Check AVTESTS, or AV Comparatives.īut like I said AT&T blowing everyone off, and just not saying a word is not acceptable. It has a 100 percent detection rate of both known and zero-day malware and has for a long time. Look up the detection/protection results of 'Microsoft Defender' (now called 'Windows Security' at least on my Windows 11 install). Way back when McAfee was an advertised feature for AT&T DSL customers, Windows did not come with ANY antivirus/antimalware software.

I run a second opinion scan from time to time using Hitman Pro and it always comes up clean. (did a clean install of the release build of Windows 11, been great) I genuinely can't remember the last time I got a virus. I've found Microsoft's built in AV/Anti Malware in Windows 10 and now Windows 11 plenty and has kept my computer clean. I get the feeling AT&T doesn't want to bother paying McAfee whatever they do to offer it as a feature for their internet su(Edited per community guidelines). It's only for AT&T Fiber customers though, and not available for any xDSL based service.ĪT&T just needs to announce that the free McAfee thing is ending instead of the radio silence. It's branded as 'AT&T Internet Security with ActiveArmor'.

They do talk about how their fiber service now has some kind of gateway level AV/Malware protection. I've noticed the free McAfee is not advertised as a feature anywhere on the main AT&T we(Edited per community guidelines)ite when you look at their internet offerings or when going through the order process as a new customer. But I have a feeling the free McAfee 'perk' is going to go away. First I wanna start by saying that AT&T simply blowing people off regarding this, ignoring it, and going radio silent is not acceptable.

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