Die McAfee, Die!

What's the worst a computer virus can actually do? Bog down me computer? Produce endless pop-ups? Irritate the hell out of me? Well that's exactly what my McAfee anti-virus program was doing.

Every few minutes: "Your definitions are out of date;" "Your computer is not fully protected;" "A new version of McAfee is available;" "1993's version is still available." And whenever it would scan for viruses, it would suck all my memory and render my computer useless for 20 minutes. All that for $40 a year! I think I'd rather take my chances with the viruses.

But when you visit as many porn sites as I do, some protection is probably a good idea. I came across AGV's free anti-virus software. MSN recommended it, saying it wouldn't slow my computer and doesn't require many resources.

However, McAfee does not like to be uninstalled and it doesn't die easily. There is no uninstall option, and you can't simply delete the program folder. Go ahead and try to get rid of it through the Conrtol Panel's Add/Remove Programs; When you reboot your computer, McAfee will be right back where it's always been.

I had to download a special McAfee-killing program (probably a virus, itself). It fearlessly took on the mighty anvi-virus software and, in a hard-fought battle, defeated it and left it for dead.