extremely slow reboot

I went to the soluto web site and then checked it out on www.downloads.com.

It seems like this is what is needed to figure out what is happening with each reboot.

It appears that this download is contaminated from a users comments.  I have been using the downloads web site as a screen to avoid malware.

"downloads from blacklisted malware site: 98.137.149.56"

by u70mvr2jqjo8ck on July 24, 2011

Pros: Cute & inocuous UI

Cons: downloads from ALL these IP addresses DURING INSTALLATION :

65.54.87.118

65.54.87.224

70.37.63.107

72.30.2.43

98.137.149.56

128.241.220.104

129.250.35.251

157.55.199.145

173.193.13.50

194.7.155.81

208.93.137.60

Summary: downloads from ALL these IP addresses DURING INSTALLATION :

downloads from suspected malware site :

98.137.149.56 ir1.fp.vip.sp2.yahoo.com 98.137.128.0/19 Yahoo-sp2

as well as ALL these other IP addresses :

65.54.87.118 blacklisted in one list cds115.sjc9.msecn.net 65.54.86.0/23 Microsoft

65.54.87.224 cds206.sjc9.llnw.net cds206.sjc9.msecn.net 65.54.86.0/23 Microsoft

70.37.63.107 Microsoft RR-RC-Adelphia-Orange

72.30.2.43 ir1.fp.vip.sk1.yahoo.com yahoo.com

128.241.220.104 128.241.0.0/16 NTTC-GIN-AS NTT

129.250.35.251 y.ns.gin.ntt.net blacklisted in three lists

157.55.199.145 157.54.0.0/15 Microsoft

173.193.13.50 softlayer.com Cloud Hosting 866-398-7638

194.7.155.81 cybertrust.com acquired by Verizon Business

208.93.137.60 CafePress Pro www.cppro.com

***removed link***

How do i get this program and not get malware?

for the indexing when I viewed it the startup type was already manual.  Anything more to do with this indexing?

With regards to the tool bars for each browser how do you eliminate all of them and just have a search for google for each.  I have these browsers on my computer:  Internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and then AOL has its own browser which is similar to Internet Explorer

In addition to the removal or McAfee Antivirus what else can be done to improve the start up times?

Let me make a couple of suggestions.  (I came over from the MS Security Essentials forum.)

1. Make sure you have one and only one real-time anti-virus application running.  More than one is a recipe for software conflicts and poor performance, and that probably includes boot times.  MS Security Essentials is very good, as are Avast and AVG free editions. I run MSE on my win 7 laptop, and AVG on my older WinXP machine.  I cannot comment on McAfee as I have no experience... I will say that you definitely do not need to pay for anti-virus.  There are several good choices.
2.  Download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner from here:  http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx which is a manual scanner that does not install... it just runs from the executable. Run a full scan.  It is not real-time, so will not interfere with McAfee.  Between McAfee and this, I'd be reasonably confident you are not infected (assuming you pass!)
3. Forget about registry scanners...
4. Download and run Soluto from here:  http://www.soluto.com/  This is very good and safe (and free) software to optimize your boot time.  After you install, you reboot, and it watches everything that gets loaded as soon as the BIOS finishes POST and hands off to the OS.  It will then give you the time for each service, applet, etc. and advice on whether to leave it in boot, delay it (wait for the OS to settle down and become responsive) or pause it (don't start it...)   It knows not to even offer you a choice on critical OS requirements and services as well.  And it's easy to undo any changes later (it even undoes them itself if you uninstall it.)

How can you determine the source of the extremely slow reboot?

Using msconfig I have almost all unchecked including McAfee agent on reboot.

There is no McAfee icon in the right lower corner.

If I uninstall McAfee and then everything improves then it is solved.

If I uninstall McAfee and then it does not improve then what next?

How do you troubleshoot an extremely slow reboot?

I ran several Microsoft fix it programs and now Microsoft Automated troubleshooting service is checked.  I can uncheck this so it does not start with a reboot.  The only other item is my lexmark printer under the services tab.  And ctfmon is the only item checked under the startup tab.

Regarding McAfee mcagent is unchecked and McAfee security scan plus is also unchecked.

Is there a log somewhere that indicates what is happening on reboot that records the time and what is happening to see where the delays are and then troubleshoot?

I use the registry portion of glary utilities.  The Ccleaner finds registry issues but I have not used this portion of the Ccleaner.

McAfee is a resource hog that often results in extremely sluggish performace. Are you willing to uninstall it and replace it with a superior product? If so, I recommend Avira AntiVir:

http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

I also recommend using Add or Remove Programs followed by running their Removal Tool:

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507