its installed and registered. it seems to be working fine at making sure to warn me about things it doesn't recognize and blocking them when asked to. but every once in a while this message bubble pops up that says"your computer is not fully protected" so i click on it and it pops up the security center. Its saying that my files and email are not protected. I have clicked on the fix link 2399403 times and it says everything is updated. I am still continuing to get this message and still it says they are unprotected. Can anyone help figure this out?

c_starrs

Well, first of all you should be hit over the head with a christmas tree for using McAfee, but as with your problem, this is cause by McAfee's odd set up where it installs each module of the program individually, this often results in errors... download this to remove it completely, and reinstall.

biggsie

I don't know whether this is your answer but very often you install a free trial

there may be a set trial period for a full version --or limited use of full version

As long as that product is on your computer they can popup various types of

adware to convince you to buy their products -- they do nothing - they sell nothing

If they can convince you that you have problems--they can sell you their wares

nymphetamine

lol. Actually my dad installed it. I've tried and my brother has tried telling him to remove it, but he paid for it and kinda wants to blame everything but McAfee. I've noticed a huge slow down ever since he installed the thing. He went in and deleted a bunch of programs from the computers thinking that was what was going on and its still very slow. The guy is stubborn. My brother got blocked out of the internet all together. McAfee said it was a virus.

nymphetamine

You could be right about them trying to convince me of a problem. Of course it is paid for, but I checked and it shows everything in the protection as being enabled while in the update center it continues to say "not protected" no matter what I do. So maybe they want something else paid for.

slapshot_oi

I have your answer, McAfee sucks! It'll keep telling you that until you buy all their products.

If you must use McAfee, download McAfee AntiVirus Enterprise, it's a smaller and less pretty version of what you have, and it doesn't have that annoying alert. This is what I use and it is much better.