why does mcafee internet security suite slow down my computer?

Question

down loaded mcafee internet security suite , my computer is now so slow i could scream !!!!!!

Answer 1

Mcafee & Nortons are pure garbage for many years and both continue to get worse each an every year. They are resource hogs, does not know a virus when it sees one, and will not remove as claimed, because the virus still says in your system.

Plus both when you go to remove will leave around 350 fragments glued to your files and hidden all over your system to cause conflict.

You really want to stay away from what is known as, "Security Suites". One program with one specific purpose has a hard enough time keeping your secure let alone a suite that tries to be a firewall, spyware, virus and pop up detector. None of these types of programs have your best interest related to security at heart. They just have your money.

Here a list of free program that I have used for years and they give me 100% protection from antivirus, antispyware, zero day attacks an a good firewall. (All are free with the exception of the one from Beijing, China that I use in my backup pc). None of a suite.

In my spare time I test on my backup computer all antispyware/antivirus programs to see if the perform as claimed And especially to see which one have embedded trojans/adware either in their program or in the wizard installer used to guide you through the installation.

What is rate as 1-2-3-4-5 is not always the best. Especially when you can find free programs that are light years ahead in technology over the purchased.

In my computer I use the following free programs.

For antivirus you can only use one or you will have serious conflict with your system. You can use three or four antispyware without any conflict.

Avast in my opinion is the very best. Have you Avast for nine plus years and never had one virus. They are out of Prague.

http://www.avast.com This program is free and has one of the very best background scanner that will catch any virus in real time and destroyed the virus before it can enter you system.
Updates auto., two or three times per day. They will ask you for your email address so they can send you a free key that is good for one year. After one year you only have to request a new key.

Antispyware

http://www.ewido.net This company was out of Germany and has since been purchased by AVG. Now the name is AVG antispyware. Still the same program with excellent technolgoy. When you download the program it will come with all functions an if you don't purchase in thirty days they will just remove the background scanner and the auto updates. You will update on a manual basis. Scans all 195,000 objects in my system.

http://www.emsisoft.com This company is out of Austria. Almost the same as the new AVG. A2Squared free version download. They will ask you for you email address so they can send you a key that is good for life. You will get any new free version with the same key. Plus has rootkit protection and rogue dialer protection. (I have ADSL, but use for the added protection).

Firewall

http://www.zonealarm.com Excellent firewall free, if you download their free for home use version. You will get daily updates if any are due, plus if they come out with a new free version they will notify you via automatic and you just say yes, download the new version. The new version will remove the old version. Always best to do is clean install, instead of allowing the new version to copy the files of what you allowed or deny. You will just have to allow, or deny incoming/outgoing traffice again. If you check off remember on Zone Alarm, they will not ask you again if you want to allow or deny the same program.

For "zero day attacks", Attacks that hit before any security company has knowledge of the attack. I use a free software that is is excellent state of the art technology to identify any program that the behaivor is strange, like trying to download hidden files, etc. etc. Will get a pop up with indepth details, so you can decide for yourself if you want to allow or deny. Plus will block all malware. http://www.cyberhawk.com

If you want to spend money you can use what I use in my backup pc. http://www.filseclab.com Twister Trojan Antivirus. This program is used by the Government of China and you only pay a one time fee of $29.99 for live. Will include all new versions, auto, updates, an excellent support. Has a real great background scanner that really works, plus many other features that operate from the icon in the tray. Well worth the one time fee. Most other companies charge you an annual fee. China does not believe in the annual fee.

Clinical Psychiatrist, France

Excuse my english

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If you have probems with fragments left behind from Mcafee that may cause conflict email me an I will advise you how to rid yourself of all the fragments.

Answer 2

Mcafee Internet Security Suite

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Get rid of McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007. Use AVG Free, along with Spybot S&D and AdAware SE Personal. Speedy Gonzales!

Answer 5

Cause it is trash and a HUGE resource hog.

If you browse the internet using some level of intelligence and caution you do not need Internet Security suite like McAfee or Norton. A simple Antivirus program would be sufficient.

Answer 6

I had the same problem with McAfee. I don't know why it is so slow.
Eventually I tried to uninstall it but I don't think that worked properly either! I think the uninstall left bits behind. After doing the uninstall I kept getting messages saying it couldn't find files - when I it shouldn't have been running anyway. Aaargh!

Answer 7

I run Norton Security Suite it also is a resource hog that slows puter, Hope you have uninstalled previous versions of any virus checker, cos conflicts also cause puter to run slow...

Have you ran Adaware ,Spybot etc to check if any bugs on system...Reboot often works also if it is left on for any length of time... cheers good luck

Answer 8

Because it uses far more resource than it needs. Get AVG Antivirus and Zonealarm Pro. They use far less system resource and are better at keeping your system secure.

Answer 9

Both McAfee and Norton products are bloatware, they are so full of
crap you don't need. Save your money and get some free protection
There's a good list of free ones here if you need it.
http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html

Answer 10

I recommend to clean up the register in order to improve your pc performances and get rid of malwares. A good program you can use is CCleaner http://bit.ly/UrArJj
Check it out.
Cheers.