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    mcafee

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by nitrous24, Jan 27, 2009.

  1. nitrous24

    nitrous24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everytime i start up my laptop, i need to wait for my mcafee to load in order to get my internet to work. Why is this? What is mcafee doing to stop my internet and how can i fix this?

    thanks
     
    nitrous24, Jan 27, 2009
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    What operating system?

    Have you tried disabling Mcaffee on startup to see if it is really whats causing the hold up?
     
    flipfire, Jan 27, 2009
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  3. nitrous24

    nitrous24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    its windows vista 32 bit.
     
    nitrous24, Jan 27, 2009
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  4. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What particular Macafee apps, and what version thereof, are you running?
     
    Shyster1, Jan 28, 2009
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    cat mom Notebook Evangelist

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    I think it is downloading updates to the new virus definition list. It should last for only 30secs to a minute a couple times a day.

    edit : If it is lasting a long time, check to see if it is set to do a scan on startup.
     
    cat mom, Jan 28, 2009
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  6. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    If you have McAfee Internet Security or Total Protection--yes, this is normal

    McAfee loads multiple componants and it takes a while for them to load. Specifically, Internet, Phishing, firewall, website safety ratings and child protection have all inserted themselves between you and the internet.

    Until they are all loaded, no internet for you. Think of it as a road from point A to Point B and each time you connect to the internet the road has to be built. Before you installed McAfee, there was just a little short road involving the tcpip stack and the Windows firewall--after, you added a couple of extra steps and since most of McAfee is loading after you hit your welcome screen it just takes a couple of extra seconds
     
    gerryf19, Jan 28, 2009
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  7. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I got rid of all my Mcafee products recently and I am happy I did. You might want to look into free products like Avria or AVG.
     
    The Fire Snake, Jan 29, 2009
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