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I want to stop/kill UpdaterUI.exe. It has over 23million IO Reads in 16 days. That is 16 reads/sec.
My question is...
Canton
Posted 2010-09-03T10:08:34.510
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updaterui.exe usually belongs to the McAfee Enterprise application and should reside somewhere in the McAfee installation directory, normally in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". In this case, it's a required component for your security.
If it resides anywhere else, then it's possibly a virus.
As companies such as McAfee are adding tens of thousands of virus descriptions daily to their virus database, then naturally lots of I/O is required to update the database. It's then quiet normal for this process to heavily use I/O.
If you think McAfee is slowing down your computer (and you won't be the first), uninstall it and find a better and more efficient antivirus. There are currently several excellent ones that are free for personal use, such as Avast, Avg, Avira AntiVir, Microsoft Security Essentials.
harrymc
Posted 2010-09-03T10:08:34.510
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+1 And, if you decide to switch AV, and performance is a concern, check out the performance (and other) tests over at AV Comparatives for some help before you install something.
– DMA57361 – 2010-09-03T11:46:56.503+1 Though I would pull AVG off that list. They're no longer as lightweight as they used to be, especially compared to Avast and MSE. – Tofystedeth – 2010-09-03T14:40:02.420
@Tofystedeth: I have personally moved away from AVG to Avast, but some people swear by it. – harrymc – 2010-09-03T14:46:52.243
What program/application does UpdaterUI.exe comes from? Can you link us to its homepage? – badp – 2010-09-03T10:52:53.453