My dad recently bought 1 year of McAfee Security and installed it on the desktop computer downstairs. Will this protect my laptop that is upstairs connected to the internet wirelessly?
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January 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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1 QuizMaster // Jan 20, 2009
It obviously won't. It also needs to be installed in your laptop but you need to buy another 1-year license from McAfee in order to protect it too. If you don't want to purchase anything, there are free alternatives that are actually better than McAfee:
1. Avira AntiVir Personal - http://www.free-av.com/
2. Avast! Home - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
3. AVG Free - http://free.avg.com/
Avira AntiVir is the best of the three main free antivirus programs. It even performed better than paid AV programs!
You still need to register (for free) if you want to use Avast! every year, but it's unlimited and free.
2 Jessica Queller // Jan 20, 2009
Antivirus software works (insofar as it does) on a per-computer basis. So installing it on one computer doesn't in any way protect the other computer.
But antivirus software doesn't really protect you anyway.
Good security requires a multi-layered approach, and the least important layer by far is running some kind of anti-malware program (in fact, if you take care of all the other layers, you don't even need an anti-malware program using up extra resources).
In order of importance:
1. Create and use almost exclusively a limited user account instead of the default administrator account Windows sets you up with
2. Read up on social engineering and how to avoid it
3. Don't download illegal copies of software, music, or movies
4. Set Windows updates to install automatically
5. Make regular backups. If possible, back up your entire installation (using Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image)
3 michaelvanderstad // Jan 20, 2009
It should if it on't try stopsizza
4 Marvin // Jan 20, 2009
No it definately won't.
Check to see if he bought more than one license - its actually pretty cheap to get extra licenses. See if he will spring for one for you. Keeping all the computers on the netwrok safe is the only sensible thing to do.
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