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earthshine

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8. Please uninstall Macafee and report back to us.

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 02:34 PM

Oct 2017

You don't need Mac or AVG with Win 10. It comes with Windows Defender built in. It's good enough for most users.

Mac will totally slow you down during it's unneeded scans.

It makes sense that the computer is trying to update your Win 10, but perhaps is being interrupted during this long process. It will repeat the process from scratch until it gets a solid complete.

Make sure it has a good web connection, at least for the duration of the update.

Windows 10 ... I grieve with thee.

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New Computer stress [View all] bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 OP

What in the world did you get? pangaia Oct 2017 #1

lol bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #4

A used system restored computer typically has a ton of updates to do. mn9driver Oct 2017 #5

This is a 2016 model and seems factory set for Mcaffee to scan every day bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #7

McAfee is the worst. Disable the realtime scans if you can. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #2

Agree. McAfee is horrid. Get rid of it and install AVG. CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #6

I bought a new computer in January with Windows 10. SamKnause Oct 2017 #3

Please uninstall Macafee and report back to us. earthshine Oct 2017 #8

I deactivated active scanning and checked Task Manager bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #9

Removing Firefox helped speed up Edge Browswer a bit bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #10

Ran Malwarebytes which found a bunch of PUP slimware bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #11

Try uninstalling the Firefox extensions. earthshine Oct 2017 #12

You can get a "health report" from Windows Defender ucrdem Oct 2017 #13

ultimately i gave up on it bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #14

Good idea. ucrdem Oct 2017 #15