supertech1

What the lag is actually caused by are your malware protection programs. It's not healthy for your computer if you scan on a daily basis. AdAware SE and Spybot Search & Destroy are great applications, but only scan with them once a month, maybe twice at the most. As for McAfee, that is the best of the bunch for protecting against malware coming onto your computer in the first place. Scan with that once a month, no more. Disable any constant protection systems in Spybot S&D and AdAware, if you have the purchased versions (and when it comes time to renew your subscriptions, don't). You really only need one realtime protection program. Any more can interfere with eachother and cause almost as much harm as the malware it is protecting against. If you feel slightly uncomfortable with only one, don't worry. It's extremely rare that malware just "happens" to come onto your computer. The only real way for it to get on is for you to allow it. Be careful with what you download, and you'll probably be protected from the most common threats. Add McAfee in, and you are safe from just about every threat that you would be safe from if you had 10 other anti-malware programs.

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