I've noticed that anti-virus software can have a tremendous impact on Firefox. For example, opening the "find" toolbar would take several excruciating seconds! Disabling or uninstalling the anti-virus brought back "teh snappy".
Of course, given this, I don't have a practical answer-- to live with or without anti-virus, for that is the question.
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I've noticed that anti-virus software can have a tremendous impact on Firefox. For example, opening the "find" toolbar would take several excruciating seconds! Disabling or uninstalling the anti-virus brought back "teh snappy".
Of course, given this, I don't have a practical answer-- to live with or without anti-virus, for that is the question.