Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
Bob Fleischer wrote:
Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
Bob Fleischer wrote:
I have been running the latest releases of SeaMonkey (now 1.1.16) on
what should be a rather hot system -- a Core 2 quad 3.0 GHz system
running Vista Business 64-bit in 8 GB RAM.. SeaMonkey mail
performance, especially anything moving messages between folders, is
really slow (like several seconds to move a message). I've
compressed folders and rebuilt indexes and no improvement. I'm
using F-PROT anti-virus. CPU usage according to Task Manager is in
the single-digit percentage range.
I run SeaMonkey at home with larger folders on a much older system
with better performance -- but it is Windows XP and different
anti-virus.
The system disk is defragmented frequently.
What else do I check?
Thanks,
Bob
Long shot, but try turning your anti-virus OFF completely and then
moving messages... any improvement?
Such a test can indicate if it is anti-virus program releated or not.
You can disconnect from the internet when you make the test if you
have a mind to although its not really neccessary.
Well, turning off F-PROT's file system protection does indeed improve
performance.
Bob
In that case I suggest leaving F-Prot off. It is not really protecting
you fully in any case.
An anti-virus program is only as good as its 'definintions' file is, and
regardless of how often it is updated, that file lags behind reality.
For example; the "I Love You" virus, which infected over 30 million
users (biggest infestation in history) was checked by many with the
latest and greatest AV programs, and came back 'clean'. NONE of the AV
programs extant at the time could detect the virus until their
definitions files were updated, and that took three to seven days for
the AV programs to do.
So, even with F-Prot running, and automatic updating, there is still a 3
to 7 day 'window' in which you are not protected against a 'new' virus.
So how to protect yourself? Simple.
Do NOT open email attachments (opening email is fine, just not the
attachments )
If you MUST open an attachment
Save it to disk for a week
Update your AV program, check the file
Open/run the attachment
Do NOT open/run files from the web
If yoiu MUST open/run files from the web
Save it to disk for a week
Update your AV program, check the file
Open/run the file
Use a firewall
Using such a system allows you to run, and be fully protected against
all malware, regardless of how new it is. The above system has
protected ALL my computers since 1992 and has never failed. It has also
been used by hundreds of users I advised and they never reported an
infection (at least to me).
You can leave F-Prot off until you really need it, such as checking
files/attachments just before opening or running after the week 'save'
of course.
Good consels .... in my AV, i can disable the "Internet E-Mail
Auto-Protect" protection ... not really needed because the protection
works before the run of something. (may be that the disabled check works
only during the download of the e-mail and have noting to do with the
current issue)
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