan when first installed.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST? come on guy, and then you seem to recommend AVG, really AVG? you really think the free one is going to give you better protection then a pay for software? dang! "senior user" that was surprising so much misinformation & speculation freely passed as fact. what list? be careful man people come here to get informed its really a great community you know that, lets keep it accurate and reliable.
thanks.

heres what i can confidently attest to after cross checking and/or experience.

1. antivirus companies pay to create mock listings, sites that seem like objective places to get informed, they turn out to be nonsense fronts financed by AV companies to convince googlers that their antivirus is the best. The only independent surveys i'm aware of are the ones done by some universities and this one, the highly reputable AV COMPARATIVES

2. Please feel free to download and look over 2009 AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software results.
Comparative detection capability tests of various popular antivirus products.
here..... AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org

3. This is my opinion: Norton 360 2010 was recently released in the torrent world it works on windows 7 and if you analyze the results from the av comparatives its one of the best. especially in terms of false positives, for the downloaders it allows for compression file handling (rar,iso,zip) with adequate antivirus Trojan/worm support so as not to become infected when extracting keygens and torrent material which sometimes in other not so well developed AV's either go undetected or are too aggressively handled by the AV program rendering you the downloader/installer unable to unpack, extract, or install in a safe manner torrents you've downed.

alright thats it,
take care everybody.

JR