After installing McAfee security, PC got slower and slower

[Waimanu]

Although I never had problems with spyware/virus etc I was scared into buying antivirus software and a firewall. I opted for McAfee because it was on special. After installing it, my PC slowed to a near halt. Every single thing I do is very slow. I defraged, ran spybot s/d, cleaned internet trail, deleted heaps of unused programmes/photos/music with eraser, all to no avail. PC is still slow. What can I do?

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Uninstall McAfee comes to mind.
Try the (free) AVG7 instead from www.grisoft.com or the (free) Avast! from www.avast.com

 

[olefarte]

And for a free firewall, Zone Alarm.

 

[triplate]

AVG7 and Sygate...

 

[Waimanu]

computer back to normal after system restore

I've undone all the installing and uninstalling by doing a system restore. Re-activated Zone Alarm, switched on XP firewall, will do AVG thing. Thanks for being short, sharp and to the point.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Just a qucik point. It`s not a good idea to have Zonealarm and the Xp firewall on together. This can cause problems etc. switch off the Windows xp Firewall.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave: