Windows 10: CenturyLink Security by McAfee - Norton is gone!!

For years, my ISP (CenturyLink) has used Norton as their antivirus provider. Just the other day when I went to go pay my bill online, I received an alert saying that Norton would no longer be supported and provided by CenturyLink. The message said for me to download CenturyLink Security by McAfee. Now, I realize I will be told I shouldn't have downloaded it because a lot of you don't recommend these top PC Security programs but I don't like Microsoft Defender - Windows Defender. It's just not for me. My youngest sister calls these optional antivirus programs "Snake Oil", because she doesn't have one on her Windows laptop at work. But everyone is different. I happen to like working with them.

My question about McAfee is... How will I know where there is an antivirus software update available? When I had Norton, the program was more precise and detailed about the software updates. McAfee just downloads updates, but never asks me to apply a patch like Norton did.

McAfee is lighter weight than Norton as I am seeing.

Windows 10 Version 2004

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McAfee security

Read through this and it will show you step by step how to remove McAfee from your computer

PC Hell: How to Uninstall McAfee

 

McAfee SaaS Endpoint Security

Does the Dell computer-in-question belong to you or your employer?

Did you (a) uninstall the Dell-preinstalled McAfee free-trial AND THEN (b) download/run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool & reboot (c) BEFORE you installed McAfee SaaS Endpoint Security on the Windows 7 computer?

• Fact: McAfee (and Norton) applications are notorious for not uninstalling (or upgrading) cleanly. The "leftovers" may be your troublemaker here.

 

Norton Security not loading with Windows 10 - Why?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community forums!

I would recommend you follow the below given steps and check if it fixes the issue.

I would suggest you to restart the Norton services from the services list, and set the Norton service to automatic.

Follow these steps to run Norton services:

Method 1:

Follow these steps to run Norton services

a. Press Windows key + R

b. In the run windows, type services.msc

c. It will open services windows

d. select norton services from the list of services

e. double click on it

f. At the top of the window, Make sure the service status is started and startup type is
automatic.

g.Click apply and OK.

If this does not fix the issue, try uninstalling and reinstalling Norton software and check if it helps.

If the above steps do not help , I would suggest you to contact Norton for further help.



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