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Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 20:25 on 15th February 2011
Thanks for bringing this to the attention of Chris and Sarah members, it is being looked into.
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Liz Pitman
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quotePosted at 16:13 on 16th February 2011

Thanks!

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quotePosted at 18:29 on 16th February 2011

Thank you everyone for making us aware of this.

Let me just assure you that PoE is not a security risk and never has been. We have been online since 2001 and this is the first time anything like it has happened.

We have been in contact with McAfee regarding it but have so far heard nothing back. Judging from their forum and other sources of information on the web, we are not the only innocent and completely safe website that their software flags up as a possible 'security risk'. Hopefully they will sort it out quickly, though reports we've read suggest it can take anywhere between 10 and 365 days!

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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 18:31 on 16th February 2011
thanks for the quick response sarah.
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Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 18:42 on 16th February 2011

What McAfee are doing is disgraceful, they are besmirching the good name of POE for no reason. I can't understand why anybody would want to purchase McAfee anti-virus when a brilliant FREE version from AVG is available. For anybody wanting to download it for free and perfectly legal at that, see the following link: http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free

I use it and have had no problems whatsoever.

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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 18:44 on 16th February 2011
i havent got mcafee ron --i got rid of it about 4 yrs ago
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Ron Brind
Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 18:48 on 16th February 2011

I got rid of it about 11/12 years ago James!

See the following link members, this works well: 

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free
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Diana Sinclair
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quotePosted at 18:48 on 16th February 2011
Well, I for one am not concerned. I feel completely safe on POE...except when Ron is around. ;-) Lol
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cathyml
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quotePosted at 18:50 on 16th February 2011
Oh! LOL!  Heheheheh
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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 02:57 on 17th February 2011

I've never had a problem.  McAfee and Norton are the least highly rated of anti-virus.  Any computer tech will tell you how useless they are.  Virus writers write viruses to bust Norton and McAfee.  What does that tell you?  lol

Comodo is a good program too.

 

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