Protection??!!?? Not Really...

OK, this is so random but I must vent – So, I thought it would be cool for me to go on to imeem and listen to some music earlier today while [attempting] being the operative word, to work on a project for my Research Methods Class. I log on, type my man Dwele’s name into the artists search box to get a complete selection of playlists, and proceed to select a certified playlist of his. 10 minutes later I noticed the hour glass in the bottom right hand corner of my screen is STILL rotating – populating requested information. At this point I’m wondering what’s going on because usually a playlist will populate automatically after like 10 seconds, but that was not the case this time around. Next thing you know, my computer started acting crazy, jumping from various screens, and different websites popping up when I did not try to access the sites in the first place. After closing out of imeem I tried to gain access to another site but no luck, just another pop-up! Mind you I have pop-up blocker enabled on my computer to “prevent” this from occurring. After about an hour I realized that the playlist I tried to play must have had some type of virus and therefore screwed my laptop up. With all this being said, what was the purpose of me paying $59.00 downloading and installing a McAfee Security Center package on my computer if the program wasn’t going to PROTECT, PREVENT and BLOCK potential spyware and viruses?!?! It wasn’t like I didn’t have the security center enabled because I did in addition to having the pop-up blocker on. I’m just annoyed and needed to vent my frustrations real quick. I paid to have my system protected but that wasn’t the case; I could have kept my $59.00, especially in the economic woes of this recession!