Whats the deal with McAfee Internet Security Suite?

I bought the full program in a retail store (39.99$) and now it's saying I need to renew my subscription for another amount of money (50+ dollars) Does this affect how I am being protected with viruses or will it still work regardless of not renewing my subscription? Right now it seems up and running... but the I don't know if this new alert about subscribing will affect it soon.|||did you buy it, and then have it for a year? you shouldn't have to renew until your subscription expires. you will be protected from all but the most current viruses because you can't keep up to date without renewing.|||It will keep working - it just won't update the latest virus patterns any more until you pay.|||did you have Mcafee Internet security kit on your PC, before you purchase this one?





if you do all you had to do is renew subscription over the Internet.|||All I can tell you is if it is not up to date with the very latest definitions you will be at more risk.|||its will affect it soon. remove it from your comp and get the free avg virus software. download.com|||The software will always work if you installed it. The subscription is for periodic updates, mainly definitions, which it needs to find new viruses and spyware. When you bought it, it should have come with a one year subscription, but you will need to renew it every year for the latest updates.





If you want something free, try AVG free edition


http://free.grisoft.com/.|||when did you buy it. they are usually 90 day or twelve month subscriptions. if you need to renew you are not protected as it wont update and deal with new viruses.





my advice? delete it no matter when you bought it.





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its free and it works|||Well, I am the lucky owner of McAfee as well..but it automatically comes with my cable Internet service free of charge. If your free year of updates has expired, then you can either resubscribe or risk it. New virus definitions are always being written and there's always someone crazily trying to hack the planet out there....go figure.


Your McAfee is fine for now...but you may be at risk later on down the road.


Goto downloads.com and search for free virus protection....some programs are free to download and update themselves on a regular basis too....that is, if you want to ditch McAfee.|||Usually the subscription with the initial purchase is for a year. If you want to keep all of the updates and most current protection you must update. But check again at the store, many times you can buy a new product cheaper than renewing the old one. There also many free virus checkers that work quite well including AVG and Avast which can be downloaded from cnet.com.|||McAfee is basically a rip-off. It will make you pay every single year or the damn thing won't work. Even when it is updated McAfee is notorious for not working well and letting in viruses and spyware.


AVG really is one of the best Antivirus programs out there, and It's FREE and it updates often. They do have one you can pay for and it includes more features. Unlike McAfee with AVG you only have to pay once and you don't have to keep paying money for something you've already bought.