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Chrysalis · 11-01-2012, 01:03 PM

So I've been having trouble when trying to access Mediafire recently. Two days ago, I'd started getting an error that says "McAffee Proxy Service Module has stopped working" (yes, I know that I still have McAfee on my computer. I just never bothered to uninstall it). I cannot access Mediafire at the moment, and it will only give me that error when I try to access it. Googling this error revealed that 3 people had asked about this on the same day that I had. So do you guys have any advice when it comes to preventing this error, or is McAfee just crap and I need to uninstall it?

Trollheart · 11-01-2012, 01:29 PM

The short answer is that McAfee, like Norton, is a useless resource hog and should be shot, preferably into the sun out of a cannon.

Uninstall and just download MSE instead. It's free, unobtrusive and it works, even if it IS MicroSatan...

Chrysalis · 11-01-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

The short answer is that McAfee, like Norton, is a useless resource hog and should be shot, preferably into the sun out of a cannon.

Uninstall and just download MSE instead. It's free, unobtrusive and it works, even if it IS MicroSatan...

When you say MSE, you mean Microsoft Security Essentials, right? I've heard a few good things about that, so I'll try it out.

(I never even bought McAfee by the way. IIRC, it was already installed on my computer when I got it)

Zer0 · 11-01-2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

When you say MSE, you mean Microsoft Security Essentials, right? I've heard a few good things about that, so I'll try it out.

(I never even bought McAfee by the way. IIRC, it was already installed on my computer when I got it)

I'd recommend using Avast, I've been using it for a few years now and it does the business. Best of all it's free to download.

avast! | Download Free Antivirus Software or Internet Security

11-01-2012, 01:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chrysalis ~de geso Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 495	So I've been having trouble when trying to access Mediafire recently. Two days ago, I'd started getting an error that says "McAffee Proxy Service Module has stopped working" (yes, I know that I still have McAfee on my computer. I just never bothered to uninstall it). I cannot access Mediafire at the moment, and it will only give me that error when I try to access it. Googling this error revealed that 3 people had asked about this on the same day that I had. So do you guys have any advice when it comes to preventing this error, or is McAfee just crap and I need to uninstall it? __________________ RateYourMusic A dead Last.fm account

11-01-2012, 01:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	The short answer is that McAfee, like Norton, is a useless resource hog and should be shot, preferably into the sun out of a cannon. Uninstall and just download MSE instead. It's free, unobtrusive and it works, even if it IS MicroSatan... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018