That's a big and undeserved generalization. I am totally on board with the fact that there are some programs that do this - Norton's suite of anti-malware prog

That's a big and undeserved generalization. I am totally on board with the fact that there are some programs that do this - Norton's suite of anti-malware programs is basically regarded as malware itself. And it even comes preinstalled on a lot of computers. But other programs work without a hitch. Flashblock (or AdBlock/Ad Muncher/NoScript) also slows down my browser, but I can't be annoyed at an infinitesimal allocation of my resources to the extension.