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Ask the DoctorAsk the Doctor: Security Slowdown?

Posted 01/28/09 at 07:35:41 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

Ask the Doctor LogoAfter reading the “Powerful Protection” Doctor question in the July issue, I started wondering what kind of performance hit I was taking from the plethora of security programs on my system. I have two Dell machines: an XPS-600 and an older Dimension 8300 (Windows XP Home, SP3 and IE7). They are connected to the net through a Linksys WRT150N router. Both units also have AOL 9.1, McAfee Security Suite, and SpySweeper. I know this is overkill, but I have no idea what to keep or what to disable.

—Loren

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TAGS  dell, IE7, SP3, SpySweeper, performance hits, XPS-600, Dimension 8300, Windows XP home, Linksys router, AOL 9.1, McAffee SEcurity Suite, is this overkill?, overkill
NewsPerformance and Reliability Fix for Windows Vista SP1

Posted 06/25/08 at 02:20:17 PM by Mark Edward Soper

 Running Windows Vista SP1? Here's a fix that cleans up stability issues involving POP email clients, third-party antivirus and antispyware clients, User Accounts, large programs that won't run if the system's been on for a long time, Apple QuickTime preview, and AV stuttering. Download it - today!

Vista SP1 in System properties

 

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TAGS  ZoneAlarm, antivirus, antispyware, Media Center Extender, Windows Vista SP1, POP, AV, SpySweeper, NVIDIA network adapter

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