[aotagain]

I was mainly posting in case others have the same problem.

McAfee does gobble resources, but this is the first time its been a problem in 6 years, latterly with it on all day on broadband / wireless, so I have a philosophy of if it ain't broke... (touch wood of course!)

It may break, but atm its still working - just a nuisance and from bitter experience with installing new software on PC's that are already full of stuff - I'll wait a while.

One thing I do wonder is when the boxes in the shops will start carrying a label in big letters saying 'By the time you buy this, it is out of date'.