Reviews of McAfee AVERT Stinger

1. 
   -Lord-

   Reviewing 10.0.1.602 (Nov 26, 2008)

   Doesn't anyone else find it disconcerting that there is a disclaimer from McAfee that warns you of possible damage to your system by a tool that they put out to help fix a particular problem with your system?
   
   This has outlived its usefulness with its limitation of only being able to target specific types of infections that have long been identified by the programs that run resident on systems for the detection, prevention, and/or removal of those infections.
   
   Long winded and technical? Yeah I suppose. let me put it this way. install a current anti virus application and keep the definitions up to date and you should have no problem. one word of advice to go with it? Avoid McAfee. Get something like NOD32, Kaspersky, or even Symantec AV Corporate v 10.2
2. 
   Ciolouse

   Reviewing 10.0.1.602 (Nov 25, 2008)

   Weird, last version from official website is v10.0.0.457, from 22 November 2008...
3. 
   [deXter]

   Reviewing 3.9.9 (May 9, 2008)

   Stinger has lost its utility these days. It's rare to find a PC these days that's infected with Mytob, Nimda, etc, while the most popular (virulent) ones these days, like VirtuMonde and Autoruns/Virut series which can be a pain to remove, aren't detected.
   
   It makes no sense to use Stinger, especially considering the fact that it can only remove a limited amount of malware; meaning which you'd need to know beforehand what malware is present in the system.
   
   Finally, you'd be better off using McAfee's own SuperDAT-based standalone scanner, or if you want a GUI program, you can get Kaspersky's full-fledged removal tool.
4. 
   pctech5189

   Reviewing 3.8.0 (Dec 4, 2007)

   the only thing thats descent from mcafee
5. 
   benZin

   Reviewing 3.4.9 (May 2, 2007)

   nice piece of software.

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