Mcafee virus scan slows down computer

[kfratt]

Hello,
In the last month, my full scan takes all day instead of the usual 2 hours. It seems to freeze when I leave it to scan overnight.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get rid of Mcafee it's one of the worst,get microsoft security essentials!


http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/mse.aspx

OR AVG!

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free

 

[Emerald]

is it set to do a full scan instate of a quick scan?

are your power settings set for the computer to go to sleep?

 

[livebriand]

Are you in a power-saving mode?

 

[Cerealkiller45_86]

Mcafee is terrible...use the free antivirus from Microsoft that area51 linked.

 

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