Firefox Advises Users To Disable McAfee Plugin

itwbennett writes "Mozilla is advising Firefox users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause 'stability or security problems.' ScriptScan, which ships with McAfee's VirusScan antivirus program, is designed to keep Web surfers safe by scanning for any malicious scripting code that might be running in the browser. But according to Mozilla, it has an unintended side-effect: It can cause Firefox to crash ... a lot."

Comments

just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee

[Joe_Dragon]

It's just as bad as norton.

Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee

[Anonymous Coward]

If it is as bad as Norton then uninstalling it might not be the easiest task.

Re:just go all the way and uninstall Mcafee

[Moheeheeko]

Or just dip your harddrive in battery acid. Best way of getting rid of Mcafee ive found.

What???

[lennier1]

A McAfee product which causes more problems than it solves?

I think you just destroyed my faith in the universe. ;)

Let the truth finally come to light

[MetalliQaZ]

I say this so often it should be in my sig... There is absurdly little difference between so-called "anti-virus" and desktop "internet security" products and the malware from which they are supposed to protect you. When family members ask me how I manage to happily use a 5 year-old PC that seems to be faster than their 1-2 year-old PC, I simply say "I don't have anti-virus installed"