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On 11/22/2013 9:15 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 11/22/13, 8:00 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/22/2013 7:26 AM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:44:33 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/21/2013 7:39 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:51:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/21/2013 5:38 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:19:19 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:12:55 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:13:17 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:44:26 -0500, wrote:

A lot of IE is actually resident in Windoze.

That would help explain it. I've learned patience when it comes
to Firefox.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

There must be something else going on. I get the browser window
in a
second or so every time. I wonder if there is some spyware program
that is loading too. Look at your plug ins

Here they a

Adobe Acrobat
McAfee Site Advisor
Quick Time
Shockwave Flash
Silverlight
Windows Presentation Foundation

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

The only addons I see is Logitech Device Detection and my virus
scanner.

I am no expert but based on previous experience, if I were John I'd
dump
McAfee and substitute it with AVG.

I used to have McAfee as a anti-virus program but it slowed the
computer
I had at the time down. Not as bad as Norton, but still consumed a
lot
of resources. I've been using AVG now for over four years and
like it
a lot. Doesn't seem to affect the computer speed and works just
fine.

I don't use McAfee as an anti-virus program. The site advisor is a
separate plug-in.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

It's still a McAfee program running in the background checking the
websites you visit to see if there's a record of malware, viruses, etc.

I had it. I got rid of it and my computer ran much faster and
smoother.
As Greg said, McAfee is a virus unto itself, much like Norton used to
be.

It was on the XP laptop that I have but no longer use, BTW. Someone
recommended AVG and I've used it ever since. The only time it has an
affect on computer speed is when you have initiated a full scan of your
computer. What's nice about it however is that you can set a priority
from "user sensitive" which allows you to continue to use the computer
for other things while it scans with little to no affect on computer
speed to "Fast" which is good if you are not going to use the computer
for a while.

I used the free version for two years and liked it so much that I
upgraded to the full version. Frankly, I think the free version was
sufficient for protection. AVG will also block or alert you to a
suspicious website also, like McAfee. It just doesn't bog your
computer
down doing so.

I'll give it a shot, thanks. Cox sent free McAfee to all its
subscribers. I've undone the McAfee
virus scan, but left the site advisor. Will shut it down and see what
happens.

An IT friend convinced me to can McAfee and go with the Microsoft
Security Essentials, which is what
I've done.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

John, again, I am far from being a computer expert but I know it is
generally *not* recommended to have two virus protection programs
running on your computer at the same time. You may have turned off the
routine McAfee virus scan of the hard drive but if you left "site
adviser" running it means that McAfee is still installed and running.
It could possibly conflict with the Microsoft Security Essentials. You
might want to read this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2011/06/02/does-microsoft-security-essentials-work-with-other-antivirus-software.aspx

McAfee was the clown the Repubs brought in as their expert consultant on
the ACA software. I thought that was hilarious...a possible murderer and
perpetrator of virii and spyware who would love to insert a backdoor
into a federal government computer network.

Which antivirus software is your I-Etch-a-sketch running. Inquiring
minds really don't G A S. ;-)

--
Americans deserve better.