mcafee and memory!

jranaudojranaudo
edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
Man, I have been running this anti virus software for sometime but today I researched all the running processes on my machine and like 6 are from mcafee! I ONLY run the antivirus. Takes up some serious memory!

I looked at the poll, lots seem to like norton but is it as memory intensive when just sitting idle?

Comments

  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited October 2005
    Hi,

    I've never used McAfee before but i'm sure it uses a lot of mem.

    On the other hand, i've used Norton and I don't know how much memory it used cause I never checked but I can tell you that it uses a lot of CPU resources that slows down any machine.


    If your thinking about chucking McAfee away then here is my advice:

    Don't get McAfee or Norton, instead save your money and get AVG Free Edition. Majority of members on this forum use AVG, including myself and it is great plus its FREE :D


    Hope that helps :thumbsup:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Trogan is right. AVG uses minimal system resources as compared to McAfee or Norton. Starting a couple years ago, I've been converting my computers and relatives' computers over to AVG. I don't see that there has been any degradation of security for any of these machines.
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