Thanks for the reassurance. Mcafee's tech support answer to any problems seems to be reinstall, which I have done a dozen times.
Mcafee security center updates. events log show no threat signatures. Though it states I'm protected I have never recieved any "alerts" from it. Does anyone know if this is OK or a way to check it. The following is from the events log  Log Name:      ApplicationSource:        McLogEventDate:          8/28/2009 5:42:15 PMEvent ID:      5000Task Category: NoneLevel:         InformationKeywords:      ClassicUser:          SYSTEMComputer:      XPSDescription:McShield service started. Engine version : 5301.4018 DAT version : 5722.0000  Number of signatures in EXTRA.DAT : None Names of threats that EXTRA.DAT can detect : NoneEvent Xml: [URL]">           5000     4     0     0x80000000000000         23259     Application     XPS             5301.4018     5722.0000     None     None    
Mcafee security center updates. events log show no threat signatures.