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Yes, I followed those instructions.

The product is "McAfee Internet Security". It is the most recent version. I had to uninstall and download/reinstall the product about a week and a half ago due to a problem with turning on "Virus Scanning". However, the problem with slow response time was occurring even before I reinstalled.

When I first boot up and bring up a browser, either MIE or Firefox, my PC is very, very slow. This slow response time is connected to McAfee. I do get a message on occasion reading "McAfee Service Host Has Closed" then Windows starts looking for a solution. Once the McAfee Host goes down, my browsers speed up considerably. This is no coincidence. It's consistant. Obviously McAfee is slowing down my response time to the point where I have to initiate a "restart" if it really gets bad. Any ideas or information concerning this situation would be appreciated. I'm sure I'm not the only one experiencing this situation. (I am on Vista Home Version). Thanks !!

I run a full scan with McAfee on occassion. Recently, when I try to run a scan, I receive a box which reads ""An unexpected problem occurred during your scan. Please click OK to go back to the Home Page and then try ...again." This error occurs when I want to start a scan. The scan never initiates. Another thing I noticed -- When I go into McAfee and try to set Real Time Scanning to "On", I can do that but the next time I go into McAfee it is "Off" again. This seems to be a problem others have had in the past. Your Help would be greatly appreciated.

I just figuered out how to get rid of the toolbar. You go into Control Panel, click on Programs And Features. Then you pick "Yahoo Toolbar" and Uninstall it. Hope this helps others with a similar situation.

I accidently added the "Yahoo Toolbar" to my MIE-9. I followed the standard intructions for removal. I went to "Tools" then "Manage Add Ons". The list of Add Ons appeared. When I click any other Add On in the list the "disable" button lights up. When I click on "Yahoo Toolbar" the "disable" button does not light up so I am unable to get rid of the toolbar. While on MIE9, I tried clicking on the "X" at the left side of the Yahoo Toolbar. Two choices appear : (1) Hide Yahoo Toolbar temporarily (2) Disable Yahoo Toolbar permanently. I can Hide the toolbar but when I click on the option to permanently disable the toolbar I get a message that says "This action is restricted. Contact your system administrator". So -- Anyone have a solution to my situation ? Thanks !!!

As far as I rememer, I went to the Microsoft Web Site to download MIE9. Perhaps I could download it again ?? Does it matter that I already have it ??

I just dowloaded MIE 9 which replaced my MIE 8. It runs a lot slower than the previous version. When I open MIE 9, I've noticed that, at the top, it reads "optimized for Bing and MSN". Could that be what's causing the slow speed ? If so, is there a way to get rid of that "optimization" or am I stuck with it ? JIM