I have McAfee antivirus (i know, i've heard it's bad) free with our ISP, Comcast.

However, I had to re-format my c:\ drive and re-install WINDOWS xp to get rid of the bugs that I couldn't get rid of.

Now, when I try downloading & re-installing McAfee Security Suite, it'll go through the download process, but then when it gets to installation, it stops and says something like "installation failed. try restarting your computer and install security suit again" or something. I've restarted my pc several times (after installing the windows updates i needed), and tried installing the program again and again, but STILL nothing.

any ideas on what could be the problem?

thanks!Hiya

If it came free with your ISP, wasn't it on a CD?If I were you, I'd FORGET about McAfee altogether, and...
Download, and install AVG free: http://free.grisoft.com/
Download, and install Comodo free: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/Is that what you use Broni?Yes, sir.Makes me think about removing McAfee myself...

I'm not happy with McAfee firewall, don't know if this sounds right to you Broni but if I unstall something & it attempts to connect to the internet, McAfee will block it, but sometimes when I remove something, whatever I remove does get outbound access (you know like when the program developers want your feedback).

Also some online help files - McAfee doesn't ask for my permission to allow the program outbound access.

That's not right is it?If you want to uninstall McAfee, make sure, you use Removal Tool, instead of Add\Remove: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=107083&lc=4105

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but sometimes when I remove something, whatever I remove does get outbound access

Is that what you use Broni?

I use the same.