[jazzlite]

I had the same experience. I will not every let McAfee onto my computer again after this year. I did not authorize them to install this year, but, too late I realized that I had not checked the box to prevent them from automatically installing it. They alerted me that it was expiring and I thought it would without me having to do anything. I learned the hard way. I disabled their firewall. One wonders if they are just censoring.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

About 3 months ago I de-installed McAfee entirely. Aside from renewing subscription without authorization, it was consuming up to 180 meg a day “downloading updates” even though I had automatic updates turned off. I also noticed that it was apparently asking permission from the mothership whenever I tried to create a new folder, or to just delete a file. Delay of 10 to 15 seconds unless I disabled my LAN connection.

Enough. No more McAfee, no more problems.

The backtalk I got from phone support when I called to cancel was epic.

[fluorescence]

A while back I got a refund for the automatic renewal, if yours happened recently you can probably still get one.

https://community.mcafee.com/t5/Consumer-Documents/McAfee-Auto-Renewal-Refund/ta-p/548293

> Subscriptions that are renewed automatically are 100% eligible for a full Refund within 30 days (For 1,1+ Year trial Subscriptions grace period is 60 days) from date of Auto-Renewal. Users can notice a debit in their CC and have received a receipt from McAfee through Email which will give detailed information regarding Auto-renewal.