OT: Computer Question re: anti-virus software
{Seven and Rub, I'll scrap this myself as soon as anyone gives me a good link}
BOTTOM LINE: I want to find a virus search and destroy type of program that stays updated on the latest definitions but doesn't totally take over the machine.
Can anyone point me to a good program for that? I don't mind paying for it, I just don't want it to rape my processor or RAM.
read below only for details:
so, I've been using McaFEE for a while and it's been ok and I've been paying the annual fee, etc, yadayadayada...but, the latest update of about a month or so ago seems to have totally tanked my processor and memory. I don't have a 'screamin' machine' or anything but it is a 2.7 Celeron with 1gb of RAM...which now takes 5 seconds to load IE. I run Adaware and 'the other one that I can't think of the name right now' weekly, several times this weekend, so hopefully no trojans or other spyware/malware that's slowing me down. I have tons of 'processes' running and all the ones I've googled to find out what they were ended up being associated with Mcafee. So, i'm figuring Mcafee has just gotten totally invasive. I've turned off as much as I seemingly can turn off but it hasn't changed the number of processes associated with it.
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