How mcafee slows down your computer

McAfee antivirus is one the top antivirus program software in the market. It protects your device from harmful viruses, malicious URLs, Trojans, spyware and other malware. But you may feel that your computer is slowing down when checking your emails or surfing the net. The slowing down of your device can be occurring due to many reasons. Here are some reasons which can slow down your system

You may experience speed issue while using McAfee antivirus if you have low computer memory. McAfee may slow down your device during updates, patches etc. This issue usually occurs in an old device which has low RAM. If you are facing such an issue, increase the RAM of your device.

This type of problem can also occur if you have two or more security software installed on your computer. Two security software causes conflict because they try to fetch the same file simultaneously. If you want to speed up the device then uninstall the other security software so that McAfee can run easily.

The speed issue can also occur due to slow internet speed. Due to slow internet, the virus scans gets slower. It takes ages for downloading and installing the updates. Opening the browser and checking emails may give you a headache while McAfee antivirus is running in the background. Get the high-speed internet for solving the speed issue.

McAfee built-in firewall can also create a problem with the internet. If you have another firewall in your device, McAfee firewall cannot compromise with it. To solve this conflict disable your McAfee firewall. This will resolve the conflict and the speed of your internet will increase.

A complete scan uses much processor power because the antivirus has to scan all files for searching any type of issue. But you can increase the speed of scanning by defragmenting the hard drive, this will make easy to scan the drive.

How to speed up your computer with McAfee antivirus? Go to your McAfee program and change some settings. Disable the constant surveillance. Enable the full version only when needed like when you are not sure about the untrusted websites.

Scan your computer with the McAfee antivirus at the very end of the day, when you have finished all the tasks. This will remove all the malware from your device and prevent the McAfee antivirus from slowing down the speed of your device.

If you are feeling that McAfee is taking lots of your system resource when you open your computer then go to the Start menu. Open the search bar and type msconfig. Run msconfig and go to the Startup tab. uncheck all the boxes which are related to McAfee antivirus. If you are still unable to speed up your computer then contact McAfee.com/activate and get the full guidelines. The speed can also be affected by the web browsers. If you are using Internet Explorer then switch to Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. The browsing speed of Chrome and Firefox is much faster than the speed of Internet Explorer.

There are many methods for increasing the speed of your device. If you have any good suggestion for increasing the speed of your device using McAfee antivirus, then do let us know about it.

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