I originally got McAfee free through AOL a few years ago, and I always got the free updates and stuff for years. Now I reinstalled Windows, and I want to get this McAfee back free. Anyway I can use the backed up files to do this???
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well i don’t know… i think there’s no way… to do… go to http://www.download.com and download Mccafee… well avg! and avast! are also better antivirus which are free doesn’t means always paid anti-virus are better..
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u cant use the back up files of an antivirus software, to get Mcafee go to the site and download the free version.
Go to McAffee’s website, from there – log into your account (one is kept for you) and there will be a button to download the software. I have used my original subscription from 7 years ago – on 5 different machines. As long as you still are "active" as in dont have to pay for another one or haven’t let your subscription expire – you will be able to do this.
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You can’t…unless you do a full restore of Windows. You would need to reinstall McAfee, on a new build.
Go to http://www.filehippo.com and download AVG.
It’s free and better than McAfee for anti-virus
Do you have the Original CDs that came with AOL?
Other than that just visit the Mcafee website and download their TRIALS..
http://us.mcafee.com/root/downloads.asp