04-07-2010, 10:10 PM
Describe your situation a little more: how old is the computer, specs, OS, favorite browser, typical use (home, home business, small business), do you use Windows Update regularly?
There was a related thread recently.
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,908361
I just went through updating my Mom's WinXP computer with McAfee (free from AT&T with higher tier DSL) and it kept a 2.8 GHz single core Athlon over at over 70% for 15 minutes doing a full scan. Really performance crushing, I walked away and let it run.
Edit: it looks like Microsoft is herding people to IE8 by letting live exploits for IE6 and IE7 go unpatched for a long time. I use Firefox most of the time.
There was a related thread recently.
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,908361
I just went through updating my Mom's WinXP computer with McAfee (free from AT&T with higher tier DSL) and it kept a 2.8 GHz single core Athlon over at over 70% for 15 minutes doing a full scan. Really performance crushing, I walked away and let it run.
Edit: it looks like Microsoft is herding people to IE8 by letting live exploits for IE6 and IE7 go unpatched for a long time. I use Firefox most of the time.