Quote Originally Posted by tearaway View Post
I am using Microsoft Security Essentials (actually left Norton for it) and had to exclude the .dab file to get good OrangeCD performance. This was also necessary for my backups to complete in a reasonable time.
FWIW, I've been using MS SE for 2-3 years, and have never had a problem with OrangeCD slowness and haven't had to exclude the .dab file. I'm running Windows 7 though, so perhaps that is the difference.

I *did* have to do the exclusion when I was using Win XP and Norton though.