Re: Windows ME with Kaspersky Anti-Virus--Frequent system hesitations?? by The
The
Wed Mar 28 21:38:50 CDT 2007
Thanks, cquirke. I think this: "clear Temporary Internet Files,
reduce max cache to 20M" might have done it. None of the others that
you suggested seemed to apply. It seems to have really speeded up
lately.
Thanks, again.
Barb
On Mar 26, 8:29 pm, "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"
<cquirken...@nospam.mvps.org> wrote:
> On 26 Mar 2007 13:54:36 -0700, "The Moose" <moos...@hotmail.com>
>
> >I've got Windows ME with Kaspersky Anti-Virus as the virus protection
> >software. I had Norton Anti-virus up until a couple of months ago.
> >Norton corrupted itself so badly that it had to be reinstalled every
> >three months.
> >I don't know what's causing this problem, but, I suspect it might be
> >Kaspersky. Every time I press the [back] button to go to a previous
> >page, my computer freezes for about 5 or 10 seconds -- then it lets go
> >and goes to the previous page.
>
> If the shell is generally slow, then I'd suspect some shell
> integration, and the av is one such integration. If only on Back,
> that sounds less general and I'd wonder about how the history list was
> stored and if it were corrupted in some way.
>
> FATxx file systems slow down massively if there are "too many"
> directory entries in a directory. The blues start with 1000-2000 and
> get really ugly at 6000+... the directory cluster chain gets long and
> fragmented, etc.
>
> So the first things I might do, are:
> - check hard drive for physical errors
> - clear Temporary Internet Files, reduce max cache to 20M
> - clear Temp location
> - make sure MDM.EXE is dead, clear FFFFF files from WinDir
> - clear Recycled if too many entries there
> - defrag
>
> However, hassles with first one av and then another, make me wonder if
> there isn't malware resident on the PC.
>
> To exclude resident malware, I would scan for this from DOS mode
> (WinME if < 64M RAM) or from a Bart CDR boot (if 64M RAM or better,
> and access to a clean XP SP2 PC from which the Bart CDR can be built).
>
> Scanning from within the infected OS cannot be assumed to work.
>
> >I keep the security on my computer very tight. No site access allowed
> >unless the site has been added to a customized privacy list. I use
> >Adaware and Spybot to check for any unauthorized "lurkers". I
> >completely scan my computer every week for viruses.
>
> Scanning from within the infected OS cannot be assumed to work.
>
> >I've checked for hidden software -- there are none. I've checked for
> >viruses -- there are none.
>
> Scanning from within the infected OS cannot be assumed to work.
>
> >Does anyone else that's using Windows ME together with Kaspersky Anti-
> >Virus have a frequent, brief hesitation that happens enough to want to
> >through the entire computer out the window??
>
> If this is only when the shell refreshes, suspect a namespace of file
> types integration.
>
> Namespace items include anything that appears to be on the desktop
> that is not a shortcut, file or directory, and includes stuff like
> some writers and devices. They slow down the left pane of Explorer.
>
> Other shell integrations chew on files as they appear, and they slow
> down the right pane of Explorer.
>
> The best tool to reversibly test these, is Shell Extensions Viewer
> from Nirsoft atwww.nirsoft.net
>
> >Anyone have any ideas on how I can find out what is slowing my
> >computer down??
>
> As above.
>
> >I use Process Explorer from Sysinternals. I do see KAV running in the
> >background more frequently than I like. The idle process also seems
> >to run more frequently than necessary -- I fail to see why the idle
> >process should be running so often when I'm actually waiting for
> >software to load or for websites to load...
>
> Maybe it's scanning after some other process starts kicking around -
> running any indexers or thumbnailers? Google Desktop Slouch (er...
> "Search"), that sort of thing? Is SR left to some huge disk space
> allocation, and is it chundering to push stuff into .CAB files? Are
> there any Tasks set to run? Does it stop if you are offline?
>
> >Any ideas??
>
> As above.
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