Off topic response to your gnucash mail list post of 16Mar2014

[David Carlson]

On 3/16/2014 6:09 PM, nvsoar wrote:
> On 03/16/2014 0450, David Carlson wrote:
>> I have Windows 7 running on one of my machines with
>> McAfee(unfortunately) which I have tried three times unsuccessfully to
>> replace (Another story).  I can attest to that AV product really slowing
>> things down, sometimes causing Thunderbird, Firefox and/or GnuCash to
>> appear to hang for 30 to 60 seconds.  Turning off real time scanning
>> will break up the log jam.  For whatever reason, 6 gig of Ram seems
>> inadequate at times on this machine.  Closing Thunderbird or Firefox
>> periodically also helps.
>>
>> David C
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
> For info - Over the years I have had the opportunity to interact with
> several anti-virus and internet security programs running on Windows. 
> The absolute worst was McAfee that came with an HP computer running MS
> Vista.
>
> To get rid of McAfee use the Revo Uninstaller; the free version does
> the job.  Going with the defaults has never caused a problem for me. 
> More of the left overs can be deleted manually ; up to you.
>
> The new Dell Laptop running Windows 8 came with McAfee.  It was
> removed immediately and replaced with the included Windows Defender
> and Malwarebytes.  The Dell XPS8300 desktop is running Windows 7 with
> Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes - no troubles with
> either machine.
>
> To get real time protection with Malwarebytes it is necessary to buy
> the pro version at a reasonable one time fee, <$25.00.  It is
> sometimes offered for less on NewEgg or directly.
>
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
> http://www.malwarebytes.org
>
> All the best from the Carson Valley,
> nvsoar
>
>
>

Actually, my 'other story' involves the replacement products' propensity
to cause the blue screen of death several hours to a few days after
being installed.  Their tech support insisted that I had a virus before
their product was installed, therefore they could not help me,
unless...  The old smoke and mirrors trick to get another $170 out of
the sucker.  I did not buy that.

David C