extremely slow reboot

On my computer I have only one antivirus program.  It is McAfee antivirus plus.  I have not renewed the subscription and it currently runs with old updates.  With the slow reboot I turned the antivirus off on reboot.  It may run in some mode despite what I have done manually by un checking all boxes in msconfig including all those related to Mcafee.

In another thread on this site it was recommend that I check for malware using

malwarebytes

microsoft malicious removal kit

Kapersky

superantispyware

When I viewed superantispyware on www.downloads.com a user wrote that they got a trojan with the download and was not able to remove it with norton.  So I did not download this software

I did check for malware with malwarebytes.  The nearly 8 hour scan in full mode found no malware

I ran the download for kapersky anvirus and it found no malware

I ran the microsoft malicious software removal an it found no malware

In the past I had regularly used PCpitstop PCmatic which scanned for malware but have not used it recently

So with all of the malware checks at this moment reporting no malware I have some confidence with the multiple scans from different sources that scan with different definitions

With regards to competing software or conflicts I have no idea if this is happening

I would like to download and install the software programs such as the one you recommended and was warned not to download from company web sites and to use a trusted web site that screens downloads.  So I have limited my downloads to www.downloads.com.  Occassionally I will go to two cows but this software was not listed there.  On a google search I found downloads available on other sites such as snapfiles and softpedia but i do not know if they have checked the downloads for malware as is done on downloads.com

What is the next step?

I downloaded the microsoft safety scanner.  It indicates that it expires every 10 days.  The version that I just used was 1.0.3001.0 and ran it in quick mode.  It just completed successfully and no viruses, spyware, and potentially unwanted software were detected

Again, msconfig is a diagnostic tool. You really should not be in "manual" mode when you are finished your troubleshooting! For best results, it should be returned to its normal setting. The trick is to run programs that are not resource and/or memory hogs. :-) This includes programs like Norton, McAfee, and AOL.

Re indexing, select the subfolders choice. Indexing is simply not needed, so don't use it. It should give you some performance boost.

All AV programs have settings (or preferences) you should be able to adjust, including when downloads and scans occur. One thing you can do is keep your PC on overnight once a week and program the settings to download and insatll updates and scan while you are asleep.

The best way to permanently uninstall unneeded toolbars is to use Add or Remove Programs.

And again, if you have Windows Search 4.0 installed, you should really uninstall it. Again, use Add or Remove Programs (look for KB940157). The "Show updates" box will need to be checked first.

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How do i get this program and not get malware?

directly from the soluto site...   skip downloads.com, which apparently has some sort of issue.

With almost everything unchecked with msconfig services and startup most everything is in manual mode.  

Suggestion:  this is not good and can be contributing to your issue.

They should not be updating with a reboot.  If there are background programs that I do not know about or do not know how to alter.  Is there a way to find these?

Suggestion:  Soluto

Is there anything that can be gleaned from viewing windows task manager processes, performance etc?

Suggestion:  yes... you can see which processes are consuming resources.

For my computer > properties> allow indexing do you want to apply the change to C:\ only or C:, subfolders and tiles

Which choice and why?

*Suggestion:  1) Indexing happens mainly once and done (updates are quick.) You may just want to let it go, unless it's been more than a day.  2) apply changes to C: and subfolders, or your changes will be applied only to the top level of C:*

AOL is a hog and it does not open automatically.  Only manual.  Again it may be one of thos that runs secretly in the background??? but it is set to manual.

I do not know if I have an AV program to always download and install an update.  How do I check?

Suggestion:  this is not likely your problem, but to find out you need to check the settings in your AV program itself.

How do you uninstall all of the tool bars?  Are they all found viewing in add remove programs or is there some other method?

Suggestion:  this depends on each browser... it's not a universal answer.

I just want to be able to google search otherwise I do not need any toolbars

With almost everything unchecked with msconfig services and startup most everything is in manual mode.  They should not be updating with a reboot.  If there are background programs that I do not know about or do not know how to alter.  Is there a way to find these?

Is there anything that can be gleaned from viewing windows task manager processes, performance etc?

For my computer > properties> allow indexing do you want to apply the change to C:\ only or C:, subfolders and tiles

Which choice and why?

AOL is a hog and it does not open automatically.  Only manual.  Again it may be one of thos that runs secretly in the background??? but it is set to manual.

I do not know if I have an AV program to always download and install an update.  How do I check?

How do you uninstall all of the tool bars?  Are they all found viewing in add remove programs or is there some other method?

I just want to be able to google search otherwise I do not need any toolbars