Originally posted here by nihil
1. Only run ONE interactive virus scanner.
2. Only run one software firewall.
3. Disable all startup programs that you do not immediately need. Start things when you need them, then close them when you have finished.
4. Defragment your HDD in safe mode (that defragments the virus signature files.
5. Disable the scan on file closure option.

Check your running processes, particularly automatic updates.

McAfee and Norton are rather resource hogs, however you may have conflicts. The best policy is to run as little as possible at any one time.

Check for program updates. AV and operating system.



EDIT: And if you disable your AV, you might as well not have it?
Well only run one interactive virus scanner at a time, I usually run 2 to 3 scanners, but never at the same time. as for the rest of your suggestions , I have to agree.

I have to agree that McAfee is a resource hog, and Norton isn't much better (if using the stand-alone NAV), but I personally prefer using Norton SystemWorks with the AV built in (or included). I used to swear by McAfee until they ported their scanner/cleaner to Windoze (I was using the DOS versions of their programs back in the early 90's). Now, to be honest, I wouldn't use OR recommend their product. I feel since the porting, they are catching less viruses than they did before and sometimes it seems that they are just getting worse.


Originally posted here by Relyt
Good Day,

In addtion to Nihil's suggestions you might consider investing in some more memory sticks. With reducing the number of processes running and increasing the memory, you should most definitely witness an significant change.

cheers
Believe me, Memory sticks are a BIG help in speeding up your system. Another option you could consider - depending on how many HDD's you have (or partitions, to be more accurate) is to have your swapfile split between your boot drive and one of your partitions that you use very little. I have discovered that in using all 5 of my partitions and allocating about 374 megs of HDD space for the swap file tends to help speed things up (at least for me). You can do this in the "system properties/advanced/performance/advanced/virtual memory for paging file" section of System in control panel.

Originally posted here by riya_here
Thanks.
I think i better shift back to NAV then to spend so much money on mcafee.

As I said above, I really do prefer Norton's products. But I admit that if F-Prot made a free windows version of their AV prog, or Thunderbyte Anti-Virus ever came back, I'd probably switch to them as long as they were as good as they were back in the 90's.

EDIT Well, I'll get this text formatting down sooner or later.

Blessings

Carenath