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McAfee False Positives on Downloads

gecko

gecko

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Every file I download from here triggers a false positive alert and quarantine from McAfee lately. Anyone know what's up?
 
Hi Gecko,

I work in IT for a living. McAfee is a liability these days. It's not very good at detecting real threats, and it constantly has false positives like the ones you're experiencing. Same thing for Norton. Both are performance hogs on your rig and both don't do their job any good anymore.

If you don't visit dodgy sites, and the rest of your surfing behavior can be considered as "standard". Windows Defender is good enough under windows 11. If you're still on 7 or 10, try ESET Smart Security (ESET). I use it and am very happy with it.

Hope this helps!

Priller
 
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My son, a programmer, also agrees that Windows Defender is good enough under windows 11, and in fact under win10, so above advice is good.
 
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