Have been using McAfee Security Centre since I bought my present laptop.
However in the last week have been getting a lot of popup's with advertising looking for my mobile number, love sites, games etc. All these website address's start with "CiD:".
Have been looking at McAfee but not sure if I have not configured it properly or it just doesn't protect against this sort of thing.
Anyone have any suggestions before I accidentally click on these annoying sites.
Get rid of McAfee and get a decent security tool suite - even some of the free ones are better than McAfee. See the clean PC thread pinned at the top of this forum.
However in the last week have been getting a lot of popup's with advertising looking for my mobile number, love sites, games etc. All these website address's start with "CiD:".
These things happen! No offence meant… What were you doing before the ‘infection’ happened? Had you followed a ‘You’re the millionth click winner’ or ‘Congratulations! You’ve won!’ link? Had you received suspicious emails from unknowns? When did you last check for McAfee updates? When did you last run a McAfee scan?
I'm no lover of McAfee but have been using it for years and AFAIK I have not had any problems (I could possibly be blissfully ignorant but I don't think so...) I also use Spybot and Ad-Aware. Sometimes they will pick up items not picked up by McAfee (and vice versa).
Open Security Centre (right click red M beside the clock) Usually opens at HOMErotection Status. Top right has "Am I protected?" Yes/no... Bottom right has SecurityCentre Information. Today mine reads: Update Check: 05/07/2008 Last Scan: 04/07/2008 Subscription Expiration: 04/06/2009 Licenses Purchased: 1 That's mostly (or all) at the default McAfee recommended settings.
There are free AV products out there and some may be better than McAfee (which is sometimes inclined to almost take over your PC when working) However if it is a configuration issue you may just be moving the deckchairs on the Titanic by changing software and not configuring properly. Removal of McAfee can also be fun. NOT!!!
McAfee SHOULD work. Is McAfee up to date and have you scanned all your files recently? HTH