RE: Upgraded, CYGWIN *much* slower

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com]On Behalf
> > Of Matthew W. Roberts
>
> > Checking the update logs I found this:
> >
> > 2003/04/12 16:12:27 Could not open service McShield for query, start
> > and stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
>
>  My _very personal opinion_ regarding McAfee, after having had it running
> for several years
> (the last beeing V5.21): It eats *loads* of CPU-cycles without really using
> them for anything "very special".
>
>  For me McAfee caused lockups and strange pausing at irregular intervals -
> these problems disappeared COMPLETELY after replacing it.
>  (Using "www.f-secure.com" currently, not saying it is a better antivirus -
> but it sure makes the computer a lot more usable.)
>
> /Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden

Umm, Hannu, did you even *read* what you replied to?  The log message said
that McAfee was *not* installed... :-D
	Igor
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