The McAfee subscription which came on my laptop has expired. They want $60 to renew for another 12 months.
What's anyone got as an alternative suggestion?
What's anyone got as an alternative suggestion?
What AV software on Windows 11?
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That's ok, it'll still run in the background hogging all your resources and you won't be able to remove it. Ever.
Oh I dislike dealing with McAfee at work and had only used defender on my last laptop. Just wondered what others thoughts were.
Microsoft Defender works just fine.
Speaking of defending from undeletable ransomware, how is Microsoft One drive not in this category? I recently acquired a new PC and that shit has taken over everything. It synced all my personal stuff that I manually transferred from the old computer without permissions, started demanding that I pay for more storage on the microsoft cloud, and when I removed it from One Drive, it also deleted stuff from the computer without telling me that was going to happen. Thank the @FSM i had backups, but holy balls does that feel super scammy. 
I recently had this problem at work where IT linked my one drive from my laptop to my ipad. Somehow in the process they decided to put “my documents” in the cloud. So im traveling on an airplane and attempt to open something in My Docs and it says i need to sign into one drive. Like wtf? The reason i put data in My Docs was specifically so I could access and work on things when I can’t connect to internet. Like the entire reason they gave me a laptop in the first place.Speaking of defending from undeletable ransomware, how is Microsoft One drive not in this category? I recently acquired a new PC and that shit has taken over everything. It synced all my personal stuff that I manually transferred from the old computer without permissions, started demanding that I pay for more storage on the microsoft cloud, and when I removed it from One Drive, it also deleted stuff from the computer without telling me that was going to happen. Thank the @FSM i had backups, but holy balls does that feel super scammy.
It sounds like you signed into Office 365 on that computer and it was set by default to sync desktop/pictures/documents?Speaking of defending from undeletable ransomware, how is Microsoft One drive not in this category? I recently acquired a new PC and that shit has taken over everything. It synced all my personal stuff that I manually transferred from the old computer without permissions, started demanding that I pay for more storage on the microsoft cloud, and when I removed it from One Drive, it also deleted stuff from the computer without telling me that was going to happen. Thank the @FSM i had backups, but holy balls does that feel super scammy.
I mean it sucks it synced to your Office account, but its balls rude that it deleted stuff when you removed OneDrive. I would perhaps check OneDrive online through a web browser - the missing files might be there.
OneDrive has another function where it will automatically remove data from your device, but it will look like the file is still there. It does this time on a time based scheduled (I believe) and also if you start to run low on space. This is what might have happened to @Jm_ ?
We use OneDrive here at work and its actually be so great for us IT nerds. No more worrying about what some Engineer has stored on their computer desktop, its all backed up. Oh Jimbo needs a new laptop? Sure here you go, just sign in and wait a few minutes and all your files will show up like magic.
But yeah like in @Jm_ 's case, if it asks you to authenticate or your company has some policy to do so periodically and you happen to be on a plane or somewhere without internet access, you're hosed (if the files have been "synced" off your device).
If on a windows computer, these options on folders/files can be helpful:
Had the same thing happen, and thankfully also had everything backed up. It did not delete anything that had not been uploaded to OneDrive even if in a synched folderSpeaking of defending from undeletable ransomware, how is Microsoft One drive not in this category? I recently acquired a new PC and that shit has taken over everything. It synced all my personal stuff that I manually transferred from the old computer without permissions, started demanding that I pay for more storage on the microsoft cloud, and when I removed it from One Drive, it also deleted stuff from the computer without telling me that was going to happen. Thank the @FSM i had backups, but holy balls does that feel super scammy.
In my world, Windows 11 Pro is on the C: drive and my working files on D:.
I keep very little in OneDrive or Desktop/Documents.
I keep very little in OneDrive or Desktop/Documents.
OK, Boomer.
Does SAAS really actually change anything? I mean if you read the terms and conditions of most software that you pay for, quite often it will tell you to scram and that you don't actually own it or the data that you put into it (sometimes).
A good example is Autocad. You could buy the software and license for it. You could hold them in your hands. But magically, they somehow did away with that and moved to name-based subscription services. That is there is the real kill list type stuff.
Ironically, most freeware or open-source stuff don't say those same things (obviously there are exceptions).
A good example is Autocad. You could buy the software and license for it. You could hold them in your hands. But magically, they somehow did away with that and moved to name-based subscription services. That is there is the real kill list type stuff.
Ironically, most freeware or open-source stuff don't say those same things (obviously there are exceptions).
Has anyone in the history of ever actually done this?
No.
I do on the free ones, mostly looking for silly things like "this is not for business use. if used for business use we will sue you"
