CoolCatBad Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 http://safety.aol.com/isc/BasicSecurity/ Active Virus Shield, an edition of Kaspersky AV, has been replaced by McAfee Virus Scan Plus-Special edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chconline Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 Wow, that's one of the worst choices I've heard so far. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosen One Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 horrible horrible Idea, probley to cut costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 This had to be motivated by money ONLY, because McAfee doesn't come close to the performance or detection rates of Kaspersky. Oh well, AOL's loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 This is a pretty poor decision on their part. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 Thats weird my dad has AOL and recently got a subscription to McAfee through them...maybe it was just AOL US that used Kaspersky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phot0nic Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Wow, this used to be one of the few things that AOL did right. Too bad. I actually installed their AV on a few computers for family members. I guess I'll have to go around and switch that out for people. I'm not about to have any of them "update" their program and end up with McAfee's crap software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 This is a TERRIBLE move. Kaspersky outperforms McAfee in every way possible. Looks like I won't be recommending Active Virus Shield anymore... Did they hire anyone from Sega recently? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 This just shows that the people who run AOL (and Netscape) don't know st about running an ISP / Broswer. They were doing GOOD with Kasperksy, now, they shot themselves in the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J400uk Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 That really sucks, the kaspersky based active virus shield was the best free anti virus by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwind Hawk Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Great, that's exactly what we need. More AOL users with less virus protection. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Great, that's exactly what we need. More AOL users with less virus protection.=\ And whining about their slower computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J400uk Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Which from a business perspective means more money can be made out of them when they take there computer to a professional because its been infected with a virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordtinuviel Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 ok but what happne for those who has the kapersky aol? cause mine still says kapersy in the process list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 ok but what happne for those who has the kapersky aol? cause mine still says kapersy in the process list I am guessing they will probably phase it out and make you "upgrade" to their new version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Bad decision I must say...AOL Active Virus Shield was the only AOL product I have recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 AOL has always used McAfee has there main Security Suite. AVS was just an alternative for some odd reason. First it was the McAfee 8. Then the SSC (Safety and Security Center). Now this free McAfee provided by AOL. Some may think McAfee sucks, others will sign up for AOL/AIM just to download this. I don't see this as backpage news? Personally, I wish they would have made Kaspersky provided by AOL for free. But whatever.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I unchecked "update application modules" in settings and just did an update that went through fine. Dunno how long it will last though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderrooster Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 McAfee and Kaspersky are the top 2 when it comes to detection rates from what I seen and experienced. People can say what they want but McAfee does no suck when it comes to detecting and cleaning/removing viruses, trojans, worms, etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 McAfee and Kaspersky are the top 2 when it comes to detection rates from what I seen and experienced. People can say what they want but McAfee does no suck when it comes to detecting and cleaning/removing viruses, trojans, worms, etc.... Or eating system resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 What a great move by AOL...not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 McAfee and Kaspersky are the top 2 when it comes to detection rates from what I seen and experienced. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 This is exactly why I never installed this, I knew they would screw it up some time some how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Yay!!! It was too hard to convince people that AOL Active Virus Shield was actually something good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootWind Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Guessing the contract with Kaspersky ran out. Kaspersky actually may not have wanted to renew the contract, since one of the reasons they agreed to it was to promote Kaspersky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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