Working fine for me on Chrome now (the warnings were still in place earlier today)
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
I am using Firefox. It is working now, but not yesterday.
Temporary glitch. Should all be working fine.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I don't know if this is relevant or not but thought I'd mention it. After using Norton/Symantec products since Windows 95 came out I thought I'd try the free "Sympatico" version of McAfee Internet Security, my Symantec Internet Security subscription runs out in two days. All goes well, I open my browser and after a few seconds on UT a scary pop-up comes up saying something like "Whoa, are you sure you want to visit this site, it has been know to have..." (I forget the rest, but it was a warning). I clicked on yes, meaning yes I want to stay on the site and everything is fine of course.
Thought I'd pass it on, I'm on Win 7, McAfee Internet Security & Firefox 25.0.1 plus I installed the McAfee site advisor "Add-on" for Firefox when prompted.
Thought I'd pass it on, I'm on Win 7, McAfee Internet Security & Firefox 25.0.1 plus I installed the McAfee site advisor "Add-on" for Firefox when prompted.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
dt_to_geek:
Generally speaking, I find McAfee and Norton both unspeakably awful and really hogs the CPU. There are better alternatives out there.
AoD
Generally speaking, I find McAfee and Norton both unspeakably awful and really hogs the CPU. There are better alternatives out there.
AoD
I've been using Trend Micro for a few years now with good results. I gave up on Norton because as AoD says, it is indeed a hog.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
PL:
Worse, gawd forbid you should try to uninstall either (Norton is especially nortorious in that regard).
AoD
Worse, gawd forbid you should try to uninstall either (Norton is especially nortorious in that regard).
AoD
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I used the latest version of the Norton Uninstaller, rebooted, installed McAfee, rebooted and things seemed fine (when I posted the warning I got above). I soon noticed that my system was running slow and over the next two days "something" broke my email program (IncrediMail - paid version), my Internet speed dropped in half and my CPU reading was bouncing like a ball. Tech support at Bell said get rid of McAfee, your CPU could melt down (!). I uninstalled McAfee and all is back to normal then renewed Norton Internet Security and all is still good. Both are hogs, no doubt about it - especially McAfee from what I just experienced but I have a power demon Dell XPS desktop so Norton doesn't affect my speed, much.