I purchased on line almost one year ago and really regret doing it McAfee (I guess also known as McAcrap) antivirus Security Center. The only thing this does is secure to make sure it takes complete control of my system and uses as much resources as possible throwing advertsing and forcing updates whenever it darnwell pleases. I had thought that the auto update on def's feature would be handy but instead it turned out to be a real pest. Every time I start windows I get nailed with this long startup of their socalled Security Center which informs me of the same thing over and over and over again. That I have up to date virus def but I have not installed my anti spam etc etc etc which of course are all extra charges that I am not paying for but also at the same time do not want to seee this advertising thrown at me every time I start up my computer. I have to wait for this splash screen every single time. I had contacted McAfee tech support and asked them if I could disable this startup screen and of course they said no because then my antivirus would not work properly. Then it loads thousands of files at startup (Okay, maybe exagerating a bit but it feels this way) and I get tired of waiting and waiting for it to do as it pleases. Then I go to Msconfig and see all the McAfee files loading and I dare not uninstall any of them for the fear that my antivirus portion may not work properly.

I am presently running a Compaq Presario 5838 with an AMD A7. 256 meg and Win98SE. I don't care if I have to pay for something good and would prefer to buy it from a store with an install CD for a good antivirus program that does not throw all that unwanted crap in my face every time I start this computer. And then when I do get my updates it always makes sure it asks me if I want to purchase the add-ons which I don't want. I had thought by buying McAfee as a well known brand name I would be purchasing a very good antivirus program. Well - sorry, in my book I am very dissapointed in this program. My subcription is not up til end of May but want to purchase something sooner like at Staples, Office Max whereever. The only good thing I know I have here with this is that when I first purchased it I used my credit card on line. Since then I have changed my credit card and even though I have NO autorenewal selected I don't trust it but since I registered with a card I no longer use I know they can't auto charge my credit card - good for me.

Anyway, can someone please suggest a good antivirus program that will give me good protection while being on line. Also for my email. I am not so concerned with the firewall and all the other features. I don't know much about all that stuff and really don't have th paitence or the time to start tweaking all those features. I usaully go to the same old sites all the time. I just wnat something that wil protect me and not take all my resources every time i boot up my computer.

Another thing that concerns me is when I am ready to install the new antivirus software and want to remove this McAcrap how do I know for sure all of the darn files are removed. It makes me feel like it infests itself on my system so I don't dare uninstall any of it for fear of killing my ssytem.

Remember, I don't mind paying for a good product so really be honest with me.

Thanks to all of you in advance.

Mark