r/mcafee

Apologies in advance, I bet this question has now been asked a thousand times.

I have a Dell XPS 13 that is now five years old but chugs along quite well.

I recently had to have the battery replaced: it was overheating and had swelled.

The technician who did this for me expressed horror at my having McAfee on the laptop and said that it hogged my memory and reduced performance. He said that Windows Defender was just as good and used up less memory. So, with my approval, he disabled McAfee.

Was this a good decision? Am I at risk of anything?

You only need windows defender and your brain.

You can run a Malwarebytes scan from time to time for extra protection.

If this is for McAfee lovers, then you don’t exist. This software is so annoying and keeps slowing down my computer, shutting off apps for no reason, and saying a video - THAT WAS MADE ON THE COMPUTER IT’S INSTALLED ON - was malware. Uninstalling the software erased ALL my data on all my apps, and it took FOREVER to get them all back. Don’t use McAfee. If you uninstall it, don’t restart your computer, please.