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paullie
With XP, I currently use AOL Spyware Protection, and have used the free
download of MS Live One till the expiration date. Since installing McAfee
Security Center I've recently started experiencing slow logon. Since then,
problems have been developing, the most annoying of which are:
1) The harddrive continues to be continuously accessed for at least 5
minutes into the desktop, during which time no icons can open related links.
Eventually they work. I assume this is McAffee doing it's thing, but the wait
time is getting longer and the HD is getting older.
2) I'm using IE 6 with the Google toolbar. Every time I open it I get big,
fullpage ads from different sites. I click them off but after a while new
ones start appearing. Makes IE a PIA to try to use. Also getting popups
suggesting I download no-name 'spyware' and 'malware' removal tools.
3) I use CCleaner to keep the Cookie file clean of unwanted junk, but
cookies from the IE6 ads don't clear when cleaner run. I had to remove a
McAfee cookie (which is not on the CCleaner's 'do-not-remove cookie' list) to
remove the others manually.
4) Most troubling, I have several restore points set, and when I run System
Restore, it goes thru the process, then gives a message that the installation
failed due to incomplete data. Of the 4-5 dates, none will work. Today I
tried to use IE to access this site, and when trying to enter this message it
wouldn't go to the message page. Had to logon to AOL to write this.
I'm thinking about saving all my data files to external, then just
reformatting and re-
installing XP. Is this the reasonable thing to do? After 3-4 checkup tools,
the problems keep getting worse. I need some input! Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Best, Paul
download of MS Live One till the expiration date. Since installing McAfee
Security Center I've recently started experiencing slow logon. Since then,
problems have been developing, the most annoying of which are:
1) The harddrive continues to be continuously accessed for at least 5
minutes into the desktop, during which time no icons can open related links.
Eventually they work. I assume this is McAffee doing it's thing, but the wait
time is getting longer and the HD is getting older.
2) I'm using IE 6 with the Google toolbar. Every time I open it I get big,
fullpage ads from different sites. I click them off but after a while new
ones start appearing. Makes IE a PIA to try to use. Also getting popups
suggesting I download no-name 'spyware' and 'malware' removal tools.
3) I use CCleaner to keep the Cookie file clean of unwanted junk, but
cookies from the IE6 ads don't clear when cleaner run. I had to remove a
McAfee cookie (which is not on the CCleaner's 'do-not-remove cookie' list) to
remove the others manually.
4) Most troubling, I have several restore points set, and when I run System
Restore, it goes thru the process, then gives a message that the installation
failed due to incomplete data. Of the 4-5 dates, none will work. Today I
tried to use IE to access this site, and when trying to enter this message it
wouldn't go to the message page. Had to logon to AOL to write this.
I'm thinking about saving all my data files to external, then just
reformatting and re-
installing XP. Is this the reasonable thing to do? After 3-4 checkup tools,
the problems keep getting worse. I need some input! Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Best, Paul