Re: Why is any internet security I install killing my computer?

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sweetleaf wrote:

I had a McAfee firewall and virus protection, when it expired I decided to
try a firewall and virus protection that my cable company for free. Upon
suggestions from my ISP I uninstalled all of my spy sweepers, virus
scanners and all of my McAfee Security. After installing the package that
I downloaded from my ISP my computer ran incredibly slow and froze up on
me every time. I uninstalled and added another 512 MB of RAM like my ISP
recommend. Still after the improvement to my computer the install from my
cable company still acted the same and froze my computer.
I gave up on the cable company and bought a Norton Internet Security 2006.
Once I installed NIS I ran into the same issues of slow starting and
freezing up again.
I have run the virus scan before installing NIS and removed any malware
and viruses that were there. I have also run a removal tool for McAfee,
and removed everything resembling a firewall, virus scanner, spy sweeper
or removal tool. I have deleted all of the programs from the 'add remove
programs' the program files on my C drive (one McAfee file I can't
completely delete) along with anything in my registries and anything that
comes up when I do a search for McAfee and Spy sweeper.
I have tapped out all of the tech support from Norton and my cable
company, and have tried everything I can think of.

Use free AVG for antivirus,
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

ZoneAlarm for firewall,
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

And free adaware for malware.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
.

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