Browsing is painfully slow using IE7 XP SP3 after installing SC 9.0. PC becomes non-responsive for 10-15 sec when going to a new site. Then the PC comes back to life and the page loads all at once. During these intervals, Task Manager says mcshield.exe is consuming 100% of CPU Time.
Chat support said SC was conflicting with original McAfee that came bundled with my Dell and I need to reinstall after using the MCPR.exe removal tool. Chat person assured me that would solve my problem. So re-installed again and 90 Megabyte of download and 8 hours later, it is no better. When not connected to Internet, PC works just fine. Browsing speed was fine - as dialup goes - with the original Dell-supplied McAfee Security Suite. For example, when downloading a slow page, I used to be able to switch-to or click-on and use another Windows application. I can't do that anymore.
MVT tool says everything is running OK. I've tried turning off Site Advisor and Firewall with no improvement. I see SC occasionally downloading updates with the spinning icon which slows matters further when active, but updates don't seem to be the problem as slow browsing and mcshield.exe CPU hogging occurs all the time when online.
Are there SC config settings to adjust browsing for Dialup? Are there other tools I should use to figure out what's going on?
If SC 9.0 is wrong for Dialup, so be it and perhaps someone could recommend a compatible alternative.