Antivirus affecting system performance?

[brucehao]

I've just completed a reformat and XP installation. I've included an antivirus (Mcafee) application, but I've noticed that my system is a lot less "responsive" than it was previously. There is a noticable lag between clicking an icon and the launch of that icon or folder. IT SEEMS that when I disable the Antivirus, everything reverts to normal and things happen a lot quicker.

Is this normal?

 

[TheCorm]

Could be...what version of McAfee are you running? have you tried changing some of the settings to disable certain scanning aspects rather than all?

May need to try a different AV prog.

Jamie

 

[bacillus]

if you've installed all the recent MS security & critical updates then have a read here

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: bacillus
if you've installed all the recent MS security & critical updates then have a read here

Thanks for the heads up bacillus. I did a fresh install of WinXP Pro yesterday and I noticed a slowdown after running Windows Update. Now I know why. I'll fix it tonight.

 

[brucehao]

Yeah, thanks a lot. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me.